Map of WF8 2FT postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 2FT
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Monkhill (1 km)
Bus stops
Knottingley Rd Stump Cross Lane (E)
St Michaels School (S)
Cobblers Ln Stella Gardens (N)
Knottingley Rd Water Lane (E)
Northfield Drive Whitebeam Green (N)
Cobbler's Lane Bexhill Close (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 22 View
Known addresses
1 William Street, Pontefract
2 William Street, Pontefract
3 William Street, Pontefract
4 William Street, Pontefract
5 William Street, Pontefract
6 William Street, Pontefract
7 William Street, Pontefract
8 William Street, Pontefract
9 William Street, Pontefract
10 William Street, Pontefract
11 William Street, Pontefract
12 William Street, Pontefract
14 William Street, Pontefract
15 William Street, Pontefract
16 William Street, Pontefract
17 William Street, Pontefract
18 William Street, Pontefract
19 William Street, Pontefract
20 William Street, Pontefract
21 William Street, Pontefract
22 William Street, Pontefract
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.696728
Longitude -1.287054
Easting 447171
Northing 422490
Grid reference SE471224
UTM reference 30U 613092 5951142
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Plus code 9C5WMPW7+M5
Altitude 45 metres (148 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:26
Sunset (today) 18:05
Distance away
Distance to sea 38.6 KMs (24 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
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 March 2019
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)
19,087 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£44,500
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)PontefractE63008060
Census output area (2021)E00179991
Census output area (2011)E00059725
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 012AE01011835
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 012AE01011835
Middle layer super output area (2021)Pontefract North EastE02002449
Middle layer super output area (2011)Pontefract North EastE02002449
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
17 William Street, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)May 2023£210,000
New build semi-detached (freehold)May 2019£174,995
22 William Street, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2022£177,000
New build semi-detached (freehold)Mar 2019£169,995
6 William Street, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Dec 2021£193,000
New build semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2019£182,995
8 William Street, PontefractDetached (freehold)Dec 2021£232,500
New build detached (freehold)Jun 2019£204,995
2 William Street, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Mar 2021£181,000
New build semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2019£179,995
4 William Street, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Jul 2019£179,995
3 William Street, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2019£179,995
5 William Street, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2019£179,995
11 William Street, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)May 2019£214,995
7 William Street, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)May 2019£222,995


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