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WF4 6HW

Horbury & South Ossett · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Horbury & South Ossett
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 6AF 44 m
WF4 6DU 48 m
WF4 6DS 65 m
WF4 6AB 80 m
WF4 6HS 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 6HW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 6
Latitude
53.660400
Longitude
-1.561128
British National Grid easting
429,100
British National Grid northing
418,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Horbury & South Ossett · E05016531
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00059498
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 031B · E01011798
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 031 · E02002468

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
35
Secondary
5

  1. Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    301 m

  2. Hall Cliffe School

    Other independent special school

    372 m

  3. Horbury Academy

    Academy converter

    914 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,093
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 534
  • Public order 101
  • Anti social behaviour 91
  • Other theft 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 67

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

12

within 5 km straight-line

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    747 m

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    2.8 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    2.8 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    2.8 km

  • HOMESTEAD

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

    ODS code B87022

    3.7 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    4.0 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    4.0 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    4.2 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85606

    4.8 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87012

    4.9 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG

    ODS code B87017

    4.9 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code B85645

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Clifton Road

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles

  • Clifton Road

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles

  • Horbuty Highfield Road

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles

  • Highfield Place

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles

  • West End Cottages

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 031B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,889 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

54 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 5 secondary schools. Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School is the nearest published school at 301 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,093 published events cover 12 months, averaging 91.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 534 events.

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