| Postcode | WF8 3YU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract | 
| Nearest station | Pontefract Baghill (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Estcourt Rd Thorntree Close (E) Estcourt Rd Sotheron Croft (E) Estcourt Rd Sotheron Croft (W) Darrington Hotel Manor Park Rise (NW) Darrington Hotel Manor Park Rise (SE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.674246 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.267316 | |
| Easting | 448500 | |
| Northing | 420002 | |
| Grid reference | SE484200 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 614456 5948673 | |
| what3words | priced.thing.modern | |
| FixPhrase | crucial macaroni stiffness traverse | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMPFM+M3 | |
| Altitude | 43 metres (143 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:03 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 37.3 KMs (23.2 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Wakefield | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Yorkshire and The Humber | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 1998 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | June 1999 | 
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | E00059776 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| 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 | £199,933 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |