Pontefract South · Wakefield · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 120, Rookhill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DA | 1 May 2026 | £145,000 |
| 93, Rookhill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DA | 7 March 2025 | £175,000 |
| 138, Rookhill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DA | 22 November 2021 | £145,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
High Well School
Community special school
De Lacy Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Harewood Centre Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
39 female, 32 male
3,164 residents
1,654 residents
4,430 residents
4,238 residents
2,671 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF8 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
6
within 5 km
CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU
ODS code B87011
1.0 km
NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF
ODS code B87007
1.5 km
THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ
ODS code B87015
1.7 km
ASH GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE, ENGLAND LANE, KNOTTINGLEY, WF11 0JA
ODS code B87021
3.8 km
ST. THOMAS ROAD, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 5HE
ODS code B87009
4.3 km
STATION LANE MEDICAL CENTRE, STATION LANE, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 6JL
ODS code B87032
4.4 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
East Drive
BCT · Chequerfield
East Drive
BCT · Chequerfield
De Lacy School
BCT · Chequerfield
Chequerfield Circle
BCT · Chequerfield
Holy Family Church
BCT · Chequerfield
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 018D, 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
7,829 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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £145,000 from 3 recorded sales in WF8 2DA. 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.
Published establishments
39 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 6 secondary schools. High Well School is the nearest published school at 194 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
2,596 published events cover 12 months, averaging 216.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,156 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.