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WF8 1GW lies on Castle Grove in Pontefract. WF8 1GW is located in the Pontefract North electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Wakefield and the English Parliamentary constituency of Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford. 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 August 2005.

WF8 1GW maps

WF8 1GW map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

WF8 1GW map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
Licence: Open Government Licence (requires attribution)

WF8 1GW geodata

Easting	445891
Northing	422215
Latitude	53.694370
Longitude	-1.306477

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
Licence: Open Government Licence

Where is WF8 1GW?

Street	Castle Grove
Town/City	Pontefract
Country	England
Postcode District	WF8
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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WF8 1GW Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WF8 1GW as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	50m	164ft

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	Pontefract North
Constituency	Normanton, Pontefract And Castleford

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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House Prices

Sales of detached houses in WF8 1GW

8, CASTLE GROVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1GW 2005 18 NOV £124,995

➜ Pontefract house prices

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Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime

Reported crime within 500m of WF8 1GW

June 2022	Burglary	On or near Micklegate Square	68m
June 2022	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Back Northgate	137m
June 2022	Public order	On or near The Butts	150m
➜ Castle Grove crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to WF8 1GW

Northgate Spink Lane (Northgate)	Pontefract	46m
Northgate Spink Lane (Northgate)	Pontefract	55m
Horsefair (Horse Fair)	Pontefract	157m
South Baileygate Baghill Lane (South Baileygate)	Pontefract	266m
Friarwood Lane Southgate (Friarwood Lane)	Pontefract	276m

Nearest railway stations to WF8 1GW

Pontefract Baghill Station	0.3km
Pontefract Monkhill Station	0.5km
Pontefract Tanshelf Station	0.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for WF8 1GW

Broadband access in WF8 1GW (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	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in WF8 1GW (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	62.5Mbps
Average download speed	55.8Mbps
Maximum download speed	80.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	17.1Mbps
Average upload speed	13.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in WF8 1GW (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 WF8 1GW

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Source: Ofcom
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WF8 1GW gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WF8 1GW by fuel type, 2015.

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	220,738
Meter count	37
Mean (kWh/meter)	5,966
Median (kWh/meter)	5,126

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WF8 1GW, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in WF8 1GW.
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)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

93% of English postcodes are less deprived than WF8 1GW:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WF8 1GW (meters)

Farmfoods Freezer Centre

63 Horsefair

82m

Pontefract Community Kitchen

6 Horsefair House

82m

Mamma Mia Pizzeria

61 Northgate

104m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to WF8 1GW

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Pontefract Delivery Office	18:30	11:30	203m
Pontefract Delivery Office	18:30	12:00	204m
Cornmarket	18:30	12:15	564m

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Source: Dracos
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Nearest sports facilities to WF8 1GW

Facility	Distance
Fitness Base Gym Northgate, Pontefract Health and Fitness Gym, Studio	174m
Womens Workout World (Pontefract) (Closed) Horsefair, Pontefract Health and Fitness Gym, Studio	262m
Pontefract Swimming Pool Stuart Road, Pontefract Swimming Pool	420m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to WF8 1GW

School	Phase of Education	Distance
St Giles C of E Academy St Giles C of E Academy, Skinner Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1HG	Primary	274m
Harewood Centre Nursery School Harewood Avenue, Pontefract, WF8 2ER	Nursery	699m
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Newgate, Pontefract, WF8 4AA	Primary	789m

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Source: Edubase
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WF8 1GW ITL and WF8 1GW 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 WF8 1GW:

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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WF8 1GW 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 WF8 1GW:

	Code	Name
OA	E00059686
LSOA	E01011838	Wakefield 015C
MSOA	E02002452	Wakefield 015

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to WF8 1GW

WF8 1HL	Wilson Street	43m
WF8 1EG	Spink Lane	81m
WF8 1HN	North Ives	83m
WF8 1RF	Horsefair	90m
WF8 1QG	Micklegate	95m
WF8 1HJ	Northgate	103m
WF8 1HW	Northland Cottages	103m
WF8 1HP	The Maltings	103m
WF8 1EH	Castle Moat	109m
WF8 1HS	Northland View	122m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Open Government Licence