WF8 1NE

Pontefract South · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Pontefract
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF8
Postcode sector
WF8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF8 1ND 40 m
WF8 4DQ 68 m
WF8 4BN 83 m
WF8 4DH 84 m
WF8 4AB 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF8 1NE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF8
Postcode sector
WF8 1
Latitude
53.690027
Longitude
-1.317106
British National Grid easting
445,194
British National Grid northing
421,723

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E43000299
Output area
E00059769
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 023E · E01011851
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 023 · E02002460

Postcode source versions

Explore WF8

20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
19, The Mount, Pontefract, WF8 1NE 19 May 2021 £342,500
21, The Mount, Pontefract, WF8 1NE 9 October 2017 £340,000
19, The Mount, Pontefract, WF8 1NE 14 July 2017 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
33
Secondary
6
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract

    Academy converter

    115 m
  2. The King's School

    Academy converter

    537 m
  3. Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    599 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,989
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,336
  • Shoplifting 361
  • Anti social behaviour 274
  • Public order 246
  • Criminal damage and arson 217

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
40

23 female, 17 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
3.1
WF8 1 residents
5,134

Age bands in WF8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

822 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

553 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.4%

1,572 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

1,442 residents

Age 65 and over
15.2%

787 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF8 1 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
7.1%

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

8

within 5 km

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    400 m

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    671 m

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    683 m

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    2.9 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    3.1 km

  • HENRY MOORE CLINIC

    26 SMAWTHORNE LANE, CASTLEFORD, WF10 4EN

    ODS code B87018

    4.2 km

  • CASTLEFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELBECK STREET, CASTLEFORD, WF10 1DP

    ODS code B87025

    4.6 km

  • TIEVE TARA

    TIEVE TARA MEDICAL CENTRE, PARKDALE, AIREDALE, CASTLEFORD, WF10 2QP

    ODS code B87042

    4.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Joseph's School

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.1 miles
  • Banks Avenue

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.1 miles
  • Halfpenny Lane Camp Mount

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.1 miles
  • Halfpenny Lane Camp Mount

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.1 miles
  • Westbourne Rd Westbourne Avenue

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 023E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,557 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
2 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

44 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract is the nearest published school at 115 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,989 published events cover 12 months, averaging 249.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,336 events.

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