The UK Postcode Database

WF8 2XW

a terminated large user postcode in Wakefield

Introduced in June 2000, terminated in October 2000
WF8 2XW Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.693 / 53°41'34"N

Longitude: -1.2965 / 1°17'47"W

UTM Reference: 30U 612477 5950711

OS Easting: 446550

OS Northing: 422065

OS Grid: SE465220

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR MTDQ.3X

Mapcode Global: WHDC7.1FWR

Open Location Code: 9C5WMPV3+59

Maidenhead Locator System: IO93iq46

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 2a2

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living
  • Settled Owner-Occupied Suburbs

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 10898 / 32844

  • 4th decile
  • somewhat more deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for WF8 2XW on Friday 5 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:19
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:46
Sunrise 04:38
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:03
Sunset 21:29
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:20
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:48
Hours of daylight today04:08 to 21:59
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:59 to 04:07
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 08:05

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

Elected Representatives for WF8 2XW

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 2XW

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00059687 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01011839 Wakefield 012C Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02002449 Wakefield 012 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
E33012595 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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