WF7 5WY

Featherstone · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF7 5PW 2 m
WF7 5PN 74 m
WF7 5PE 82 m
WF7 5NY 89 m
WF7 5FE 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 5WY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 2002
Terminated
1 October 2003
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 5
Latitude
53.669577
Longitude
-1.359197
British National Grid easting
442,435
British National Grid northing
419,422

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
E00059410
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

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Open schools
37
Primary
25
Secondary
6
  1. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School

    Academy converter

    332 m
  2. Featherstone Purston Infant School

    Community school

    446 m
  3. Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    627 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,187
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 566
  • Criminal damage and arson 100
  • Shoplifting 97
  • Anti social behaviour 95
  • Public order 89

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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    631 m

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    1.3 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    3.2 km

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    3.9 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    4.0 km

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    4.3 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Priory Rd Girnhill Lane

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.3 miles
  • Priory Rd Girnhill Lane

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.3 miles
  • Priory Rd Hardwick Road

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.3 miles
  • Ackworth Rd Went Lane

    BCT · Purston Jaglin

    0.3 miles
  • Priory Rd Hardwick Road

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School is the nearest published school at 332 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,187 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 566 events.

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