Map of WF8 2EL postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 2EL
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Baghill (0 km)
Bus stops
Harewood Mount Grove Mount (NW)
Harewood Ave Cromwell Crescent (N)
Harewood Ave Cromwell Crescent (S)
Harewood Ave Cromwell Crescent (N)
Pontefract Baghill Rail Station ()
Viking Road Camelot Court (SW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 43 View
Known addresses
64 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
80 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
95 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
113 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
123 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
135 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
137 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
139 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
141 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
147 Cromwell Crescent, Pontefract
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.69108
Longitude -1.300219
Easting 446308
Northing 421853
Grid reference SE463218
UTM reference 30U 612238 5950493
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Plus code 9C5WMMRX+CW
Altitude 60 metres (198 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:57
Sunset (today) 16:41
Distance away
Distance to sea 39.5 KMs (24.5 miles)
Administrative areas
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
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 December 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) 105
Households (2011) 40
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
5,460 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£33,500
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)PontefractE63008060
Census output area (2021)E00180101
Census output area (2011)E00059694
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 018AE01011840
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 018AE01011840
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
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
64 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractTerraced (freehold)Apr 2022£130,000
137 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)May 2020£145,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Aug 2007£110,000
141 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Feb 2020£130,000
80 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jul 2018£122,500
Semi-detached (freehold)Dec 2012£108,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2002£52,500
Semi-detached (freehold)May 1997£31,250
139 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Apr 2017£76,750
Semi-detached (freehold)Oct 2013£88,000
147 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Apr 2016£86,000
Semi-detached (freehold)May 2008£108,500
Semi-detached (freehold)Feb 1996£37,000
123 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractTerraced (freehold)Jul 2015£92,000
113 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Feb 2015£84,995
95 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractTerraced (freehold)Nov 2005£102,000
135 Cromwell Crescent, PontefractTerraced (freehold)May 1998£26,300


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