The UK Postcode Database

WF8 1WW

a terminated large user postcode in Wakefield

Introduced in March 2005, terminated in April 2006
WF8 1WW Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6931 / 53°41'35"N

Longitude: -1.3082 / 1°18'29"W

UTM Reference: 30U 611708 5950708

OS Easting: 445781

OS Northing: 422073

OS Grid: SE457220

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR MT9Q.LV

Mapcode Global: WHDC6.WF7M

Open Location Code: 9C5WMMVR+6P

Maidenhead Locator System: IO93iq36

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 6b3

  • Baseline UK
  • Legacy Industrial and Coastal Communities
  • EU Singles

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 2100 / 32844

  • 1st decile
  • most deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for WF8 1WW on Thursday 4 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:21
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:47
Sunrise 04:39
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:03
Sunset 21:28
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:19
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:45
Hours of daylight today04:09 to 21:58
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:58 to 04:08
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 05:31
Moon Rises 23:33

For a full sun and moon calendar for WF8 1WW, go to The Time and Place

Elected Representatives for WF8 1WW

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

MP

Yvette Cooper Labour

Wakefield City Council
Metropolitan district ward

Pontefract North

Councillors

Hannah Appleyard Labour

Helen Antcliff Labour

Clive Tennant Labour

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for WF8 1WW

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00059686 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01011838 Wakefield 015C Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02002452 Wakefield 015 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05001455 Pontefract North Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E08000036 Wakefield Metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000003 Yorkshire and The Humber Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001428 Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000010 West Yorkshire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000283 Wakefield and Castleford Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33012607 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000062 Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2021 BEIS
E38000190 NHS Wakefield Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2015 ODS
E40000012 North East and Yorkshire NHS England Regions Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E43000299 Wakefield, unparished area Non-Civil Parished Areas Census 1 January 2024 DLUHC
E54000054 NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E56000030 West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliances Health 1 April 2020 NHS England
E63008060 Pontefract Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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