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WF7 5BW

Featherstone · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Featherstone
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF7 5BL 80 m
WF7 5BS 97 m
WF7 5BN 124 m
WF7 5BU 142 m
WF7 5DQ 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 5BW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 5
Latitude
53.677479
Longitude
-1.361121
British National Grid easting
442,300
British National Grid northing
420,300

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
E04013427
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059391
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 027E · E01011783
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 027 · E02002464

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
28
Secondary
5

  1. Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    272 m

  2. Featherstone Purston Infant School

    Community school

    611 m

  3. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School

    Academy converter

    625 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,314
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 648
  • Criminal damage and arson 106
  • Anti social behaviour 102
  • Public order 99
  • Shoplifting 97

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF7 5 residents
8,047

Age bands in WF7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

1,529 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

837 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.9%

2,313 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

1,985 residents

Age 65 and over
16.9%

1,351 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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    441 m

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    446 m

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    3.5 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    3.8 km

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    3.9 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    4.0 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    4.6 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    4.6 km

  • HENRY MOORE CLINIC

    26 SMAWTHORNE LANE, CASTLEFORD, WF10 4EN

    ODS code B87018

    4.8 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Crossley Street

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Featherstone Station

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Featherstone Station

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Featherstone Rail Station

    RSE · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Featherstone The Precinct

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 027E, 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

10,203 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School is the nearest published school at 272 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,314 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 648 events.

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