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WF4 1BE

Featherstone · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Ward
Featherstone
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 1BP 80 m
WF4 1BG 81 m
WF4 1BT 102 m
WF4 1BS 127 m
WF4 1BU 158 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 1BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 1
Latitude
53.675107
Longitude
-1.423554
British National Grid easting
438,178
British National Grid northing
420,001

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Featherstone · E05016529
Parish or community
E04013430
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059617
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 024E · E01011817
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 024 · E02002461

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Property

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94 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
54, High Street, New Sharlston, Wakefield, WF4 1BE 27 March 2026 £195,000
102, High Street, New Sharlston, Wakefield, WF4 1BE 20 March 2026 £115,000
92, High Street, New Sharlston, Wakefield, WF4 1BE 4 March 2026 £108,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
27
Secondary
5

  1. Sharlston Community School

    Academy converter

    830 m

  2. Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  3. Enrich Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
535
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 311
  • Criminal damage and arson 53
  • Public order 38
  • Anti social behaviour 32
  • Other crime 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
103

45 female, 58 male

Postcode households
48
Residents per household
2.1
WF4 1 residents
9,502

Age bands in WF4 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,636 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

942 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.5%

2,237 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,754 residents

Age 65 and over
20.6%

1,958 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF4 1 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

10

within 5 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    2.1 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    2.2 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    2.9 km

  • PATIENCE LANE SURGERY

    PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ

    ODS code B87602

    3.3 km

  • EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE

    WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD

    ODS code B87604

    3.9 km

  • STATION LANE

    STATION LANE MEDICAL CENTRE, STATION LANE, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 6JL

    ODS code B87032

    4.3 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87012

    4.4 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

    ST. THOMAS ROAD, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 5HE

    ODS code B87009

    4.5 km

  • WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR

    ODS code B87004

    4.5 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG

    ODS code B87017

    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

  • Crossley Street

    BCT · New Sharlston

    0.0 miles

  • New Sharlston High Street

    BCT · New Sharlston

    0.0 miles

  • New Sharlston High St

    BCT · New Sharlston

    0.1 miles

  • Crossley Street

    BCT · New Sharlston

    0.1 miles

  • Colliery Street

    BCT · New Sharlston

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 024E, 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

7,585 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
5 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
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 £125,000 from 15 recorded sales in WF4 1BE. 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

36 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Sharlston Community School is the nearest published school at 830 m.

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

Recorded crime

535 published events cover 12 months, averaging 44.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 311 events.

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