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WF7 6DL

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF7 6BX 68 m
WF7 6BT 92 m
WF7 6DF 95 m
WF7 6BZ 117 m
WF7 6DB 175 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 6DL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 6
Latitude
53.675300
Longitude
-1.395199
British National Grid easting
440,051
British National Grid northing
420,038

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
E00059375
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 024B · E01011776
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 024 · E02002461

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Farm Croft, Streethouse, Pontefract, WF7 6DL 18 January 2007 £220,000
2, Farm Croft, Streethouse, Pontefract, WF7 6DL 30 August 2002 £97,995
1, Farm Croft, Streethouse, Pontefract, WF7 6DL 3 March 2000 £76,500

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
22
Secondary
4
  1. Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    762 m
  2. Sharlston Community School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
357
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 216
  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Public order 21
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Other crime 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12
6 female, 6 male
Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.0
WF7 6 residents
6,554

Age bands in WF7 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%
1,089 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.4%
690 residents
Age 25 to 44
24.3%
1,615 residents
Age 45 to 64
28%
1,860 residents
Age 65 and over
21%
1,395 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF7 6 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
25%

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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    2.5 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    2.6 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    2.9 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    3.0 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    3.3 km

  • PATIENCE LANE SURGERY

    PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ

    ODS code B87602

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Red Lane

    BCT · Streethouse

    49 m
  • Red Lane

    BCT · Streethouse

    65 m
  • Lynwood Close

    BCT · Streethouse

    74 m
  • Lynwood Close

    BCT · Streethouse

    80 m
  • Streethouse Rail Station

    RSE · Streethouse

    281 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 024B, 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

5,090 of 33,755

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

28 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 762 m.

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

Recorded crime

357 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 216 events.

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