| Postcode | WF8 1PL |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract |
| Nearest station | Pontefract Baghill (0 km) |
| Bus stops |
Friarwood Lane Pontefract Hospital (SW)
Southgate General Hospital (SW)
Southgate General Hospital (NE)
Carleton Glen General Infirmary (NW)
Friarwood Lane Southgate (N)
Bus Station stand A ()
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 15 View |
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
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| Businesses |
No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.690497 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.308149 | |
| Easting | 445785 | |
| Northing | 421783 | |
| Grid reference | SE457217 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 611716 5950416 | |
| what3words | button.cases.entertainer | |
| FixPhrase | crucial macarena such unguided | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMMRR+5P | |
| Altitude | 46 metres (151 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:07 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:47 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 40 KMs (24.9 miles) |
| Parish | Wakefield, unparished area | E43000299 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Pontefract North | E05001455 |
| Metropolitan District | Wakefield | E08000036 |
| County | West Yorkshire | E11000019 |
| Constituency (2024) | Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | E14001428 |
| MP | Yvette Cooper | Labour |
| Police force | West Yorkshire | |
| Water company | Yorkshire Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Wakefield | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Yorkshire and The Humber | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Pontefract | E63008060 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00180073 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 018A | E01011840 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 018A | E01011840 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Pontefract South East | E02002455 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Pontefract South East | E02002455 |
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 |
| Average property price in Wakefield | £202,220 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |