Overview for PONTEFRACT, WF7 7WY
Introduction
Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wakefield District and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census. Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of the father, support the son", a reference to the town's Royalist sympathies in the English Civil War.
Summary for PONTEFRACT, WF7 7WY
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Road Safety near WF7 7WY
Details of personal injury accidents in and around WF7 7WY that have been reported to West Yorkshire Police over the past 20 years.
Traffic Levels near WF7 7WY
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Police
This area is policed by West Yorkshire Police.
West Yorkshire Police split their policing area into 21 separate neighbourhoods and this postcode is in the Wakefield North East neighbourhood.
Wakefield North East Neighbourhood Crime
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Member of UK Parliament
This postcode is in the Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford parliamentary constituency.
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford is a constituency in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of England. The seat has been held by Yvette Cooper (Labour) since May 2010.
Most Recent House Sales for WF7 7WY
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Traffic Emission and Congestion Zones
Historical Weather Summary
| Clear | 10.92% |
| Cloudy | 77.04% |
| Rain | 7.65% |
| Windy | 4.10% |
| Other | 0.29% |
Population
Deprivation Index
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Companies Registered at WF7 7WY
Postcode Details for WF7 7WY
Recent Updates
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18 Apr 2024 Added Traffic Camera Views from Traffic Scotland to Roadworks within Scotland |
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15 Apr 2024 Schools Data updated for April 2024 |
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10 Apr 2024 Companies Data updated for March 2024 |
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7 Apr 2024 New option to receive automatic updates to roadworks that affect you |
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7 Apr 2024 Police and Crime data updated for February 2024 |
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3 Apr 2024 Sold House Price data updated for February 2024 |
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30 Mar 2024 Energy Performance Certificates (England and Wales) updated February 2024 |
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28 Mar 2024 New feature to use Geolocating functions to detect your current location |
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The Rural/Urban classification is based upon data collected during the 2011 Census and released in August 2013 and is categorised into 6 distinct classes.
[A] Urban Major conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the major conurbation settlement category.
[B] Urban Minor conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the minor conurbation settlement category.
[C] Urban City and town: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the city and town settlement category.
[D] Rural Town and fringe
[E] Rural Village
[F] Rural Hamlet and isolated dwelling
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation.
The index is based on 39 separate indicators across seven distinct domains (Income; Employment; Health and Disability; Education, Skills and Training; Crime; Barriers to Housing and Services; Living Environment) to provide an overall measure of multiple deprivation and is calculated for every neighbourhood.
The index is relative rather than an absolute scale and so a neighbourhood with a score of 10 is more deprived than one rated 20, but this does not equate to being twice as deprived.
Please note: Different indices are used in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and so comparison of scores from neighbourhoods in different countries should not be undertaken.
These figures report on incorporated UK companies only that are registered at this postcode and do not include sole-traders, partnerships or overseas organisations.
The population figure shown for your area are an estimate provided by the Office for National Statistics and is rounded to the nearest 1,000.
The estimates are derived from the Annual Population Survey (APS) which is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts.
Large User Postcode
This postcode is designated a large user postcode. A large user postcode is assigned by Royal Mail to those organisations typically receiving at least 500 mail items per day and so will usually be found assigned to business premises.
There are 36 metropolitan district councils which together cover 6 large urban areas: the counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands, and West Yorkshire.
Metropolitan districts are responsible for all services in their area, although certain conurbation wide services such as fire and civil defence, police, waste disposal and passenger transport are provided through joint authorities (the districts acting jointly).
