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WF7 5FQ

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 5LN 25 m
WF7 5AP 35 m
WF7 5PA 42 m
WF7 5LP 44 m
WF7 5LT 65 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 5FQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2020
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 5
Latitude
53.673753
Longitude
-1.351898
British National Grid easting
442,913
British National Grid northing
419,891

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
E00059399
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 027D · E01011782
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 027 · E02002464

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
35
Primary
25
Secondary
5

  1. Featherstone Purston Infant School

    Community school

    267 m

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    535 m

  3. The Featherstone Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    677 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,294
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 639
  • Criminal damage and arson 104
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Public order 98
  • 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.

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
0%

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    296 m

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    937 m

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    3.3 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    3.4 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    3.4 km

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Ackworth Road Jct

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.0 miles

  • Ackworth Road Jct

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.0 miles

  • Hall Street Wesley Pl

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Little Lane

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Little Lane

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 027D, 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

15,959 of 33,755

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

35 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Featherstone Purston Infant School is the nearest published school at 267 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,294 published events cover 12 months, averaging 107.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 639 events.

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