Map of WF8 3BP postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 3BP
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Knottingley (3 km)
Bus stops
Valley Road Fairways Court (E)
Darrington Hotel Manor Park Rise (SE)
Valley Rd Havercroft Lane (E)
Valley Rd Havercroft Lane (W)
Darrington Hotel Manor Park Rise (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 13 View
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.677275
Longitude -1.257
Easting 449178
Northing 420346
Grid reference SE491203
UTM reference 30U 615129 5949027
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Plus code 9C5WMPGV+W6
Altitude 51 metres (166 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:49
Sunset (today) 16:51
Distance away
Distance to sea 36.7 KMs (22.8 miles)
Administrative areas
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
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) 5
Households (2011) 2
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
21,151 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£50,200
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)Rural village
Census output area (2021)E00059775
Census output area (2011)E00059775
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 034EE01011849
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 034EE01011849
Middle layer super output area (2021)Ackworth & DarringtonE02002471
Middle layer super output area (2011)Ackworth & DarringtonE02002471
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £204,838
Annual change 3.3%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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