Featherstone
Featherstone is covered by postcode district WF7. It is in the Wakefield council area, England.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Featherstone (Wakefield).
Every postcode in Featherstone, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 26
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 255
Of the 283 postcodes in Featherstone that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 26 are at low risk at worst and 255 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 53.6787, longitude -1.3568. 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.
What is it like to live in Featherstone?
Homes sold for a typical £180,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.2% on the 12 months before. At 249 of the 283 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 28 of its 283 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Featherstone, 100 metres 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 Featherstone?
Homes in Featherstone sold for a typical £180,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 134 sales, up 6.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £170,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £180,500
▲ up 6.2% on the 12 months before
Across the whole WF7 district, Featherstone's main postcode district: a typical £200,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Featherstone: 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 Featherstone?
13 of the 283 postcodes now in use in Featherstone came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 185 homes sold in Featherstone were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF7 district, 5%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Featherstone | Across the WF7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 134 (0%) | 0 of 241 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 16 of 185 (9%) | 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 Featherstone?
Ofcom reports on 283 of the 283 postcodes in Featherstone. At 249 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Featherstone at risk of flooding?
28 of the 283 postcodes in Featherstone have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 72 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Featherstone?
The open schools at the postcodes in Featherstone. 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
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School450 m 314 pupils, 410 places
- Featherstone Purston Infant School600 m 203 pupils, 180 places
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School650 m 338 pupils, 315 places
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School800 m 103 pupils, 135 places
- Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy1.7 km 227 pupils, 210 places
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 Featherstone?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Featherstone is Featherstone Rail Station, 100 m away in a straight line.
- Featherstone Rail Station Railway station 100 mWalk
- Streethouse Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
- Pontefract Tanshelf Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
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 Featherstone?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Featherstone. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Station Lane300 m
- St Thomas Road Surgery450 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Featherstone safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,283 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Featherstone 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
- 111 September 2025
- 127 October 2025
- 97 November 2025
- 92 December 2025
- 102 January 2026
- 102 February 2026
- 108 March 2026
- 135 April 2026
- 109 May 2026
- 102 June 2026
- 117 July 2026
- 81 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 35, burglary 31, robbery 13, possession of weapons 12, bicycle theft 5, theft from the person 2.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Featherstone?
- Council
- Wakefield
- Parliamentary constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- Police force area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Jon Trickett (Labour)
All 283 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
Moving to Featherstone
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Wakefield about council tax Council tax, on wakefield.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Featherstone
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Featherstone postcodes
283 postcodes in use in Featherstone, by district:
That district is in the WF postcode area.
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Places near Featherstone
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Featherstone's £180,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Featherstone
- What is it like to live in Featherstone?
- Homes sold for a typical £180,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.2% on the 12 months before. At 249 of the 283 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 28 of its 283 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Featherstone, 100 metres 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 Featherstone?
- Featherstone is covered by postcode district WF7, across 283 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Featherstone in?
- Featherstone is in the Wakefield council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Featherstone?
- Featherstone 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 Featherstone?
- Homes in Featherstone sold for a typical £180,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 134 sales, up 6.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Featherstone?
- In Featherstone, primary schools at its postcodes include Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School, Featherstone Purston Infant School and Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Featherstone Academy and St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Featherstone have a railway station?
- Yes: Featherstone is 100 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Featherstone, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Featherstone?
- Ofcom reports on 283 of the 283 postcodes in Featherstone. At 249 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Featherstone at risk of flooding?
- 28 of the 283 postcodes in Featherstone have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 72 homes and businesses 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 Featherstone?
- 13 of the 283 postcodes now in use in Featherstone came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 185 homes sold in Featherstone were newly built (9%), 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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