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WF7 6XB

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 6AQ 107 m
WF7 6NH 107 m
WF7 6AN 125 m
WF7 6BP 138 m
WF7 6AJ 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 6XB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 6
Latitude
53.689139
Longitude
-1.356402
British National Grid easting
442,600
British National Grid northing
421,600

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
E00059377
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 024C · E01011777
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
48
Primary
36
Secondary
7

  1. Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy

    Academy converter

    583 m

  2. Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    586 m

  3. St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    843 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
705
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 354
  • Criminal damage and arson 53
  • Public order 51
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Other theft 41

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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    900 m

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    1.6 km

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    2.8 km

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    3.1 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    3.3 km

  • HENRY MOORE CLINIC

    26 SMAWTHORNE LANE, CASTLEFORD, WF10 4EN

    ODS code B87018

    3.5 km

  • CASTLEFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELBECK STREET, CASTLEFORD, WF10 1DP

    ODS code B87025

    4.0 km

  • RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    SAVILE ROAD, CASTLEFORD, WF10 1PH

    ODS code B87005

    4.3 km

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    4.4 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Highfield Close

    BCT · North Featherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Highfield Close

    BCT · North Featherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Carlton Street

    BCT · North Featherstone

    0.2 miles

  • Carlton Street

    BCT · North Featherstone

    0.2 miles

  • North Featherstone Cross Roads

    BCT · North Featherstone

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 024C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,617 of 33,755

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

48 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 7 secondary schools. Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy is the nearest published school at 583 m.

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

Recorded crime

705 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 354 events.

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