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WF8 2JN lies on Box Lane in Pontefract. WF8 2JN 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 January 1980.

Where is WF8 2JN?

Street	Box Lane
Town/City	Pontefract
Country	England
Postcode District	WF8

WF8 2JN Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WF8 2JN as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	40m	131ft

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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Politics

Ward	Pontefract North
Constituency	Normanton, Pontefract And Castleford

Transport

Nearest bus stops to WF8 2JN

Ferrybridge Rd Box Lane (Ferrybridge Road)	Monkhill	106m
Ferrybridge Rd Box Lane (Ferrybridge Road)	Monkhill	109m
Bondgate Box Lane (Bondgate)	Pontefract	172m
Bondgate Bond Street (Bondgate)	Monkhill	182m
Bondgate Bond Street (Bondgate)	Monkhill	208m

Nearest railway stations to WF8 2JN

Pontefract Monkhill Station	0.3km
Pontefract Baghill Station	0.8km
Pontefract Tanshelf Station	1.4km

Broadband

Broadband access in WF8 2JN (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 limitations in WF8 2JN (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%

Deprivation

93% of English postcodes are less deprived than WF8 2JN:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WF8 2JN (metres)

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Nearest post box to WF8 2JN

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Old Church	17:30	11:30	139m
Nevison	17:15	11:30	466m
Newhall Road	16:00	11:00	563m

WF8 2JN ITL and WF8 2JN 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 2JN:

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

WF8 2JN 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 2JN:

	Code	Name
OA	E00059728
LSOA	E01011838	Wakefield 015C
MSOA	E02002452	Wakefield 015

Nearest postcodes to WF8 2JN

WF8 2JW	Box Lane	31m
WF8 2NZ	Priory Grange	48m
WF8 2NY	Adwick Terrace	95m
WF8 2LW	Elizabethan Court	95m
WF8 2JP	Bondgate	115m
WF8 2YG	Ferrybridge Road	116m
WF8 2JR	Bond Street	117m
WF8 2YH	Malthouse Mews	146m
WF8 2PA	Sandrock Road	153m
WF8 2LH	Bondgate	158m