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WF8 4ES

Pontefract North · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Pontefract North
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Postcode district
WF8
Postcode sector
WF8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF8 4HH 44 m
WF8 4SL 64 m
WF8 4ER 91 m
WF8 4SD 117 m
WF8 4HD 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF8 4ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF8
Postcode sector
WF8 4
Latitude
53.685745
Longitude
-1.326049
British National Grid easting
444,608
British National Grid northing
421,241

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Pontefract North · E05016535
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley · E14001428
Output area
E00059706
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 015E · E01011842
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 015 · E02002452

Postcode source versions

Explore WF8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
33
Secondary
6

  1. Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    463 m

  2. The King's School

    Academy converter

    543 m

  3. Larks Hill Junior and Infant School

    Academy converter

    572 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,034
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 848
  • Shoplifting 270
  • Anti social behaviour 202
  • Public order 185
  • Criminal damage and arson 151

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF8 4 residents
8,550

Age bands in WF8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,495 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

809 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.1%

2,264 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

2,409 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

2,057 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

8

within 5 km

  • STUART ROAD

    THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ

    ODS code B87015

    1.1 km

  • FRIARWOOD SURGERY

    CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU

    ODS code B87011

    1.3 km

  • NORTHGATE SURGERY

    NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF

    ODS code B87007

    1.4 km

  • STATION LANE

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

    ODS code B87032

    2.2 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87009

    2.3 km

  • HENRY MOORE CLINIC

    26 SMAWTHORNE LANE, CASTLEFORD, WF10 4EN

    ODS code B87018

    4.3 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    4.6 km

  • CASTLEFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELBECK STREET, CASTLEFORD, WF10 1DP

    ODS code B87025

    4.8 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

  • Pontefract Barracks

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.0 miles

  • Pontefract Barracks

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.0 miles

  • Kings Mead

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.1 miles

  • Minden Close Halfpenny Lane

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.1 miles

  • Minden Close Halfpenny Lane

    BCT · Pontefract

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 015E, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,648 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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

44 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 6 secondary schools. Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 463 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,034 published events cover 12 months, averaging 169.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 848 events.

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