| Postcode | WF8 1RE | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract | 
| Nearest station | Pontefract Baghill (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | Northgate Spink Lane (NE) Horsefair (SW) Friarwood Lane Southgate (N) Horsefair (E) Pontefract Baghill Rail Station () South Baileygate Baghill Lane (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 1 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 53.693627 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.305477 | |
| Easting | 445958 | |
| Northing | 422133 | |
| Grid reference | SE459221 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 611884 5950768 | |
| what3words | sake.frames.noting | |
| FixPhrase | crucial macarena superior unroasted | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMMVV+FR | |
| Altitude | 48 metres (159 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:04 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 39.8 KMs (24.7 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 | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| 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) | E00059688 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 015C | E01011838 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 015C | E01011838 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Pontefract North West | E02002452 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Pontefract North West | E02002452 | 
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 | 
| Average property price in Wakefield | £199,933 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |