WF7 5JU

Featherstone · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Pontefract
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF7 5JT 63 m
WF7 5JP 100 m
WF7 5JX 119 m
WF7 5JW 121 m
WF7 5LA 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 5JU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 5
Latitude
53.673829
Longitude
-1.369456
British National Grid easting
441,753
British National Grid northing
419,889

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E04013427
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059376
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 027B · E01011780
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 027 · E02002464

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, Priordale Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5JU 9 July 2021 £98,000
24, Priordale Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5JU 11 January 2019 £80,000
72, Priordale Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5JU 26 March 2016 £70,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
28
Secondary
6
  1. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School

    Academy converter

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    668 m
  3. Featherstone Purston Infant School

    Community school

    911 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,112
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 520
  • Shoplifting 97
  • Anti social behaviour 97
  • Criminal damage and arson 88
  • Public order 85

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
135

79 female, 56 male

Postcode households
59
Residents per household
2.3
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

This postcode contained 1.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF7 5 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+
98.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
98.5%
Gigabit-capable
98.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
4.5%

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 straight-line

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    901 m

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    1.1 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    3.9 km

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    4.2 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    4.3 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    4.3 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    4.4 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    4.5 km

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Wentworth Road New Priory

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles
  • Wentworth Road New Priory

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles
  • Wentworth Rd Hillcrest Avenue

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles
  • Wentworth Rd Southfield Avenue

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles
  • Wentworth Rd Southfield Avenue

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 027B, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

451 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
7 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
6
Low risk addresses
24
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

38 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 6 secondary schools. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School is the nearest published school at 518 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,112 published events cover 12 months, averaging 92.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 520 events.

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