Map of WF8 4GJ postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 4GJ
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Tanshelf (0 km)
Bus stops
Park Road Tanshelf Station (SE)
Pontefract Tanshelf Rail Station ()
Stuart Road Colonels Walk (W)
Park Road Retail Park (SE)
Stuart Road Colonels Walk (E)
Park Road Racecourse (NW)
Number of UPRNs 6 View
Known addresses
1 Shield Way, Pontefract
2 Shield Way, Pontefract
3 Shield Way, Pontefract
4 Shield Way, Pontefract
6 Shield Way, Pontefract
8 Shield Way, Pontefract
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.698097
Longitude -1.318384
Easting 445101
Northing 422622
Grid reference SE451226
UTM reference 30U 611020 5951245
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Plus code 9C5WMMXJ+6J
Altitude 44 metres (143 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:21
Sunset (today) 18:09
Distance away
Distance to sea 40.7 KMs (25.3 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
Ward Pontefract North E05001455
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley E14001428
MPYvette CooperLabour
Police forceWest Yorkshire
NUTS/ITL 3 Wakefield
NUTS/ITL 2 West Yorkshire
NUTS/ITL 1 Yorkshire and The Humber
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced June 2021
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
9,646 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£35,800
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)PontefractE63008060
Census output area (2021)E00180028
Census output area (2011)E00059689
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 015DE01011841
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 015DE01011841
Middle layer super output area (2021)Pontefract North WestE02002452
Middle layer super output area (2011)Pontefract North WestE02002452
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £191,774
Annual change 2.0%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
1 Shield Way, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)May 2022£259,995
2 Shield Way, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Apr 2022£249,995
8 Shield Way, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Mar 2022£266,995
4 Shield Way, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Feb 2022£269,995
6 Shield Way, PontefractNew build detached (freehold)Jan 2022£282,995
3 Shield Way, PontefractNew build semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2021£216,950


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