Map of WF8 2GL postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 2GL
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Monkhill (1 km)
Bus stops
Knottingley Rd Stump Cross Lane (E)
Knottingley Rd Water Lane (E)
Pontefract Rd Darkfield Lane (SW)
Pontefract Rd Darkfield Lane (NE)
Ferrybridge Rd Orchard Head Lane (SW)
Ferrybridge Rd Orchard Head Lane (NE)
Number of UPRNs 10 View
Known addresses
1 Castle Close, Pontefract
2 Castle Close, Pontefract
3 Castle Close, Pontefract
4 Castle Close, Pontefract
6 Castle Close, Pontefract
8 Castle Close, Pontefract
10 Castle Close, Pontefract
12 Castle Close, Pontefract
14 Castle Close, Pontefract
16 Castle Close, Pontefract
Main property type Detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.701849
Longitude -1.286725
Easting 447187
Northing 423060
Grid reference SE471230
UTM reference 30U 613100 5951713
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Plus code 9C5WPP27+P8
Altitude 24 metres (78 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
NUTS/ITL 3 Wakefield
NUTS/ITL 2 West Yorkshire
NUTS/ITL 1 Yorkshire and The Humber
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced August 2022
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)E00180078
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
16 Castle Close, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Nov 2022£209,995
14 Castle Close, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Nov 2022£208,995
12 Castle Close, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Nov 2022£279,995
10 Castle Close, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Oct 2022£296,995
4 Castle Close, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Oct 2022£279,995
8 Castle Close, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Oct 2022£236,995
6 Castle Close, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Oct 2022£234,995
2 Castle Close, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Sep 2022£286,995
1 Castle Close, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Sep 2022£274,995
3 Castle Close, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Sep 2022£284,995


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