# WF8 2JY

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.700649, -1.292016
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5WPP25+75
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO93iq
- **Qibla:** 119.7°
- **Grid reference:** SE 46839 22921
- **UTM:** 30U 612754 5951571
- **Elevation:** 26m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** Yorkshire and The Humber (E12000003)
- **Admin district:** Wakefield (E08000036)
- **Ward:** Pontefract North (E05001455)
- **Constituency:** Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley (E14001428)
- **Parish code:** E43000299
- **Travel to work area:** E30000283
- **Police force area:** E23000010
- **Built-up area:** E63008060
- **European electoral region:** Yorkshire and The Humber (E15000003)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01011835
- **2021 MSOA:** Pontefract North East (E02002449)
- **2021 output area:** E00059682
- **2011 LSOA:** E01011835
- **2011 MSOA:** E02002449
- **2011 output area:** E00059682
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33012593
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B4)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 19087
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000012
- **ICB location:** E38000190
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000054
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000030

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Pontefract Monkhill | 865 |
| Hospital | Pontefract Hospital | 1550 |
| GP | Northgate Surgery | 1366 |
| School | Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School | 568 |
| Airport | Leeds East Airport | 16225 |
| Bus stop | Knottingley Rd Water Lane | 75 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 1624 |
| Defibrillator | Milestone | 569 |
| Pharmacy | Nevison Pharmacy | 489 |
| Post office | Holmfield Lane Post Office | 497 |
| Library | Pontefract Library | 1652 |
| Coast | — | 37229 |
| Central London | — | 256230 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Northern Powergrid (region M, MPAN 23)
- **Water:** Yorkshire Water
- **Sewerage:** Yorkshire Water
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WF8 2JU](https://openpostcodes.uk/WF8%202JU)
- [WF8 2WH](https://openpostcodes.uk/WF8%202WH)
- [WF8 2JZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WF8%202JZ)
- [WF8 2JX](https://openpostcodes.uk/WF8%202JX)
- [WF8 2DF](https://openpostcodes.uk/WF8%202DF)

## Boundary

A MultiPolygon boundary polygon is available in the [JSON format](https://openpostcodes.uk/WF8%202JY.json).

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