WF7 7FE

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 7FB 42 m
WF7 7FN 52 m
WF7 7FR 74 m
WF7 7FG 75 m
WF7 7BH 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 7FE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 7
Latitude
53.643775
Longitude
-1.353234
British National Grid easting
442,855
British National Grid northing
416,555

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
E00180030
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 034H · E01034270
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 034 · E02002471

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

71 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
41, Turnberry Avenue, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7FE 1 May 2026 £275,000
11, Turnberry Avenue, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7FE 22 August 2025 £140,000
79, Turnberry Avenue, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7FE 27 June 2025 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
19
Secondary
2
  1. Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane

    Academy converter

    808 m
  2. Ackworth School

    Other independent school

    1.4 km
  3. Oakfield Park School

    Community special school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
341
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 148
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Other theft 31
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Vehicle crime 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
104

51 female, 53 male

Postcode households
37
Residents per household
2.8
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 1.3% 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
100%

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

    1.1 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    3.5 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.6 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    4.2 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

  • Dicky Sykes Lane

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.1 miles
  • Dicky Sykes Lane

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.1 miles
  • Bracken Hill

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.2 miles
  • Bracken Hill

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.2 miles
  • Heaton Street

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 034H, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,308 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 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
2
Low risk addresses
4
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 £253,000 from 21 recorded sales in WF7 7FE. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane is the nearest published school at 808 m.

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

Recorded crime

341 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 148 events.

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