| Postcode | WF8 2JX |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract |
| Nearest station | Pontefract Monkhill (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Cobbler's Lane Bexhill Close (S)
Knottingley Rd Water Lane (E)
Cobblers Ln Stella Gardens (N)
Bondgate Bond Street (SW)
Mill Ln Nevison Avenue (S)
Mill Ln Nevison Avenue (N)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 20 View |
| Known addresses |
Cherry Tree Cottage, Water Lane, Pontefract
Dandy Mill Cottage, Water Lane, Pontefract
1 Water Lane, Pontefract
2 Water Lane, Pontefract
4 Water Lane, Pontefract
20 Water Lane, Pontefract
21 Water Lane, Pontefract
22 Water Lane, Pontefract
23 Water Lane, Pontefract
24 Water Lane, Pontefract
26 Water Lane, Pontefract
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.700568 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.293563 | |
| Easting | 446737 | |
| Northing | 422913 | |
| Grid reference | SE467229 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 612652 5951559 | |
| what3words | kinds.brain.fake | |
| FixPhrase | crudely macaroni sandworm unseemly | |
| Plus code | 9C5WPP24+6H | |
| Altitude | 28 metres (92 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:06 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:48 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 39.1 KMs (24.3 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 | June 1981 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 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) | 40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 18 | |
| 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) | E00059682 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 012A | E01011835 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 012A | E01011835 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Pontefract North East | E02002449 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Pontefract North East | E02002449 |
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 |
| Average property price in Wakefield | £202,220 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Water Lane, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2025 | £211,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2022 | £160,000 | |
| Cherry Tree Cottage, Water Lane, Pontefract | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2024 | £127,500 |
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 2021 | £98,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 2007 | £105,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 1996 | £34,000 | |
| Dandy Mill Cottage, Water Lane, Pontefract | Other (freehold) | May 2022 | £475,000 |
| 26 Water Lane, Pontefract | Detached (freehold) | May 2022 | £245,000 |
| 23 Water Lane, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2015 | £104,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 1997 | £44,000 | |
| 22 Water Lane, Pontefract | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2011 | £155,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 2004 | £182,950 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2001 | £82,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 2000 | £71,000 | |
| 2 Water Lane, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2007 | £92,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2004 | £87,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 1997 | £40,000 | |
| 24 Water Lane, Pontefract | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2007 | £173,000 |
| 1 Water Lane, Pontefract | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2006 | £182,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2005 | £133,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2000 | £50,300 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 1996 | £30,000 | |
| 4 Water Lane, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2001 | £48,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2000 | £46,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 1997 | £40,000 |