Map of WF2 8SY postcode

General information
Postcode WF2 8SY
Post Town Wakefield
Nearest station Wakefield Westgate (1 km)
Bus stops
Lawefield Lane School (W)
Lawefield Lane Park Ave (W)
Lawefield Lane Park Ave (E)
Charlesworth Way Cineworld (NW)
Lawefield Ln Park Grove Rd (SE)
Lawefield Ln Park Grove Rd (NW)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.675356
Longitude -1.507381
Easting 432640
Northing 419989
Grid reference SE326199
UTM reference 30U 598596 5948437
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Plus code 9C5WMFGV+42
Altitude 37 metres (122 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:22
Sunset (today) 18:10
Distance away
Distance to sea 53.1 KMs (33 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
Ward Wakefield West E05001463
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Wakefield and Rothwell E14001560
MPSimon LightwoodLabour
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 February 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)
6,437 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£39,600
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)WakefieldE63008062
Census output area (2021)E00060019
Census output area (2011)E00060019
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 028DE01011907
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 028DE01011907
Middle layer super output area (2021)ThornesE02002465
Middle layer super output area (2011)ThornesE02002465
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £191,774
Annual change 2.0%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
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