| Postcode | WF8 2LJ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract | 
| Nearest station | Pontefract Monkhill (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | Bondgate Bond Street (NE) Bondgate Bond Street (SW) South Baileygate North Baileygate (SW) Northfield Drive Springfield Ave (E) Ferrybridge Rd Box Lane (SW) Ferrybridge Rd Box Lane (NE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 8 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 South View, Atkinson Lane, Pontefract 2 South View, Atkinson Lane, Pontefract | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.69698 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.297864 | |
| Easting | 446457 | |
| Northing | 422511 | |
| Grid reference | SE464225 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 612378 5951153 | |
| what3words | runner.friend.desks | |
| FixPhrase | crucial macaroni survival syndrome | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMPW2+QV | |
| Altitude | 29 metres (96 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:04 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 39.3 KMs (24.4 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 | 
| Population (2011) | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 2 | |
| 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) | E00059727 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 012B | E01011836 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 012B | E01011836 | 
| 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 | £199,933 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 South View, Atkinson Lane, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2006 | £85,828 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2000 | £49,995 | |
| 1 South View, Atkinson Lane, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2003 | £62,500 |