WF11 8ER

Knottingley & Ferrybridge · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Knottingley
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF11
Postcode sector
WF11 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF11 8EP 46 m
WF11 8FD 47 m
WF11 8EW 93 m
WF11 8ES 133 m
WF11 8EN 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF11 8ER
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF11
Postcode sector
WF11 8
Latitude
53.707919
Longitude
-1.250265
British National Grid easting
449,587
British National Grid northing
423,758

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E43000299
Output area
E00059555
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 010C · E01011808
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 010 · E02002447

Postcode source versions

Explore WF11

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Car Park, Marine Villa Road, Knottingley, WF11 8ER 24 April 2024 £110,000
Petrol Filling Station, Marine Villa Road, Knottingley, WF11 8ER 24 April 2024 £1,750,000
27, Marine Villa Road, Knottingley, WF11 8ER 13 January 2024 £260,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. England Lane Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    580 m
  2. De Lacy Academy

    Academy converter

    654 m
  3. St Botolphs CE Academy

    Academy converter

    703 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,961
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 837
  • Criminal damage and arson 196
  • Anti social behaviour 164
  • Shoplifting 153
  • Vehicle crime 152

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

6 female, 9 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
WF11 8 residents
6,443

Age bands in WF11 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,127 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

613 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.9%

1,763 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

1,800 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

1,495 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF11 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
72.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
63.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
63.6%
Gigabit-capable
63.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
72.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
27.3%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • ASH GROVE

    ASH GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE, ENGLAND LANE, KNOTTINGLEY, WF11 0JA

    ODS code B87021

    446 m

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    4.2 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    4.3 km

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Knottingley Morrisons

    BCT · Knottingley

    0.1 miles
  • Knottingley Morrisons

    BCT · Knottingley

    0.1 miles
  • Holyrood House

    BCT · Knottingley

    0.2 miles
  • Holyrood House

    BCT · Knottingley

    0.2 miles
  • The Ridgeway Spawd Bone Lane

    BCT · Knottingley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 010C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,372 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £230,000 from 4 recorded sales in WF11 8ER. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wakefield is £198,519 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. England Lane Academy is the nearest published school at 580 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,961 published events cover 12 months, averaging 163.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 837 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.