Pontefract North · Wakefield · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 71, Monkhill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1RW | 19 June 2009 | £111,500 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School
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St Giles C of E Academy
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
13 female, 11 male
822 residents
553 residents
1,572 residents
1,442 residents
787 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
10
within 5 km
NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF
ODS code B87007
1.2 km
THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ
ODS code B87015
1.3 km
CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU
ODS code B87011
1.8 km
TIEVE TARA MEDICAL CENTRE, PARKDALE, AIREDALE, CASTLEFORD, WF10 2QP
ODS code B87042
3.1 km
26 SMAWTHORNE LANE, CASTLEFORD, WF10 4EN
ODS code B87018
3.6 km
WELBECK STREET, CASTLEFORD, WF10 1DP
ODS code B87025
3.9 km
ASH GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE, ENGLAND LANE, KNOTTINGLEY, WF11 0JA
ODS code B87021
4.1 km
SAVILE ROAD, CASTLEFORD, WF10 1PH
ODS code B87005
4.2 km
STATION LANE MEDICAL CENTRE, STATION LANE, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 6JL
ODS code B87032
4.3 km
ST. THOMAS ROAD, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 5HE
ODS code B87009
4.6 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.
Willowdene Lane
BCT · Monkhill
Willowdene Lane
BCT · Monkhill
Castlebar
BCT · Monkhill
Castlebar
BCT · Monkhill
Lady Balk Lane
BCT · Monkhill
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 012E, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,582 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
46 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 7 secondary schools. Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 615 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
2,246 published events cover 12 months, averaging 187.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 942 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.