The UK Postcode Database

WF8 2QL

a postcode in Wakefield

Introduced in January 1980
WF8 2QL Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with WF8 2QL

Grove Lea Crescent - 36 properties, USRN 41801661

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6847 / 53°41'5"N

Longitude: -1.3044 / 1°18'15"W

UTM Reference: 30U 611976 5949782

OS Easting: 446036

OS Northing: 421143

OS Grid: SE460211

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR MTBT.DV

Mapcode Global: WHDC6.YN02

Open Location Code: 9C5WMMMW+V6

Maidenhead Locator System: IO93iq34

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 2a1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living
  • Younger Suburban Family Renters

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 6231 / 32844

  • 2nd decile
  • much more deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for WF8 2QL on Saturday 27 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:06
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:43
Sunrise 04:37
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:08
Sunset 21:39
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:32
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 00:10
Hours of daylight today04:07 to 22:09
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:09 to 04:07
Moon Phase Waxing Gibbous
Moon Sets 01:00
Moon Rises 19:15

For a full sun and moon calendar for WF8 2QL, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in WF8 2QL

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
1 December 2023 27 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £185,000
15 September 2023 29 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £152,500
9 October 2020 28 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £137,000
10 July 2020 37 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £124,500
15 November 2019 5 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
2 September 2019 4 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £138,000
23 August 2019 22 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £117,500
26 July 2019 4 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £142,500
10 July 2019 5 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £80,000
17 December 2018 3 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £147,000
2 October 2017 25 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £134,000
1 July 2016 21 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £87,000
4 March 2016 26 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £112,000
19 February 2016 26 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £112,000
3 August 2015 16 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £120,000
30 January 2015 41 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £123,000
19 December 2014 4 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £127,000
28 February 2014 27 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £115,000
1 August 2012 35 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £95,000
24 June 2011 2 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £105,000
18 March 2011 29 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £77,500
9 April 2009 39 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £120,000
8 February 2008 15 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £146,000
4 October 2007 3 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £149,000
22 August 2007 14 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £122,500
3 February 2006 33 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £108,000
28 January 2005 13 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £100,000
29 October 2004 8 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £116,000
30 July 2004 26 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £118,500
25 November 2003 2 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £90,000
4 August 2003 4 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £84,000
5 December 2002 9 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £81,500
10 June 2002 4 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £54,950
26 November 2001 13 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £48,500
22 November 2001 17 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £57,000
21 September 2001 14 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £45,000
15 June 2001 3 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £37,000
9 March 2001 1 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £48,000
20 November 2000 12 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £46,000
17 October 2000 2 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £47,500
23 August 2000 4 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £42,500
28 May 1999 15 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £53,000
30 April 1999 10 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £43,000
19 March 1999 14 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £48,299
25 September 1998 4 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £50,000
26 August 1998 8 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £45,000
22 August 1997 31 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £40,000
31 July 1997 41 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £42,000
30 June 1997 13 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £38,000
16 September 1996 4 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £49,995
2 April 1996 20 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £46,000
10 November 1995 14 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £48,950
26 May 1995 23 Grove Lea Crescent, Pontefract WF8 2QL Semi-detached Freehold £48,000

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for WF8 2QL

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

MP

Yvette Cooper Labour

Wakefield City Council
Metropolitan district ward

Pontefract South

Councillors

George Ayre Labour

Brian Mayhew Labour

Julie Craig Labour

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for WF8 2QL

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00059701 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01011837 Wakefield 015B 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
E05001456 Pontefract South 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
E33012602 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

All public sector data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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