WF2 8FX

Wakefield West · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF2
Postcode sector
WF2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF2 8UR 68 m
WF2 8ZB 91 m
WF2 8ZA 101 m
WF2 8QU 124 m
WF2 8FY 153 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF2 8FX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2020
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF2
Postcode sector
WF2 8
Latitude
53.669282
Longitude
-1.525890
British National Grid easting
431,422
British National Grid northing
419,303

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell · E14001560
Output area
E00059997
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 026D · E01011904
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 026 · E02002463

Postcode source versions

Explore WF2

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Thornesgate Court, Apartment 2, Thornesgate Drive, Wakefield, WF2 8FX 14 February 2025 £200,000
Thornesgate Court, Apartment 4, Thornesgate Drive, Wakefield, WF2 8FX 22 October 2021 £201,950
Thornesgate Court, Apartment 7, Thornesgate Drive, Wakefield, WF2 8FX 29 September 2021 £209,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
62
Primary
39
Secondary
7
  1. The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School

    Community school

    434 m
  2. Trinity Academy Cathedral

    Academy converter

    669 m
  3. Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School

    Community school

    826 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
2,987
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,404
  • Public order 230
  • Anti social behaviour 227
  • Shoplifting 223
  • Criminal damage and arson 213

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
5.0
WF2 8 residents
14,295

Age bands in WF2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20%

2,967 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

1,715 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.2%

3,882 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

3,778 residents

Age 65 and over
16.8%

2,484 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF2 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

12

within 5 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

    GEORGE-A-GREEN COURT, WAKEFIELD, WF2 8FE

    ODS code B87008

    372 m

  • HOMESTEAD

    HOMESTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE, HOMESTEAD DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 9PE

    ODS code B87022

    1.5 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    1.9 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    1.9 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG

    ODS code B87017

    2.4 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELLE ISLE HEALTH PARK, PORTOBELLO ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5PN

    ODS code B87012

    2.4 km

  • WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR

    ODS code B87004

    2.8 km

  • NEW SOUTHGATE SURGERY

    BUXTON PLACE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3JQ

    ODS code B87027

    3.0 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    3.0 km

  • EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE

    WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD

    ODS code B87604

    4.0 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    4.0 km

  • OUTWOOD PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    POTOVENS LANE, OUTWOOD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 2PE

    ODS code B87013

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Thornes Road

    BCT · Lupset

    0.0 miles
  • Thornes Road

    BCT · Lupset

    0.1 miles
  • Thornes Rd Horbury Road

    BCT · Lupset

    0.1 miles
  • Cumbrian Way

    BCT · Lupset

    0.1 miles
  • Cumbrian Way

    BCT · Lupset

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 026D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,580 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
9 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
0
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 £201,950 from 5 recorded sales in WF2 8FX. 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

62 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School is the nearest published school at 434 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,987 published events cover 12 months, averaging 248.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,404 events.

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