WF8 2YQ 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 July 2016.


| Easting | 446982 |
| Northing | 422303 |
| Latitude | 53.695082 |
| Longitude | -1.289944 |
| Country | England |
| Postcode District | WF8 |
Elevation or altitude of WF8 2YQ 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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| Ward | Pontefract North |
|---|---|
| Constituency | Normanton, Pontefract And Castleford |
2024 31 MAY £305,000 |
2024 11 MAR £350,000 |
2022 1 JUL £270,000 |
2018 8 MAR £239,950 |
4, DRAWBRIDGE CLOSE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 2YQ 2017 30 AUG £210,000 |
2017 17 MAR £214,950 |
2016 21 OCT £239,950 |
| St Michaels School (Cobbler's Lane) | Willow Park | 189m |
| Northfield Drive Whitebeam Green (Northfield Drive) | Willow Park | 221m |
| Northfield Drive Plane Green (Northfield Drive) | Willow Park | 266m |
| Northfield Drive Springfield Ave (Northfield Drive) | Willow Park | 412m |
| Baghill Lane Willow Prk (Baghill Lane) | Willow Park | 474m |
| Pontefract Baghill Station | 1km |
| Pontefract Monkhill Station | 1km |
| Pontefract Tanshelf Station | 1.9km |
| 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
| Median download speed | 5.4Mbps |
| Average download speed | 5.9Mbps |
| Maximum download speed | 9.33Mbps |
| Median upload speed | 0.8Mbps |
| Average upload speed | 0.8Mbps |
| Maximum upload speed | 1.11Mbps |
| 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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| Last Collection | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Mon-Fri | Sat | Distance |
| Willow Park P.o. | 17:00 | 11:15 | 470m |
| 86 Bexhill Close | 17:15 | 11:30 | 519m |
| Old Church | 17:30 | 11:30 | 601m |
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 2YQ:
| 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 |
The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for WF8 2YQ:
| Code | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| OA | E00059695 | |
| LSOA | E01011839 | Wakefield 012C |
| MSOA | E02002449 | Wakefield 012 |
| WF8 2JD | Western Court | 132m |
| WF8 2ET | Western Avenue | 133m |
| WF8 2DT | Poplar Green | 176m |
| WF8 2DX | Hornbeam Green | 202m |
| WF8 2DS | Northfield Drive | 205m |
| WF8 2EU | Western Avenue | 205m |
| WF8 2HT | Scawthorpe Close | 205m |
| WF8 2HN | Cobblers Lane | 214m |
| WF8 2DY | Acacia Green | 216m |
| WF8 2HS | Western Avenue | 226m |