| Postcode | WF8 3AF |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract |
| Nearest station | Pontefract Baghill (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
Estcourt Rd Sotheron Croft (E)
West End Farm Escourt Road (E)
West End Farm Escourt Road (W)
Estcourt Rd Thorntree Close (W)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 11 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Elm Close, Darrington
2 Elm Close, Darrington
3 Elm Close, Darrington
4 Elm Close, Darrington
5 Elm Close, Darrington
8 Elm Close, Darrington
9 Elm Close, Darrington
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.676917 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.271872 | |
| Easting | 448196 | |
| Northing | 420296 | |
| Grid reference | SE481202 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 614148 5948963 | |
| what3words | tanks.spirit.axed | |
| FixPhrase | crucial macaroni stitch washable | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMPGH+Q7 | |
| Altitude | 52 metres (170 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:07 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:47 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 37.6 KMs (23.4 miles) |
| Parish | Darrington | E04013425 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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) | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 9 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Darrington | E63008083 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00059775 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 034E | E01011849 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 034E | E01011849 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Ackworth & Darrington | E02002471 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Ackworth & Darrington | E02002471 |
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 |
| Average property price in Wakefield | £202,220 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Elm Close, Darrington | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2024 | £415,000 |
| 8 Elm Close, Darrington | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2016 | £285,000 |
| 9 Elm Close, Darrington | Detached (freehold) | May 2012 | £278,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2007 | £275,000 | |
| 4 Elm Close, Darrington | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2012 | £269,000 |
| 5 Elm Close, Darrington | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2003 | £245,000 |
| 1 Elm Close, Darrington | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2001 | £154,950 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 1997 | £85,000 | |
| 2 Elm Close, Darrington | Detached (freehold) | Aug 1997 | £75,000 |