WF7 7NF

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 7PU 265 m
WF7 7RN 273 m
WF7 7PD 326 m
WF7 7NG 344 m
WF7 7ND 355 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 7NF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 7
Latitude
53.645636
Longitude
-1.327081
British National Grid easting
444,582
British National Grid northing
416,778

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
E00059323
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 034A · E01011767
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 034 · E02002471

Postcode source versions

Explore WF7

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Low Farm Lane, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7NF 6 May 2022 £515,000
5, Low Farm Lane, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7NF 19 January 2018 £440,000
2, Low Farm Lane, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7NF 20 November 2006 £272,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Ackworth Mill Dam School

    Academy converter

    397 m
  2. Ackworth School

    Other independent school

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    661 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
396
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 178
  • Criminal damage and arson 44
  • Anti social behaviour 31
  • Other theft 29
  • Public order 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

9 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.5
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 0.2% 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
75%

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

    620 m

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    3.8 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.2 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    4.5 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.3 miles
  • Station Road Low Green

    BCT · Low Ackworth

    0.3 miles
  • Quaker School

    BCT · Low Ackworth

    0.3 miles
  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · Ackworth Moor Top

    0.3 miles
  • Quaker School

    BCT · Low Ackworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 034A, 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

26,353 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £515,000 from 1 recorded sale in WF7 7NF. 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 Mill Dam School is the nearest published school at 397 m.

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

Recorded crime

396 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 178 events.

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