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

Map of every postcode in Featherstone, by flood risk 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. Places named: Featherstone. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A645 WF7 5AA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AB: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AD: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AG: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AH: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AL: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AN: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AP: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AR: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AT: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AU: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AX: not on the flood risk listWF7 5AZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BB: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BD: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BH: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BL: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BN: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BP: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BS: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BT: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BU: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BX: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BY: not on 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listWF7 5ES: not on the flood risk listWF7 5ET: not on the flood risk listWF7 5EU: not on the flood risk listWF7 5EW: not on the flood risk listWF7 5EX: not on the flood risk listWF7 5EY: not on the flood risk listWF7 5EZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FB: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FD: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FE: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FF: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FG: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FH: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FL: not on the flood risk listWF7 5FQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HB: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HH: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HL: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HN: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HR: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HS: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HT: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HU: not on the flood risk listWF7 5HZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JB: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JD: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JE: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JF: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JG: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JH: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JN: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JP: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JR: not on the flood risk listWF7 5JS: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LB: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LD: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LE: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LF: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LG: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LH: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LL: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LN: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LP: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LR: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LS: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LT: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LU: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LW: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LY: not on the flood risk listWF7 5LZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NB: not on the flood risk listWF7 5ND: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NE: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NF: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NN: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NR: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NT: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NU: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NW: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NX: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NY: not on the flood risk listWF7 5NZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PD: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PE: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PF: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PG: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PH: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PL: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PN: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PP: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PR: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PS: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PT: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PU: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PW: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PX: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PY: not on the flood risk listWF7 5PZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 5QA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5QB: not on the flood risk listWF7 5QD: not on the flood risk listWF7 5QE: not on the flood risk listWF7 5QF: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AA: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AB: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AD: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AE: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AF: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AG: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AL: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AN: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AP: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AR: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AS: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AT: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AU: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AW: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AX: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AY: not on the flood risk listWF7 6AZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BA: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BB: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BD: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BE: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BG: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BH: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BL: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BN: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BP: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6BW: not on the flood risk listWF7 6ED: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EE: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EF: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EG: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EH: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EL: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EN: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EP: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6ER: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EU: not on the flood risk listWF7 6EW: not on the flood risk listWF7 6FB: not on the flood risk listWF7 6FE: not on the flood risk listWF7 6FF: not on the flood risk listWF7 6FG: not on the flood risk listWF7 6FH: not on the flood risk listWF7 6FJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JE: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JF: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JG: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JH: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JL: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JN: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JP: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JR: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JS: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JT: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JU: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JW: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JX: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JY: not on the flood risk listWF7 6JZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LA: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LB: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LD: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LE: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LF: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LG: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LH: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LL: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LN: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LP: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LR: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LS: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LT: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LU: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LW: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LX: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LY: not on the flood risk listWF7 6LZ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NA: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NB: not on the flood risk listWF7 6ND: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NE: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NF: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NG: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NH: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NJ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NL: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NN: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NQ: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NR: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NS: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NT: not on the flood risk listWF7 6NX: not on the flood risk listWF7 6RA: not on the flood risk listWF7 6TA: not on the flood risk listWF7 5BE: low flood risk at worstWF7 5BG: low flood risk at worstWF7 5EG: low flood risk at worstWF7 5EH: low flood risk at worstWF7 5EJ: low flood risk at worstWF7 5FP: low flood risk at worstWF7 5HD: low flood risk at worstWF7 5HE: low flood risk at worstWF7 5HF: low flood risk at worstWF7 5HG: low flood risk at worstWF7 5HP: low flood risk at worstWF7 5HW: low flood risk at worstWF7 5HX: low flood risk at worstWF7 5HY: low flood risk at worstWF7 5JL: low flood risk at worstWF7 5JQ: low flood risk at worstWF7 5JT: low flood risk at worstWF7 5JU: low flood risk at worstWF7 5JY: low flood risk at worstWF7 5JZ: low flood risk at worstWF7 5NP: low flood risk at worstWF7 5NS: low flood risk at worstWF7 5PB: low flood risk at worstWF7 5PJ: low flood risk at worstWF7 5WW: low flood risk at worstWF7 6AH: low flood risk at worstWF7 5JW: high flood riskWF7 5JX: high flood risk Featherstone Map of every postcode in Featherstone, by flood risk 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. Places named: Featherstone. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Featherstone
  • 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.

£180,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£170,000
12 months to August 2026
£180,500

▲ up 6.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£277,500 20 sales
Semi-detached£195,000 58 sales
Terraced£160,000 56 sales

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

PeriodIn FeatherstoneAcross 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).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit249 of 283
Postcodes where every home can get superfast272 of 283
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 283

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 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.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 28 of 283 postcodes High: 56Medium: 16Low: 282

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.

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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.

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 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

  1. 111 September 2025
  2. 127 October 2025
  3. 97 November 2025
  4. 92 December 2025
  5. 102 January 2026
  6. 102 February 2026
  7. 108 March 2026
  8. 135 April 2026
  9. 109 May 2026
  10. 102 June 2026
  11. 117 July 2026
  12. 81 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences611 reports
Anti-social behaviour124 reports
Criminal damage and arson114 reports
Shoplifting108 reports
Public order76 reports
Other theft61 reports
Other crime49 reports
Vehicle crime42 reports

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 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 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

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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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