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WF9 1BE

Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Pontefract
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 1BX 66 m
WF9 1AQ 91 m
WF9 1AT 113 m
WF9 1BU 131 m
WF9 1AU 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 1BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 1
Latitude
53.628002
Longitude
-1.303712
British National Grid easting
446,146
British National Grid northing
414,831

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
E04000224
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059779
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 034F · E01011857
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 034 · E02002471

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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37 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
25, Huntsmans Way, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1BE 9 January 2026 £405,000
10, Huntsmans Way, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1BE 13 June 2025 £495,000
2, Huntsmans Way, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1BE 28 March 2025 £520,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
18
Secondary
2

  1. Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    286 m

  2. Oakfield Park School

    Community special school

    2.4 km

  3. Upton Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
75

38 female, 37 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.5
WF9 1 residents
7,189

Age bands in WF9 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,278 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

755 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.5%

1,845 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

2,096 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

1,252 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF9 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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
36.7%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    2.8 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    3.7 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.8 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

    CHURCH VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, LANGTHWAITE RD, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP

    ODS code B87036

    4.3 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

    LANGTHWAITE ROAD, LANGTHWAITE GRANGE IND ESTATE, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP

    ODS code B87006

    4.3 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Back Lane

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.1 miles

  • Back Lane

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.1 miles

  • Badsworth Main Street

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.1 miles

  • Badsworth Main Street

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.2 miles

  • Thorpe Lane

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 034F, 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

25,993 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £495,000 from 3 recorded sales in WF9 1BE. 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.

Schools

Published establishments

22 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School is the nearest published school at 286 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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