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WF4 1XA

Featherstone · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 1WX 0 m
WF4 1DB 34 m
WF4 1AH 85 m
WF4 1DA 97 m
WF4 1AQ 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 1XA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1988
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 1
Latitude
53.667986
Longitude
-1.413753
British National Grid easting
438,832
British National Grid northing
419,214

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
E00059614
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 024F · E01011818
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 024 · E02002461

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
25
Secondary
6

  1. Sharlston Community School

    Academy converter

    421 m

  2. Enrich Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    1.1 km

  3. Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
478
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 288
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Public order 29
  • Anti social behaviour 28
  • Other crime 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    1.5 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    3.1 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    3.7 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    3.9 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    3.9 km

  • PATIENCE LANE SURGERY

    PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ

    ODS code B87602

    4.2 km

  • EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE

    WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD

    ODS code B87604

    4.8 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87012

    5.0 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

  • Sharlston RLFC

    BCT · Sharlston

    0.1 miles

  • Sharlston RLFC

    BCT · Sharlston

    0.1 miles

  • Sharlston Memorial

    BCT · Sharlston

    0.1 miles

  • Sharlston Memorial

    BCT · Sharlston

    0.1 miles

  • Eastville Road

    BCT · Sharlston

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 024F, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,286 of 33,755

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

33 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Sharlston Community School is the nearest published school at 421 m.

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

Recorded crime

478 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 288 events.

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