WF4 1ES

Featherstone · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 1BL 46 m
WF4 1EG 79 m
WF4 1EQ 92 m
WF4 1ER 130 m
WF4 1ET 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 1ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 1
Latitude
53.672679
Longitude
-1.412114
British National Grid easting
438,936
British National Grid northing
419,737

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E04013430
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059618
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 024E · E01011817
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 024 · E02002461

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, The Beeches, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1ES 27 February 2021 £120,000
5, The Beeches, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1ES 13 March 2020 £249,000
8, The Beeches, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1ES 9 August 2019 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
22
Secondary
6
  1. Sharlston Community School

    Academy converter

    112 m
  2. Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    591 m
  3. Enrich Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
416
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 251
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Public order 27
  • Other crime 24
  • Anti social behaviour 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

7 female, 9 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.2% 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
85.7%

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

7

within 5 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    2.0 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    2.6 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    3.2 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    3.7 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    3.7 km

  • PATIENCE LANE SURGERY

    PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ

    ODS code B87602

    3.7 km

  • EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE

    WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD

    ODS code B87604

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

Nearby transport

  • Hammer Lane

    BCT · New Sharlston

    0.2 miles
  • Hammer Lane

    BCT · New Sharlston

    0.2 miles
  • Weeland Crescent

    BCT · Sharlston

    0.3 miles
  • Weeland Crescent

    BCT · Sharlston

    0.3 miles
  • Gin Lane

    BCT · Streethouse

    0.3 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
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

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 6 secondary schools. Sharlston Community School is the nearest published school at 112 m.

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

Recorded crime

416 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 251 events.

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