| Postcode | WF8 4GG |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract |
| Nearest station | Pontefract Monkhill (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Skinner Ln Princess Drive (S)
De Lacy Way (NW)
De Lacy Way (SE)
Monkhill Avene Skinner Ln (W)
Monkhill Avenue Skinner Ln (E)
Lady Balk Lane Victoria St (E)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 15 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Fortress Close, Pontefract
2 Fortress Close, Pontefract
3 Fortress Close, Pontefract
4 Fortress Close, Pontefract
5 Fortress Close, Pontefract
6 Fortress Close, Pontefract
7 Fortress Close, Pontefract
8 Fortress Close, Pontefract
9 Fortress Close, Pontefract
10 Fortress Close, Pontefract
11 Fortress Close, Pontefract
12 Fortress Close, Pontefract
14 Fortress Close, Pontefract
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| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.698918 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.312615 | |
| Easting | 445481 | |
| Northing | 422717 | |
| Grid reference | SE454227 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 611399 5951346 | |
| what3words | pans.stone.pocket | |
| FixPhrase | crucial macarena swear walrus | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMMXP+HX | |
| Altitude | 41 metres (134 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:06 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:34 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 40.3 KMs (25 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 | April 2019 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 |
| 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 | |
| Built up area (2024) | Pontefract | E63008060 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00180017 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 015D | E01011841 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 015D | E01011841 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Pontefract North West | E02002452 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Pontefract North West | E02002452 |
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 |
| Average property price in Wakefield | £199,933 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Fortress Close, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2025 | £280,000 |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2020 | £240,000 | |
| 1 Fortress Close, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2025 | £241,000 |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2020 | £210,000 | |
| 7 Fortress Close, Pontefract | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2024 | £280,000 |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2020 | £240,000 | |
| 11 Fortress Close, Pontefract | Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2023 | £228,500 |
| New build terraced (freehold) | Sep 2020 | £204,950 | |
| 2 Fortress Close, Pontefract | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2023 | £365,000 |
| New build detached (freehold) | Apr 2019 | £319,950 | |
| 9 Fortress Close, Pontefract | New build terraced (freehold) | Sep 2020 | £209,950 |
| 3 Fortress Close, Pontefract | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2020 | £210,000 |
| 4 Fortress Close, Pontefract | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2019 | £240,000 |
| 6 Fortress Close, Pontefract | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2019 | £239,950 |
| 12 Fortress Close, Pontefract | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2019 | £237,950 |