Latitude: 53.684 / 53°41'2"N
Longitude: -1.4543 / 1°27'15"W
OS Eastings: 436136
OS Northings: 420974
OS Grid: SE361209
Mapcode National: GBR LT8V.Y4
Mapcode Global: WHDC4.MNNN
Plus Code: 9C5WMGMW+H7
Maidenhead Locator System: IO93gq54
What Three Birds: swallow.hoopoe.pipit
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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WF1 5SZ is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Kirkthorpe, Wakefield. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are G and E.
Residential buildings are primarily detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £153,500 to £690,970 with an average of £293,397.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1950 and 1966.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is D.
The average commercial rateable value is £1,925. The most common recorded business type is Community Centre.
In the 2011 census, there were 10 people resident in WF1 5SZ, of which 6 were male and 4 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
WF1 5SZ is in the Wakefield and Castleford travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Wakefield District Primary Care Trust.
WF1 5SZ is approximately 42m (138ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in WF1 5SZ
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing WF1 5SZ
8a2: Hard-Pressed Living - Industrious Communities - Industrious Hardship
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for WF1 5SZ
England E1: a rural village surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
8/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
1/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near WF1 5SZ include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of WF1 5SZ 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
Normanton
Councillors
Julie Medford (Labour)
Isabel Owen (Labour)
Armaan Khan (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
MP
Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for WF1 5SZ.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near WF1 5SZ.
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Charles Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4PE
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 2 - 11
Good
Wakefield Greenhill Primary School
Greenhill Road, Eastmoor, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4LU
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Newlands Primary School
Wakefield Road, Normanton, West Yorkshire, WF6 1BB
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School
Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 3SQ
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
St Austin's Catholic Primary School
Duke of York Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 3PF
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Ages 4 - 11
Good
Wakefield City Academy
Warmfield View, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4SF
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Ages 11 - 16
Outstanding
The Freeston Academy
Favell Avenue, Normanton, West Yorkshire, WF6 1HZ
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Ages 11 - 16
Needs improvement
St Thomas a Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Barnsley Road, Sandal, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 6EQ
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Ages 11 - 16
Good
Crofton Academy
High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 1NF
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Ages 11 - 16
Outstanding
Cathedral Academy
Thornes Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 8QF
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Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Outwood Grange Academy
Potovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2PF
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Kettlethorpe High School, A Specialist Maths and Computing College
Kettlethorpe Hall Drive, Standbridge Lane, Sandal, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 7EL
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Royds School
Pennington Lane, Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 8EX
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Rodillian Academy
Longthorpe Lane, Lofthouse, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF3 3PS
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6BD
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Ages 11 - 18
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.