WF2 8LY maps, stats, and open data

WF2 8LY lies on Broadway in Wakefield. WF2 8LY 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 8LY geodata

Easting	430623
Northing	419745
Latitude	53.673285
Longitude	-1.537937

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is WF2 8LY?

Street	Broadway
Town/City	Wakefield
Country	England
Postcode District	WF2
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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WF2 8LY Elevation

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

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	60m	197ft

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 8LY

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Hillside Close	423m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Hillside Close	423m
January 2024	Other crime	On or near Victoria Grove	465m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to WF2 8LY

Broadway Waterton Road (Broadway)	Lupset	34m
Broadway Waterton Road (Broadway)	Lupset	37m
Waterton Rd Gissing Road (Waterton Road)	Lupset	103m
Waterton Rd Gissing Road (Waterton Road)	Lupset	107m
Broadway Snapethorpe Gate (Broadway)	Lupset	231m

Nearest railway stations to WF2 8LY

Wakefield Westgate Station	2.4km
Wakefield Kirkgate Station	3.3km
Sandal & Agbrigg Station	3.9km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for WF2 8LY

Broadband access in WF2 8LY (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	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in WF2 8LY (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	80.0Mbps
Average download speed	96.6Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	14.6Mbps
Average upload speed	12.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in WF2 8LY (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%

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WF2 8LY gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	304,296
Meter count	26
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,704
Median (kWh/meter)	11,750

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	89,010
Meter count	25
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,560
Median (kWh/meter)	3,307

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WF2 8LY, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in WF2 8LY.
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

94.4% of English postcodes are less deprived than WF2 8LY:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Hall Road Stores

22-26A Hall Road

185m

Snapethorpe Hall Nursing Home HC-One

Snapethorpe Gate

295m

ISS Facilities Services

Kingswood Catering

307m

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Nearest post box to WF2 8LY

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
126 Broadway/Hall Road	17:30	11:00	206m
Waterton Road	17:30	11:00	384m
7 Victoria Grove	17:45	12:30	467m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to WF2 8LY

Facility	Distance
Snapethorpe Primary School Broadway, Wakefield Grass Pitches	202m
St George's Community Centre Broadway, Wakefield Sports Hall	277m
Empire Stores (Closed) Horbury Road, Wakefield Grass Pitches	1km

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to WF2 8LY

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Evolve Academy St. Georges Road, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Not applicable	352m
Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School St George's Road, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8AA	Primary	364m
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Dewsbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 9DD	Primary	688m

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WF2 8LY ITL and WF2 8LY 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 8LY:

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 8LY 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 8LY:

	Code	Name
OA	E00060029
LSOA	E01011899	Wakefield 026A
MSOA	E02002463	Wakefield 026

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to WF2 8LY

WF2 8NA	Waterton Road	99m
WF2 8AB	Milton Road	136m
WF2 8AF	Broadway	156m
WF2 8NB	Hall Road	179m
WF2 8LX	School Crescent	190m
WF2 8PD	Snapethorpe Road	199m
WF2 8PB	Snapethorpe Road	200m
WF2 8AE	Milton Crescent	204m
WF2 8NQ	Gissing Road	206m
WF2 8NT	Waterton Road	237m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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