WF7 7AA

Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF7 7AB 95 m
WF7 7AF 99 m
WF7 7FA 99 m
WF7 7GF 114 m
WF7 7AD 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 7AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 7
Latitude
53.640836
Longitude
-1.348227
British National Grid easting
443,189
British National Grid northing
416,231

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E04013421
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059338
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 034G · E01034269
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 034 · E02002471

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

47 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Willsdene, Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7AA 27 November 2024 £600,000
87, Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7AA 9 August 2024 £200,000
87, Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7AA 31 March 2023 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane

    Academy converter

    503 m
  2. Oakfield Park School

    Community special school

    919 m
  3. Ackworth Mill Dam School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
381
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 172
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Other theft 31
  • Public order 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
37

17 female, 20 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
1.8
WF7 7 residents
8,058

Age bands in WF7 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,365 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

706 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.1%

2,076 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

2,226 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

1,567 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF7 7 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
73.7%

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

4

within 5 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    893 m

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.3 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    3.8 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    4.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Heaton Street

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.0 miles
  • Heaton Street

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.0 miles
  • Cricketers View

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.1 miles
  • Cricketers View

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.2 miles
  • Dicky Sykes Lane

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 034G, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,068 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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
3
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

Property market

The five-year median is £180,000 from 5 recorded sales in WF7 7AA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wakefield is £198,519 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane is the nearest published school at 503 m.

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

Recorded crime

381 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 172 events.

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