| Postcode | WF8 2XF |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract |
| Nearest station | Knottingley (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Knottingley Rd Lower Taythes Lane (W)
Knottingley Rd Shillinghill Lane (E)
Knottingley Rd Shillinghill Lane (SW)
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| Known addresses |
No addresses found
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| Businesses |
No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.700383 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.27898 | |
| Easting | 447700 | |
| Northing | 422902 | |
| Grid reference | SE476229 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 613615 5951562 | |
| what3words | shorts.spun.bride | |
| FixPhrase | crudely macaroni sanitary uncoated | |
| Plus code | 9C5WPP2C+5C | |
| Altitude | 25 metres (82 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:05 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 38.1 KMs (23.7 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Wakefield | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Yorkshire and The Humber | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | December 1994 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1996 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00180078 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| 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 | £199,933 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |