WF4 6EY

Horbury & South Ossett · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 6ET 239 m
WF4 6PA 271 m
WF4 6EZ 272 m
WF4 6ES 294 m
WF4 6EL 328 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 6EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 6
Latitude
53.663583
Longitude
-1.571325
British National Grid easting
428,424
British National Grid northing
418,650

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00059488
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 029F · E01011800
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 029 · E02002466

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Matty Marsden Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 6EY 11 October 2019 £336,750
Four Acres, Matty Marsden Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 6EY 8 September 2017 £250,000
17, Matty Marsden Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 6EY 15 April 2011 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
39
Secondary
5
  1. St Ignatius Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    616 m
  2. Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy

    Academy converter

    667 m
  3. Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    769 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,033
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 499
  • Anti social behaviour 97
  • Public order 77
  • Other theft 66
  • Criminal damage and arson 66

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

7 female, 7 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
4.7
WF4 6 residents
4,504

Age bands in WF4 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

730 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

400 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

1,016 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,201 residents

Age 65 and over
21.3%

906 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF4 6 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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 straight-line

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    1.5 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    2.1 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

    MIDDLESTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, NEW ROAD, MIDDLESTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4PA

    ODS code B87001

    2.4 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    3.3 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    3.5 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW

    ODS code B85606

    4.0 km

  • HOMESTEAD

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

    ODS code B87022

    4.0 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

    SCARBOROUGH STREET, SAVILE TOWN, DEWSBURY, DEWSBURY, WF12 9AY

    ODS code B85645

    4.2 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    4.3 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SAVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, THE SIDINGS, DEWSBURY, WF12 9QU

    ODS code B85652

    4.6 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    4.7 km

  • WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD

    ODS code B85620

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Old Halfway House

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles
  • Old Halfway House

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles
  • Horbury Mews

    BCT · Horbury

    0.2 miles
  • Horbury Mews

    BCT · Horbury

    0.2 miles
  • Sowood Lane

    BCT · Ossett Spa

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 029F, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,309 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

56 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Ignatius Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 616 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,033 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 499 events.

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