Map of WF8 4PJ postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 4PJ
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Tanshelf (0 km)
Bus stops
Stuart Road Colonels Walk (W)
Pontefract Tanshelf Rail Station ()
St Joseph's School (N)
Park Road Tanshelf Station (SE)
Halfpenny Lane Camp Mount (SW)
Halfpenny Lane Camp Mount (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 15 View
Known addresses
Hillcrest, Colonels Walk, Pontefract
Main property type Detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.694248
Longitude -1.316553
Easting 445226
Northing 422195
Grid reference SE452221
UTM reference 30U 611151 5950820
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Plus code 9C5WMMVM+M9
Altitude 46 metres (152 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:18
Sunset (today) 18:29
Distance away
Distance to sea 40.6 KMs (25.2 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000299
Ward Pontefract North E05001455
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley E14001428
MPYvette CooperLabour
Police forceWest Yorkshire
Water companyYorkshire Water
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 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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
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)E00180028
Census output area (2011)5B3
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 £199,933
Annual change 2.8%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Hillcrest, Colonels Walk, PontefractDetached (freehold)Jan 1998£75,000


View all properties sold in the WF8 4 sector

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