Map of WF8 2BU postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 2BU
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Baghill (1 km)
Bus stops
Chequerfield Circle Monument Mews (W)
Monument Lane (NE)
Monument Lane (SW)
East Drive Kings Cres (SW)
Crest Drive Woodland View (SE)
Crest Drive Woodland View (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 24 View
Known addresses
1 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
4 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
5 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
7 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
9 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
13 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
17 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
25 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
31 Rookhill Drive, Pontefract
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.684155
Longitude -1.299619
Easting 446355
Northing 421083
Grid reference SE463210
UTM reference 30U 612296 5949724
what3words arena.fame.amuse
Plus code 9C5WMPM2+M5
Altitude 55 metres (181 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:43
Sunset (today) 21:25
Distance away
Distance to sea 39.4 KMs (24.5 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
Ward Pontefract South E05001456
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley E14001428
MPYvette CooperLabour
Police forceWest Yorkshire
Water companyYorkshire Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Wakefield
NUTS/ITL 2 West Yorkshire
NUTS/ITL 1 Yorkshire and The Humber
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 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
Demographics
Population (2011) 56
Households (2011) 22
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
6,102 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£33,500
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)PontefractE63008060
Census output area (2021)E00059748
Census output area (2011)E00059748
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 018DE01011853
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 018DE01011853
Middle layer super output area (2021)Pontefract South EastE02002455
Middle layer super output area (2011)Pontefract South EastE02002455
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £197,971
Annual change 4.3%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
9 Rookhill Drive, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Aug 2024£205,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Oct 1998£41,150
5 Rookhill Drive, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jul 2019£120,000
13 Rookhill Drive, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jun 2015£118,000
4 Rookhill Drive, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Dec 2014£115,000
Terraced (freehold)Jul 2006£99,950
31 Rookhill Drive, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2013£80,000
7 Rookhill Drive, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Oct 2011£73,000
Semi-detached (freehold)May 2000£35,000
25 Rookhill Drive, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Aug 2008£94,000
17 Rookhill Drive, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Aug 2007£110,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Jun 1999£43,000
1 Rookhill Drive, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2005£73,500


View all properties sold in the WF8 2 sector

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