| Postcode | WF8 2DB |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract |
| Nearest station | Pontefract Baghill (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Chequerfield Lane Willow Park (SW)
East Drive Kings Cres (SW)
Chequerfield Lane Willow Park (NE)
Chequerfield Circle Monument Mews (W)
Chequerfield Ln Baghill Lane (S)
Chequerfield Rd Church (E)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 26 View |
| Known addresses |
2 The Close, Pontefract
3 The Close, Pontefract
6 The Close, Pontefract
11 The Close, Pontefract
13 The Close, Pontefract
14 The Close, Pontefract
26 The Close, Pontefract
|
| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 53.685697 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.294251 | |
| Easting | 446708 | |
| Northing | 421258 | |
| Grid reference | SE467212 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 612646 5949904 | |
| what3words | theme.guess.taxi | |
| FixPhrase | crucial macaroni stumbling unwired | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMPP4+77 | |
| Altitude | 60 metres (198 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:43 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:01 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 39.1 KMs (24.3 miles) |
| Parish | Wakefield, unparished area | E43000299 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Pontefract South | E05001456 |
| 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 |
| Population (2011) | 83 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 26 | |
| 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) | E00059739 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 018D | E01011853 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 018D | E01011853 |
| 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 | £200,729 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.5% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 The Close, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2019 | £125,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2011 | £81,000 | |
| 14 The Close, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2015 | £100,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2011 | £124,617 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2007 | £137,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 1998 | £34,750 | |
| 2 The Close, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2015 | £70,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 1996 | £33,000 | |
| 26 The Close, Pontefract | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2010 | £118,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 2003 | £75,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 2001 | £56,000 | |
| 13 The Close, Pontefract | Terraced (freehold) | May 2008 | £100,000 |
| 3 The Close, Pontefract | Terraced (freehold) | Sep 2006 | £97,500 |
| 11 The Close, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2001 | £41,000 |