WF7 7NB

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 7LT 193 m
WF7 7NA 193 m
WF7 7ND 203 m
WF7 7NE 240 m
WF7 7LS 294 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 7NB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 7
Latitude
53.648704
Longitude
-1.332448
British National Grid easting
444,224
British National Grid northing
417,116

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
E00059325
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 034D · E01011770
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 034 · E02002471

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
32, Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7NB 13 June 2025 £430,000
44, Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7NB 13 December 2024 £370,000
34, Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7NB 27 September 2021 £462,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Ackworth School

    Other independent school

    133 m
  2. Ackworth Mill Dam School

    Academy converter

    613 m
  3. Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    738 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
426
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 190
  • Criminal damage and arson 45
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Other theft 31
  • Public order 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

14 female, 16 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.4% 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+
90.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90.5%
Gigabit-capable
90.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
14.3%

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

    524 m

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    3.3 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    4.0 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.3 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Quaker School

    BCT · Low Ackworth

    0.1 miles
  • Ackworth School

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.1 miles
  • Ackworth School

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.1 miles
  • Quaker School

    BCT · Low Ackworth

    0.1 miles
  • Station Road Low Green

    BCT · Low Ackworth

    0.2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £427,500 from 4 recorded sales in WF7 7NB. 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ackworth School is the nearest published school at 133 m.

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

Recorded crime

426 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 190 events.

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