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WF8 4RE lies on Castlegate Drive in Pontefract. WF8 4RE is located in the Pontefract South 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.

WF8 4RE maps

WF8 4RE map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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WF8 4RE geodata

Easting	445043
Northing	420158
Latitude	53.675956
Longitude	-1.319616

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Where is WF8 4RE?

Street	Castlegate Drive
Town/City	Pontefract
Country	England
Postcode District	WF8
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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WF8 4RE Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WF8 4RE 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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Politics

Ward	Pontefract South
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 4RE

8, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2023 10 FEB £295,000
21, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2022 8 SEP £238,000
20, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2021 18 JUN £340,000
2, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2021 14 MAY £330,000
11, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2021 28 APR £280,000
6, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2021 14 JAN £281,000
26, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2020 18 DEC £290,000
24, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2020 3 AUG £273,000
19, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2020 7 FEB £202,500
4, CASTLEGATE DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4RE 2019 25 NOV £252,000

➜ Pontefract house prices

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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of WF8 4RE

September 2023	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Holgate Road	119m
June 2022	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Royal Court	191m
June 2022	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Ackworth Road	221m
➜ Castlegate Drive crime map and outcomes

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Transport

Nearest bus stops to WF8 4RE

Castlegate Drive Ackworth Rd (Castlegate Drive)	Carleton	84m
Castlegate Drive Ackworth Rd (Castlegate Drive)	Carleton	86m
Castlegate Drive Windsor Rise (Castlegate Drive)	Carleton	122m
Castlegate Drive Windsor Rise (Castlegate Drive)	Carleton	123m
Ackwrorth Road Roman Rise (Ackworth Road)	Carleton	160m

Nearest railway stations to WF8 4RE

Pontefract Tanshelf Station	2km
Pontefract Baghill Station	2.1km
Featherstone Station	2.6km

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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for WF8 4RE

Broadband access in WF8 4RE (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	83.8%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	83.8%

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

Broadband speed in WF8 4RE (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	35.0Mbps
Average download speed	31.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	7.4Mbps
Average upload speed	6.2Mbps
Maximum upload speed	13.55Mbps

Broadband limitations in WF8 4RE (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 4RE

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WF8 4RE gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WF8 4RE by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	609,471
Meter count	37
Mean (kWh/meter)	16,472
Median (kWh/meter)	15,689

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	121,037
Meter count	33
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,668
Median (kWh/meter)	3,311

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WF8 4RE, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in WF8 4RE.
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

4.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than WF8 4RE:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WF8 4RE (meters)

Big Bites Pizza

55 Larks Hill

511m

Waterfall Elior

Larks Hill Junior And Infant School

665m

Carleton

Hardwick Road

709m

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Nearest post box to WF8 4RE

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Castlegate Drive	17:30	11:30	28m
By Shops On Larkshill	17:30	11:30	588m
Hardwick Road P.o.	17:30	11:30	626m

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Nearest sports facilities to WF8 4RE

Facility	Distance
Larks Hill Junior And Infant School Larks Hill, Pontefract Grass Pitches	663m
Carleton Park Junior And Infant School Moxon Close, Pontefract Grass Pitches	839m
The Kings School (Pontefract) Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract Grass Pitches, Sports Hall	1km

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Nearest schools to WF8 4RE

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Larks Hill Junior and Infant School Larks Hill, Pontefract, WF8 4RJ	Primary	656m
Carleton Park Junior and Infant School Moxon Close, Carleton Park, Pontefract, WF8 3PT	Primary	839m
The King's School Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4JF	Secondary	1km

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WF8 4RE ITL and WF8 4RE 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 4RE:

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 4RE 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 4RE:

	Code	Name
OA	E00059760
LSOA	E01011845	Wakefield 023A
MSOA	E02002460	Wakefield 023

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to WF8 4RE

WF8 4RF	Sandringham Close	60m
WF8 4LE	Hanover Crescent	90m
WF8 4LF	Balmoral Close	112m
WF8 4ND	Holgate Road	136m
WF8 4NF	Roman Rise	165m
WF8 4FJ	Sorrel Mews	201m
WF8 4NG	Westfield Cottages	206m
WF8 4SG	Castlegate Drive	208m
WF8 4RX	Royal Court	210m
WF8 4FB	Sorrel Way	219m

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