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WF7 6ET

Featherstone · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Featherstone
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF7 5DF 373 m
WF7 5HL 509 m
WF7 5LA 518 m
WF7 5JR 542 m
WF7 5DE 547 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 6ET
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2009
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 6
Latitude
53.673896
Longitude
-1.378931
British National Grid easting
441,127
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
E00059384
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 024B · E01011776
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 024 · E02002461

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
27
Secondary
5

  1. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km

  3. Featherstone Purston Infant School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
825
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 374
  • Shoplifting 96
  • Anti social behaviour 66
  • Criminal damage and arson 66
  • Public order 58

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    1.5 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    1.6 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    3.7 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    3.8 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    4.0 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    4.3 km

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    4.7 km

  • PATIENCE LANE SURGERY

    PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ

    ODS code B87602

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Common Side Lane

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.2 miles

  • Common Side Lane

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.2 miles

  • Victoria Garden Centre

    BCT · Streethouse

    0.3 miles

  • Victoria Garden Centre

    BCT · Streethouse

    0.3 miles

  • Wentworth Road New Priory

    BCT · Featherstone

    0.3 miles

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.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

825 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 374 events.

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