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WF6 1AZ

Normanton · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Normanton
Ward
Normanton
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF6
Postcode sector
WF6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF6 1AH 80 m
WF6 1AY 98 m
WF6 1ZU 100 m
WF6 1AQ 107 m
WF6 1ZW 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF6 1AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF6
Postcode sector
WF6 1
Latitude
53.694799
Longitude
-1.421271
British National Grid easting
438,311
British National Grid northing
422,193

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Normanton · E05016533
Parish or community
E04013429
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059576
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 016B · E01011814
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 016 · E02002453

Postcode source versions

Explore WF6

Property

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31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
143, Church Lane, Normanton, WF6 1AZ 7 November 2025 £200,000
175, Church Lane, Normanton, WF6 1AZ 22 November 2024 £125,000
165, Church Lane, Normanton, WF6 1AZ 9 November 2022 £130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
28
Secondary
4

  1. Newlands Primary School

    Community school

    295 m

  2. Normanton Junior Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    335 m

  3. Outwood Academy Freeston

    Academy converter

    595 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,702
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 815
  • Public order 138
  • Criminal damage and arson 138
  • Shoplifting 130
  • Anti social behaviour 121

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
44

27 female, 17 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.3
WF6 1 residents
11,994

Age bands in WF6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,217 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,281 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.9%

3,239 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

3,392 residents

Age 65 and over
16%

1,934 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF6 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
19%

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

9

within 5 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    201 m

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    661 m

  • PATIENCE LANE SURGERY

    PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ

    ODS code B87602

    1.3 km

  • EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE

    WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD

    ODS code B87604

    3.7 km

  • STANLEY

    STANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, LAKE LOCK ROAD, STANLEY, WAKEFIELD, WF3 4HS

    ODS code B87019

    4.2 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    4.3 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    4.4 km

  • WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR

    ODS code B87004

    4.8 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    4.9 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

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Normanton

    0.0 miles

  • Church Lane 

    BCT · Normanton

    0.0 miles

  • Newland Lane

    BCT · Normanton

    0.1 miles

  • Newland Lane

    BCT · Normanton

    0.1 miles

  • Kestrel Mews

    BCT · Normanton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 016B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,338 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £127,500 from 4 recorded sales in WF6 1AZ. 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

37 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. Newlands Primary School is the nearest published school at 295 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,702 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 815 events.

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