Ackworth Moor Top

Ackworth Moor Top is covered by postcode district WF7. It is in the Wakefield council area, England.

Typical price £235,000 Homes sold in Ackworth Moor Top, last 12 months. ▲ 7.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 140 of 152 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 1 of 152 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ackworth Moor Top, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ackworth Moor Top, by flood risk Of the 152 postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 151 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ackworth Moor Top. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A638 WF7 7AA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AF: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AH: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AL: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AP: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AR: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AT: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AW: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AX: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AY: not on the flood risk listWF7 7AZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BH: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BP: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BS: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BT: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BX: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BY: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DF: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DG: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DH: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DL: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DP: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DR: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DS: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DT: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DW: not on the flood risk listWF7 7DZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7EB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7EN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7ER: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FF: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FG: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FH: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FL: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FP: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FR: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FT: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FW: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FY: not on the flood risk listWF7 7FZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7GB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7GD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7GE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7GF: not on the flood risk listWF7 7HS: not on the flood risk listWF7 7HT: not on the flood risk listWF7 7HU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7HX: not on the flood risk listWF7 7HY: not on the flood risk listWF7 7HZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JF: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JG: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JH: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JL: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JP: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JR: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JS: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JT: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JW: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JX: not on the flood risk listWF7 7JY: not on the flood risk listWF7 7LA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7LB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7LD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7LE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7LF: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NG: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NH: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NL: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NW: not on the flood risk listWF7 7NY: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PF: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PH: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PL: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7PW: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QF: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QG: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QL: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QP: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QR: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QS: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QT: not on the flood risk listWF7 7QU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RA: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RB: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RD: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RE: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RH: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RL: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RN: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RT: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RU: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RW: not on the flood risk listWF7 7RY: not on the flood risk listWF7 7SZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 7BG: high flood risk Ackworth Moor Top Map of every postcode in Ackworth Moor Top, by flood risk Of the 152 postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 151 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ackworth Moor Top. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ackworth Moor Top
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 151

Of the 152 postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 151 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.6423, longitude -1.3436. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

WF7 7BG1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Ackworth Moor Top?

Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.8% on the 12 months before. At 140 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 152 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Fitzwilliam, 2.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Ackworth Moor Top?

Homes in Ackworth Moor Top sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 79 sales, up 7.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£235,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£218,000
12 months to August 2026
£235,000

▲ up 7.8% on the 12 months before

Detached£340,000 17 sales
Semi-detached£239,000 32 sales
Terraced£176,250 28 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole WF7 district, Ackworth Moor Top's main postcode district: a typical £200,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ackworth Moor Top: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Ackworth Moor Top?

None of the 152 postcodes now in use in Ackworth Moor Top came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 105 homes sold in Ackworth Moor Top were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF7 district, 5%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Ackworth Moor TopAcross the WF7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 79 (0%) 0 of 241 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 105 (0%) 16 of 342 (5%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Ackworth Moor Top?

Ofcom reports on 152 of the 152 postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top. At 140 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit140 of 152
Postcodes where every home can get superfast149 of 152

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ackworth Moor Top at risk of flooding?

1 of the 152 postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 152 postcodes High: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Ackworth Moor Top?

The open schools at the postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Ackworth Moor Top?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top is Fitzwilliam Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Fitzwilliam Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
  • Featherstone Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
  • Streethouse Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Ackworth Moor Top?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ackworth Moor Top safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 409 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 31 September 2025
  2. 43 October 2025
  3. 39 November 2025
  4. 42 December 2025
  5. 19 January 2026
  6. 30 February 2026
  7. 25 March 2026
  8. 29 April 2026
  9. 41 May 2026
  10. 41 June 2026
  11. 32 July 2026
  12. 37 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences170 reports
Criminal damage and arson41 reports
Other theft38 reports
Public order34 reports
Anti-social behaviour30 reports
Vehicle crime30 reports
Other crime20 reports
Shoplifting15 reports

Also: drugs 14, burglary 11, robbery 3, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Ackworth Moor Top?

Council
Wakefield
Parliamentary constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Jon Trickett (Labour)

All 152 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Ackworth Moor Top postcodes

152 postcodes in use in Ackworth Moor Top, by district:

WF7 postcode district,152 postcodes

That district is in the WF postcode area.

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Places near Ackworth Moor Top

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ackworth Moor Top's £235,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Fitzwilliam and Kinsley2.4 km, £160,000Hemsworth3.5 km, £180,000Featherstone4.1 km, £180,500Havercroft and Ryhill5.0 km, £156,000South Hiendley5.1 km, £170,000Upton, Wakefield5.3 km, £167,500Sharlston5.4 km, £140,000South Kirkby5.7 km, £174,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ackworth Moor Top

What is it like to live in Ackworth Moor Top?
Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.8% on the 12 months before. At 140 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 152 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Fitzwilliam, 2.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Ackworth Moor Top?
Ackworth Moor Top is covered by postcode district WF7, across 152 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ackworth Moor Top in?
Ackworth Moor Top is in the Wakefield council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ackworth Moor Top?
Ackworth Moor Top is in the Normanton and Hemsworth parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jon Trickett (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ackworth Moor Top?
Homes in Ackworth Moor Top sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 79 sales, up 7.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ackworth Moor Top?
In Ackworth Moor Top, primary schools at its postcodes include Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane and Ackworth Mill Dam School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Oakfield Park School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ackworth Moor Top have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top is Fitzwilliam, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ackworth Moor Top?
Ofcom reports on 152 of the 152 postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top. At 140 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ackworth Moor Top at risk of flooding?
1 of the 152 postcodes in Ackworth Moor Top has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Ackworth Moor Top?
None of the 152 postcodes now in use in Ackworth Moor Top came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 105 homes sold in Ackworth Moor Top were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF7 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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