Map of WF8 2GB postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 2GB
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Monkhill (1 km)
Bus stops
Pontefract Rd Darkfield Lane (NE)
Ferrybridge Rd Orchard Head Lane (SW)
Ferrybridge Rd Orchard Head Lane (NE)
Pontefract Road Limetrees (SW)
Knottingley Rd Water Lane (E)
Knottingley Rd Stump Cross Lane (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Known addresses
1 Goodwood Avenue, Pontefract
2 Goodwood Avenue, Pontefract
4 Goodwood Avenue, Pontefract
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.704659
Longitude -1.289129
Easting 447025
Northing 423371
Grid reference SE470233
UTM reference 30U 612934 5952021
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Plus code 9C5WPP36+V8
Altitude 37 metres (120 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:26
Sunset (today) 18:05
Distance away
Distance to sea 38.8 KMs (24.1 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 2014
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)E00180076
Census output area (2011)E00059713
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
1 Goodwood Avenue, PontefractDetached (freehold)Mar 2018£184,000
New build detached (freehold)Mar 2014£179,995
2 Goodwood Avenue, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)May 2015£209,995
4 Goodwood Avenue, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Apr 2015£212,500


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