WF postcode area
{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=WF}}
The WF postcode area, also known as the Wakefield postcode area,Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004) is a group of 17 postcode districts in north-east England, which are subdivisions of eleven post towns. These cover much of southern and eastern West Yorkshire (including Wakefield, Pontefract, Dewsbury, Batley, Castleford, Heckmondwike, Knottingley, Liversedge, Mirfield, Normanton and Ossett), plus small parts of South and North Yorkshire.
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
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! WF1
| WAKEFIELD
| Agbrigg, Belle Vue, Eastmoor, Kirkthorpe, Newton Hill, Outwood, Wakefield City Centre
|-
! WF2
| WAKEFIELD
| Alverthorpe, Carr Gate, Flanshaw, Hall Green, Kirkhamgate, Kettlethorpe, Lupset, Newmillerdam, Portobello, Sandal, Thornes, Walton (Wakefield), Wrenthorpe, Woolgreaves, Peacock, Pledwick
| Wakefield
|-
! WF3
| WAKEFIELD
| Bottom Boat, Carlton, East Ardsley, Lofthouse, Lofthouse Gate, Robin Hood, Stanley, Thorpe, Tingley, West Ardsley
| Leeds, Wakefield
|-
! WF4
| WAKEFIELD
| Crigglestone, Crofton, Durkar, Flockton, Havercroft, Horbury, Middlestown. Netherton, New Crofton, Notton, Ryhill, West Bretton, Wintersett, Woolley
| Wakefield, Kirklees
|-
! WF5
| OSSETT
| Gawthorpe, Healey, Ossett (very small area around Wakefield Road falls in the Kirklees district)
| Wakefield, Kirklees
|-
! WF6
| NORMANTON
| Wakefield
|-
! WF7
| PONTEFRACT
| Ackworth Moor Top, Ackton, Featherstone, Purston Jaglin, Streethouse
| Wakefield
|-
! WF8
| PONTEFRACT
| Darrington, Kirk Smeaton, Little Smeaton, Pontefract (Monkhill), Thorpe Audlin
| Wakefield, North Yorkshire, Doncaster
|-
! WF9
| PONTEFRACT
| Badsworth, Fitzwilliam, Hemsworth, Kinsley, South Elmsall, South Kirkby, Upton, Wentbridge
| Wakefield, Doncaster
|-
! WF10
| CASTLEFORD
| Airedale, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, Glasshoughton, Ledston, New Fryston
| Wakefield, Leeds
|-
! WF11
| KNOTTINGLEY
| Brotherton, Byram, Cridling Stubbs, Fairburn, Kellingley, Knottingley
| Wakefield, North Yorkshire
|-
! WF12
| DEWSBURY
| Briestfield, Chickenley, Dewsbury, Savile Town, Shaw Cross, Thornhill, Thornhill Lees, Whitley Lower
| Kirklees, Wakefield
|-
! WF13
| DEWSBURY
| Dewsbury Moor, Ravensthorpe, Staincliffe
| Kirklees
|-
! WF14
| MIRFIELD
| Battyeford, Hopton, Mirfield
| Kirklees
|-
! WF15
| LIVERSEDGE
| Hartshead, Hightown, Roberttown, Liversedge
| Kirklees
|-
! WF16
| HECKMONDWIKE
| Kirklees
|-
! WF17
| BATLEY
| Birstall, Batley, Hanging Heaton, Soothill, Staincliffe
| Kirklees
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WF90
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WAKEFIELD
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|La Redoute
|}
Map
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
- [http://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]
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