Walton

Walton is covered by postcode districts WF1 and WF2. It is in the Wakefield council area, England.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Walton (Wakefield).

Typical price £316,250 Homes sold in Walton, last 12 months. ▲ 16.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 71 of 77 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Walton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Walton, by flood risk Of the 77 postcodes in Walton that ONS places, 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Walton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. WF1 5RY: not on the flood risk listWF2 6JS: not on the flood risk listWF2 6JT: not on the flood risk listWF2 6JU: not on the flood risk listWF2 6JX: not on the flood risk listWF2 6JY: not on the flood risk listWF2 6JZ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LA: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LB: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LD: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LE: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LF: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LG: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LH: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LJ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LL: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LN: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LP: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LQ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LR: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LS: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LT: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LU: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LW: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LX: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LY: not on the flood risk listWF2 6LZ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NA: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NB: not on the flood risk listWF2 6ND: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NH: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NJ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NL: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NN: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NP: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NR: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NS: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NT: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NU: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NW: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NX: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NY: not on the flood risk listWF2 6NZ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PA: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PB: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PD: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PE: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PF: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PG: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PH: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PJ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PL: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PQ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6PU: not on the flood risk listWF2 6QT: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TA: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TB: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TD: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TE: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TF: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TG: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TH: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TJ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TL: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TN: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TQ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6TR: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UA: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UB: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UD: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UE: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UF: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UG: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UH: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UJ: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UL: not on the flood risk listWF2 6UN: not on the flood risk list Walton Map of every postcode in Walton, by flood risk Of the 77 postcodes in Walton that ONS places, 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Walton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Walton
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 77

Of the 77 postcodes in Walton that ONS places, 77 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 53.6492, longitude -1.4629. 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

What is it like to live in Walton?

Homes sold for a typical £316,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16.7% on the 12 months before. At 71 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 77 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Crofton and Sharlston Med Prac, 2.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Sandal & Agbrigg, 2.0 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 Walton?

Homes in Walton sold for a typical £316,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 16.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£316,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£271,000
12 months to August 2026
£316,250

▲ up 16.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£375,000 19 sales
Semi-detached£259,000 9 sales
Terraced£227,500 6 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole WF2 district, Walton's main postcode district: a typical £235,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Walton: 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 Walton?

5 of the 77 postcodes now in use in Walton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Walton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF2 district, 1%.

The newest postcodes

WF2 6UHsince February 2022WF2 6UJsince November 2021WF2 6ULsince July 2021WF2 6UGsince December 2020WF2 6UFsince July 2020

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 WaltonAcross the WF2 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 36 (0%) 0 of 465 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 35 (0%) 8 of 617 (1%)

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 Walton?

Ofcom reports on 77 of the 77 postcodes in Walton. At 71 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit71 of 77
Postcodes where every home can get superfast75 of 77

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 checker

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

Is Walton at risk of flooding?

None of the 77 postcodes in Walton is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Walton?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Walton. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Walton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Walton is Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station, 2.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
  • Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Wakefield Westgate Rail Station Railway station 4.7 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 Walton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Walton. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Walton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 166 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Walton 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. 12 September 2025
  2. 12 October 2025
  3. 14 November 2025
  4. 6 December 2025
  5. 12 January 2026
  6. 11 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 19 April 2026
  9. 17 May 2026
  10. 18 June 2026
  11. 21 July 2026
  12. 15 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences74 reports
Anti-social behaviour16 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Other crime15 reports
Burglary12 reports
Vehicle crime10 reports
Other theft10 reports
Public order8 reports

Also: drugs 3, possession of weapons 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 Walton?

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

All 77 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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Walton postcodes

77 postcodes in use in Walton, by district:

WF2 postcode district,76 postcodesWF1 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the WF postcode area.

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Places near Walton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Walton's £316,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Crofton2.5 km, £240,000Sharlston4.0 km, £140,000Hall Green4.2 km, £295,000Crigglestone and Durkar4.3 km, £244,250Havercroft and Ryhill4.4 km, £156,000Wakefield4.7 km, £225,000Royston, Barnsley5.6 km, £186,000Fitzwilliam and Kinsley6.3 km, £160,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Walton

What is it like to live in Walton?
Homes sold for a typical £316,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16.7% on the 12 months before. At 71 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 77 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Crofton and Sharlston Med Prac, 2.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Sandal & Agbrigg, 2.0 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 Walton?
Walton is covered by postcode districts WF1 and WF2, across 77 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Walton in?
Walton is in the Wakefield council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Walton?
Walton 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 Walton?
Homes in Walton sold for a typical £316,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 16.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Walton?
In Walton, primary schools at its postcodes include Walton Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Walton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Walton is Sandal & Agbrigg, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Walton?
Ofcom reports on 77 of the 77 postcodes in Walton. At 71 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Walton at risk of flooding?
None of the 77 postcodes in Walton is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Walton?
5 of the 77 postcodes now in use in Walton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Walton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF2 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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