Latitude: 53.6845 / 53°41'4"N
Longitude: -1.5013 / 1°30'4"W
OS Eastings: 433033
OS Northings: 421006
OS Grid: SE330210
Mapcode National: GBR KTYT.RY
Mapcode Global: WHC9Z.XN88
Plus Code: 9C5WMFMX+QF
Maidenhead Locator System: IO93fq94
What Three Birds: night-heron.tern.whitethroat
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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WF1 2HJ is a large user postcode in Wakefield City Centre, Wakefield. It was first introduced in April 1987.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
West Yorkshire Police, Police Station, Wood Street, Wakefield WF1 2HJ.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Wakefield is a city, which had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.
WF1 2HJ is in the Wakefield and Castleford travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Wakefield District Primary Care Trust.
WF1 2HJ is approximately 56m (184ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing WF1 2HJ
4b2: Multicultural Metropolitans - Challenged Asian Terraces - Pakistani Communities
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for WF1 2HJ
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
9/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
10/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near WF1 2HJ include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of WF1 2HJ are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Metropolitan District
Wakefield City Council
Ward
Wakefield North
Councillors
Elizabeth Rhodes (Labour)
Margaret Isherwood (Labour)
David Pickersgill (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Wakefield
MP
Imran Ahmad Khan (Independent)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for WF1 2HJ.
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