Map of WF8 4GW postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 4GW
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Tanshelf (0 km)
Bus stops
Park Lane Portland Ave (W)
Park Road Tanshelf Station (SE)
Halfpenny Ln Ryder Close (SW)
Pontefract Tanshelf Rail Station ()
Halfpenny Ln Ryder Close (NE)
Pontefract Tanshelf Rail Station ()
Known addresses
Plot 2, 2 Farriers Walk, Pontefract
1 Farriers Walk, Pontefract
3 Farriers Walk, Pontefract
4 Farriers Walk, Pontefract
Main property type Detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.693503
Longitude -1.322941
Easting 444805
Northing 422108
Grid reference SE448221
UTM reference 30U 610731 5950727
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Plus code 9C5WMMVG+CR
Altitude 56 metres (183 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:55
Sunset (today) 20:15
Distance away
Distance to sea 41 KMs (25.5 miles)
Administrative areas
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
Data
Date introduced October 2024
Last updated March 2026
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)
9,646 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£35,800
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)E00179985
Census output area (2011)E00059689
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 015DE01011841
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 015DE01011841
Middle layer super output area (2021)Pontefract North WestE02002452
Middle layer super output area (2011)Pontefract North WestE02002452
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £206,609
Annual change 3.2%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
1 Farriers Walk, PontefractDetached (freehold)Jul 2025£465,000
3 Farriers Walk, PontefractDetached (freehold)Jan 2025£475,000
4 Farriers Walk, PontefractDetached (freehold)Dec 2024£475,000
Plot 2, 2 Farriers Walk, PontefractDetached (freehold)Sep 2024£472,500


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