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WF7 7LT

Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF7 7LS 102 m
WF7 7NB 193 m
WF7 7LR 252 m
WF7 7NA 321 m
WF7 7NX 323 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 7LT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 7
Latitude
53.649554
Longitude
-1.334991
British National Grid easting
444,055
British National Grid northing
417,209

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · E05016524
Parish or community
E04013421
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059325
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 034D · E01011770
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 034 · E02002471

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
19
Secondary
4

  1. Ackworth School

    Other independent school

    94 m

  2. Ackworth Mill Dam School

    Academy converter

    741 m

  3. Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane

    Academy converter

    881 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
442
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 200
  • Criminal damage and arson 47
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Public order 32
  • Other theft 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
61

25 female, 36 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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 0.8% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    559 m

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    3.1 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    3.8 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.4 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Ackworth School

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.1 miles

  • Ackworth School

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.1 miles

  • Quaker School

    BCT · Low Ackworth

    0.1 miles

  • Quaker School

    BCT · Low Ackworth

    0.2 miles

  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 034D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,039 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 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
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

26 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ackworth School is the nearest published school at 94 m.

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

Recorded crime

442 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 200 events.

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