WF2 8AL maps, stats, and open data

WF2 8AL lies on Dacre Avenue in Wakefield. WF2 8AL is located in the Wakefield West electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Wakefield and the English Parliamentary constituency of Wakefield. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS West Yorkshire ICB - 03R and the police force is West Yorkshire. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

WF2 8AL maps

WF2 8AL map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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WF2 8AL geodata

Easting	430080
Northing	419967
Latitude	53.675312
Longitude	-1.546135

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is WF2 8AL?

Street	Dacre Avenue
Town/City	Wakefield
Country	England
Postcode District	WF2
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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WF2 8AL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WF2 8AL as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	90m	295ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	Wakefield West
Constituency	Wakefield

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of WF2 8AL

June 2022	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Benjamin Sykes Way	125m
June 2022	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Benjamin Sykes Way	125m
June 2022	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Benjamin Sykes Way	125m
➜ Dacre Avenue crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to WF2 8AL

Dacre Avenue Lindsey Ave (Dacre Avenue)	Lupset	38m
Dacre Avenue Lindsey Ave (Dacre Avenue)	Lupset	135m
Linsay Avenue Broadway (Lindsay Avenue)	Lupset	232m
Darce Avenue Broadway (Dacre Avenue)	Lupset	286m
Broadway Gargrave Place (Broadway)	Lupset	360m

Nearest railway stations to WF2 8AL

Wakefield Westgate Station	2.8km
Wakefield Kirkgate Station	3.8km
Sandal & Agbrigg Station	4.5km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for WF2 8AL

Broadband access in WF2 8AL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	57.1%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in WF2 8AL (2019 data)

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Median download speed	39.5Mbps
Average download speed	78.4Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	9.2Mbps
Average upload speed	8.5Mbps
Maximum upload speed	13.06Mbps

Broadband limitations in WF2 8AL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for WF2 8AL

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WF2 8AL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WF2 8AL by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	136,174
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,348
Median (kWh/meter)	10,923

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	47,345
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,382
Median (kWh/meter)	3,549

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WF2 8AL, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in WF2 8AL.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

91.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than WF2 8AL:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WF2 8AL (meters)

Snapethorpe Hall Nursing Home HC-One

Snapethorpe Gate

292m

Abduls

151 Broadway

405m

Victoria Sandwich

145 Broadway

405m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to WF2 8AL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Gargrave Place	17:30	11:00	359m
126 Broadway/Hall Road	17:30	11:00	426m
Ossett Spa	17:30	11:45	685m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to WF2 8AL

Facility	Distance
Haggs Hill Parkfield Drive, Ossett Grass Pitches	562m
Thornes Junior Football Club Queens Drive, Ossett Grass Pitches	693m
Snapethorpe Primary School Broadway, Wakefield Grass Pitches	696m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to WF2 8AL

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Evolve Academy St. Georges Road, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Not applicable	742m
Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School St George's Road, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8AA	Primary	895m
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Dewsbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 9DD	Primary	1km

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WF2 8AL ITL and WF2 8AL LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for WF2 8AL:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLE	Yorkshire and The Humber
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLE4	West Yorkshire
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLE45	Wakefield
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000036	Wakefield

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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WF2 8AL census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for WF2 8AL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00060134
LSOA	E01011922	Wakefield 026F
MSOA	E02002463	Wakefield 026

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to WF2 8AL

WF2 8AH	Dacre Avenue	114m
WF2 8AS	Lindsay Avenue	136m
WF2 8YF	Airedale Heights	141m
WF2 8YH	Castle Hill	146m
WF2 8YG	Airedale Heights	163m
WF2 8AP	Lindsay Avenue	172m
WF2 8YQ	Holby Square	186m
WF2 8AN	Dacre Avenue	191m
WF2 8YB	Hallamshire Mews	208m
WF2 8YL	St James Rise	226m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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