WF3 4AY

Stanley & Outwood East · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF3
Postcode sector
WF3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF3 4AR 37 m
WF3 4AT 84 m
WF3 4BN 114 m
WF3 4QZ 149 m
WF3 4AP 188 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF3 4AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF3
Postcode sector
WF3 4
Latitude
53.717014
Longitude
-1.459061
British National Grid easting
435,797
British National Grid northing
424,645

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
E00059881
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 007A · E01011875
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 007 · E02002444

Postcode source versions

Explore WF3

60 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
44, Bottom Boat Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4AY 23 June 2026 £180,000
12, Bottom Boat Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4AY 22 May 2026 £154,000
56, Bottom Boat Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4AY 17 November 2025 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
32
Secondary
5
  1. Kingsland Primary School

    Community special school

    308 m
  2. Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km
  3. Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
295
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 145
  • Other theft 24
  • Public order 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 21
  • Vehicle crime 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
73

38 female, 35 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
1.9
WF3 4 residents
7,032

Age bands in WF3 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,159 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

674 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.2%

1,933 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

2,174 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,447 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF3 4 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
59.1%

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

  • STANLEY

    STANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, LAKE LOCK ROAD, STANLEY, WAKEFIELD, WF3 4HS

    ODS code B87019

    1.2 km

  • PATIENCE LANE SURGERY

    PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ

    ODS code B87602

    2.2 km

  • LOFTHOUSE SURGERY

    2 CHURCH FARM CLOSE, LEEDS ROAD, LOFTHOUSE, WAKEFIELD, WF3 3SA

    ODS code B86020

    2.8 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    3.2 km

  • EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE

    WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD

    ODS code B87604

    3.2 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    3.3 km

  • OUTWOOD PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    POTOVENS LANE, OUTWOOD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 2PE

    ODS code B87013

    3.6 km

  • OULTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    QUARRY HILL, OULTON, LEEDS, LS26 8SZ

    ODS code B86006

    4.0 km

  • NEW SOUTHGATE SURGERY

    BUXTON PLACE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3JQ

    ODS code B87027

    4.0 km

  • WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR

    ODS code B87004

    4.4 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG

    ODS code B87017

    4.8 km

  • HEALTH CARE FIRST PARTNERSHIP

    PINFOLD SURGERY, PINFOLD LANE, MICKLETOWN METHLEY, LEEDS, LS26 9AA

    ODS code B87030

    4.8 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

  • Scarth Terrace Moorhouse Avenue

    BCT · Bottomboat

    0.2 miles
  • Bottomboat Road

    BCT · Stanley

    0.2 miles
  • Bottomboat Road

    BCT · Stanley

    0.2 miles
  • Moorhouse Grove Moorhouse View

    BCT · Bottomboat

    0.3 miles
  • Moorhouse Estate

    BCT · Stanley

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 007A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,263 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
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 £152,000 from 10 recorded sales in WF3 4AY. 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

46 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 5 secondary schools. Kingsland Primary School is the nearest published school at 308 m.

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

Recorded crime

295 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 145 events.

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