S72 9EU postcode in Wakefield, England

S72 9EU is a postcode in Wakefield, in the Hemsworth ward. It is in the Normanton and Hemsworth parliamentary constituency and the West Yorkshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses at S72 9EU can get it Across Wakefield: 95% Typical price £200,000 Homes sold in S72 9, last 12 months. ▼ 9.1% on the year before Nearest station Moorthorpe 3.5 km in a straight line

Where S72 9EU is, and what is near it

Map of S72 9EU and what is near it Map of S72 9EU: its centre point, with the 143 other postcodes in the S72 9 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. S72 9AE: also in S72 9S72 9AF: also in S72 9S72 9AG: also in S72 9S72 9AH: also in S72 9S72 9AJ: also in S72 9S72 9AL: also in S72 9S72 9AN: also in S72 9S72 9AP: also in S72 9S72 9AQ: also in S72 9S72 9AR: also in S72 9S72 9AS: also in S72 9S72 9AT: also in S72 9S72 9AU: also in S72 9S72 9AW: also in S72 9S72 9AX: also in S72 9S72 9AY: also in S72 9S72 9AZ: also in S72 9S72 9BA: also in S72 9S72 9BB: also in S72 9S72 9BD: also in S72 9S72 9BH: also in S72 9S72 9BJ: also in S72 9S72 9DL: also in S72 9S72 9DX: also in S72 9S72 9DY: also in S72 9S72 9EA: also in S72 9S72 9EB: also in S72 9S72 9ED: also in S72 9S72 9EE: also in S72 9S72 9EF: also in S72 9S72 9EG: also in S72 9S72 9EH: also in S72 9S72 9EJ: also in S72 9S72 9EL: also in S72 9S72 9EN: also in S72 9S72 9EP: also in S72 9S72 9EQ: also in S72 9S72 9ER: also in S72 9S72 9ES: also in S72 9S72 9ET: also in S72 9S72 9EW: also in S72 9S72 9EX: also in S72 9S72 9EY: also in S72 9S72 9EZ: also in S72 9S72 9FA: also in S72 9S72 9FD: also in S72 9S72 9FE: also in S72 9S72 9FF: also in S72 9S72 9FG: also in S72 9S72 9FJ: also in S72 9S72 9FL: also in S72 9S72 9FN: also in S72 9S72 9FR: also in S72 9S72 9HA: also in S72 9S72 9HB: also in S72 9S72 9HF: also in S72 9S72 9HG: also in S72 9S72 9HH: also in S72 9S72 9HJ: also in S72 9S72 9HL: also in S72 9S72 9HN: also in S72 9S72 9HP: also in S72 9S72 9HQ: also in S72 9S72 9HR: also in S72 9S72 9HS: also in S72 9S72 9HT: also in S72 9S72 9HU: also in S72 9S72 9HW: also in S72 9S72 9HX: also in S72 9S72 9HY: also in S72 9S72 9HZ: also in S72 9S72 9JA: also in S72 9S72 9JD: also in S72 9S72 9JG: also in S72 9S72 9JH: also in S72 9S72 9JJ: also in S72 9S72 9JL: also in S72 9S72 9JN: also in S72 9S72 9JP: also in S72 9S72 9JQ: also in S72 9S72 9JR: also in S72 9S72 9JS: also in S72 9S72 9JT: also in S72 9S72 9JU: also in S72 9S72 9JW: also in S72 9S72 9JX: also in S72 9S72 9JY: also in S72 9S72 9JZ: also in S72 9S72 9LB: also in S72 9S72 9LD: also in S72 9S72 9LE: also in S72 9S72 9LF: also in S72 9S72 9LG: also in S72 9S72 9LH: also in S72 9S72 9LJ: also in S72 9S72 9LL: also in S72 9S72 9LN: also in S72 9S72 9LP: also in S72 9S72 9LQ: also in S72 9S72 9LR: also in S72 9S72 9LS: also in S72 9S72 9LT: also in S72 9S72 9LU: also in S72 9S72 9LW: also in S72 9S72 9LX: also in S72 9 2 GP practices, 2.9 kmSchool 3.1 kmMoorthorpe station 3.5 kmNorth East S72 9EU Map of S72 9EU and what is near it Map of S72 9EU: its centre point, with the 143 other postcodes in the S72 9 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. School 3.1 kmNorth East S72 9EU
  • S72 9EU
  • Other postcodes in S72 9: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.5960, longitude -1.3574)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after S72 9EU?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at S72 9EU?

50% of the homes and businesses at S72 9EU can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and none gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

S72 9EU 0% Wakefield 95%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

S72 9EU 50% Wakefield 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at S72 9EU?

BinDayBuddy does not read Wakefield Metropolitan District Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is S72 9EU at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include S72 9EU.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Wakefield

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for S72 9EU: 4,425 properties in Wakefield are at high risk (2.3% of all its properties). All the figures for Wakefield

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of S72 9EU is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near S72 9EU?

Homes in S72 9 sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 42 sales, down 9.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£200,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£220,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 9.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £280,000 13 sales
  • Semi-detached £195,000 18 sales
  • Terraced £135,000 11 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole S72 district: a typical £168,000 from 280 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in S72 9EU

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in S72 9EU from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near S72 9EU?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 780 homes in the neighbourhood around S72 9EU. Over half of them (71%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (68%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around S72 9EU

Band D in Wakefield for 2026‑27: £2,297. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,531 (band A) to £2,807 (band E); band A, the most common, is £1,531.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 550 (71%)£1,531
Band Babout 80 (10%)£1,786
Band Cabout 100 (13%)£2,042
Band Dabout 40 (5%)£2,297
Band Eabout 10 (1%)£2,807
Band Ffewer than 5£3,318
Band Gfewer than 5£3,828
Band Hfewer than 5£4,594

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. None 1919 to 1939
  4. 68% 1945 to 1964
  5. 14% 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 17% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. 1% 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1900 to 1918, 1919 to 1939, 1983 to 1999, 2010 to 2019: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Wakefield before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of S72 9EU is in (ONS area E01011865), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near S72 9EU?

The nearest open schools to S72 9EU, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near S72 9EU, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to S72 9EU?

The nearest railway station to the centre of S72 9EU is Moorthorpe Rail Station, 3.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Moorthorpe Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
  • Fitzwilliam Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle

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

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near S72 9EU, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near S72 9EU?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of S72 9EU, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near S72 9EU?

0 within 1 km 2 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of S72 9EU, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Pod Point Charging point · 2 chargers 2.0 kmCycle
  • Pod Point Charging point · 2 chargers 2.0 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near S72 9EU?

The nearest to the centre of S72 9EU, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to S72 9EU?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near S72 9EU?

The nearest care homes to the centre of S72 9EU, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near S72 9EU?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of S72 9EU, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near S72 9EU?

The nearest vets to the centre of S72 9EU on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is S72 9EU in a conservation area?

The centre of S72 9EU is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near S72 9EU?

Police.uk records 61 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of S72 9EU in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences24 reports
Criminal damage and arson11 reports
Anti-social behaviour6 reports
Public order5 reports
Burglary3 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports

Also: other theft 3, drugs 2, shoplifting 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for S72 9EU

Ward
Hemsworth
Parish
Hemsworth
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
Rural or urban
Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

Where to check what we do not hold

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

S72 9ET650 mS72 9ES870 mS72 9HA890 mS72 9EN920 mS72 9EH970 mWF9 4RJ980 m
All of S72

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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