Map of WF8 3RN postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 3RN
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Baghill (2 km)
Bus stops
Carleton Rd Moor Lane (NW)
St Michaels Church (NW)
St Michaels Church (SE)
Carleton Road Fair View (SE)
Carleton Road Fair View (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Known addresses
Carleton Cottage, Carleton Road, Pontefract
Carleton Lodge, Carleton Road, Pontefract
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.674666
Longitude -1.290682
Easting 446956
Northing 420033
Grid reference SE469200
UTM reference 30U 612911 5948682
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Plus code 9C5WMPF5+VP
Altitude 45 metres (149 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:34
Sunset (today) 17:07
Distance away
Distance to sea 38.9 KMs (24.2 miles)
Administrative areas
Parish Wakefield, unparished area E43000299
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
3,378 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£33,500
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)PontefractE63008060
Census output area (2021)E00059762
Census output area (2011)E00059762
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 018CE01011852
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 018CE01011852
Middle layer super output area (2021)Pontefract South EastE02002455
Middle layer super output area (2011)Pontefract South EastE02002455
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £204,838
Annual change 3.3%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Carleton Cottage, Carleton Road, PontefractDetached (freehold)Nov 2025£440,000
Detached (freehold)Feb 2021£235,000
Detached (freehold)Jun 2010£240,000
Carleton Lodge, Carleton Road, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jul 2024£900,000


View all properties sold in the WF8 3 sector

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