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WF7 7QY

Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 7EX 366 m
WF7 7ET 495 m
WF7 7EU 629 m
WF7 7FS 780 m
WF7 7ES 848 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF7 7QY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF7
Postcode sector
WF7 7
Latitude
53.665588
Longitude
-1.323464
British National Grid easting
444,800
British National Grid northing
419,000

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
E00059342
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 034A · E01011767
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 034 · E02002471

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
21
Secondary
4

  1. Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km

  2. The Featherstone Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.7 km

  3. Larks Hill Junior and Infant School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
238
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 117
  • Criminal damage and arson 22
  • Burglary 21
  • Public order 18
  • Other theft 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
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

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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    2.4 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    2.5 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    2.7 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    2.9 km

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    3.1 km

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Ackworth Water Tower

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.1 miles

  • Ackworth Park Lodge

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.3 miles

  • Castle Syke Hill

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.4 miles

  • Castle Syke Hill

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.4 miles

  • Meadow Way

    BCT · High Ackworth

    0.6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

238 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 117 events.

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