WF12 8 postcode sector in the WF12 district

WF12 8 is a sector of the WF12 district: every postcode that starts WF12 8. It has 183 postcodes in use, 5 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the WF12 8 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the WF12 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 183 postcodes in the WF12 8 sector that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 180 were in use before 2020. Places named: Dewsbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A638 WF12 8AB: before 2020WF12 8AE: before 2020WF12 8AF: before 2020WF12 8AG: before 2020WF12 8AH: before 2020WF12 8AJ: before 2020WF12 8AL: before 2020WF12 8AN: before 2020WF12 8AQ: before 2020WF12 8AR: before 2020WF12 8AT: before 2020WF12 8AU: before 2020WF12 8AW: before 2020WF12 8AX: before 2020WF12 8BA: before 2020WF12 8BB: before 2020WF12 8BD: before 2020WF12 8BE: before 2020WF12 8BG: before 2020WF12 8BH: before 2020WF12 8BJ: before 2020WF12 8BL: before 2020WF12 8BN: before 2020WF12 8BP: before 2020WF12 8BQ: before 2020WF12 8BS: before 2020WF12 8BT: before 2020WF12 8BU: before 2020WF12 8BW: before 2020WF12 8BY: before 2020WF12 8BZ: before 2020WF12 8DD: before 2020WF12 8DE: before 2020WF12 8DF: before 2020WF12 8DG: before 2020WF12 8DJ: before 2020WF12 8DL: before 2020WF12 8DN: before 2020WF12 8DP: before 2020WF12 8DT: before 2020WF12 8DZ: before 2020WF12 8EB: before 2020WF12 8ED: before 2020WF12 8EE: before 2020WF12 8EF: before 2020WF12 8EH: before 2020WF12 8EN: before 2020WF12 8EQ: before 2020WF12 8ER: before 2020WF12 8ES: before 2020WF12 8ET: before 2020WF12 8EU: before 2020WF12 8EX: before 2020WF12 8EY: before 2020WF12 8EZ: before 2020WF12 8HA: before 2020WF12 8HB: before 2020WF12 8HD: before 2020WF12 8HE: before 2020WF12 8HF: before 2020WF12 8HG: before 2020WF12 8HH: before 2020WF12 8HJ: before 2020WF12 8HL: before 2020WF12 8HN: before 2020WF12 8HP: before 2020WF12 8HQ: before 2020WF12 8HR: before 2020WF12 8HS: before 2020WF12 8HT: before 2020WF12 8HU: before 2020WF12 8HW: before 2020WF12 8HX: before 2020WF12 8HY: before 2020WF12 8HZ: before 2020WF12 8JA: before 2020WF12 8JB: before 2020WF12 8JD: before 2020WF12 8JE: before 2020WF12 8JF: before 2020WF12 8JG: before 2020WF12 8JH: before 2020WF12 8JJ: before 2020WF12 8JL: before 2020WF12 8JN: before 2020WF12 8JQ: before 2020WF12 8JR: before 2020WF12 8JS: before 2020WF12 8JT: before 2020WF12 8JU: before 2020WF12 8JY: before 2020WF12 8JZ: before 2020WF12 8LA: before 2020WF12 8LB: before 2020WF12 8LD: before 2020WF12 8LE: before 2020WF12 8LF: before 2020WF12 8LG: before 2020WF12 8LJ: before 2020WF12 8LL: before 2020WF12 8LN: before 2020WF12 8LP: before 2020WF12 8LQ: before 2020WF12 8LR: before 2020WF12 8LS: before 2020WF12 8LT: before 2020WF12 8LU: before 2020WF12 8LW: before 2020WF12 8LY: before 2020WF12 8LZ: before 2020WF12 8NA: before 2020WF12 8NB: before 2020WF12 8NF: before 2020WF12 8NG: before 2020WF12 8NH: before 2020WF12 8NJ: before 2020WF12 8NL: before 2020WF12 8NN: before 2020WF12 8NP: before 2020WF12 8NQ: before 2020WF12 8NR: before 2020WF12 8NS: before 2020WF12 8NT: before 2020WF12 8NU: before 2020WF12 8NW: before 2020WF12 8NX: before 2020WF12 8NY: before 2020WF12 8PA: before 2020WF12 8PB: before 2020WF12 8PD: before 2020WF12 8PE: before 2020WF12 8PF: before 2020WF12 8PG: before 2020WF12 8PH: before 2020WF12 8PJ: before 2020WF12 8PL: before 2020WF12 8PN: before 2020WF12 8PP: before 2020WF12 8PQ: before 2020WF12 8PR: before 2020WF12 8PS: before 2020WF12 8PT: before 2020WF12 8PW: before 2020WF12 8PX: before 2020WF12 8PY: before 2020WF12 8PZ: before 2020WF12 8QA: before 2020WF12 8QB: before 2020WF12 8QD: before 2020WF12 8QE: before 2020WF12 8QF: before 2020WF12 8QG: before 2020WF12 8QH: before 2020WF12 8QJ: before 2020WF12 8QL: before 2020WF12 8QN: before 2020WF12 8QP: before 2020WF12 8QQ: before 2020WF12 8QR: before 2020WF12 8QS: before 2020WF12 8QT: before 2020WF12 8QU: before 2020WF12 8QW: before 2020WF12 8QX: before 2020WF12 8QY: before 2020WF12 8QZ: before 2020WF12 8RA: before 2020WF12 8RB: before 2020WF12 8RD: before 2020WF12 8RE: before 2020WF12 8RF: before 2020WF12 8RG: before 2020WF12 8RH: before 2020WF12 8RJ: before 2020WF12 8RL: before 2020WF12 8RN: before 2020WF12 8RQ: before 2020WF12 8RZ: before 2020WF12 8WQ: before 2020WF12 8AZ: new since 2020WF12 8DQ: new since 2020WF12 8NE: new since 2020 Dewsbury Map of every postcode in the WF12 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 183 postcodes in the WF12 8 sector that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 180 were in use before 2020. Places named: Dewsbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Dewsbury
  • New since 2020: 3
  • In use before 2020: 180

Of the 183 postcodes in the WF12 8 sector that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 180 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 3 newest postcodes

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What do homes sell for in WF12 8?

Homes in WF12 8 sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 77 sales, up 8.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£165,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£152,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 8.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £252,500 10 sales
  • Semi-detached £172,000 31 sales
  • Terraced £155,000 33 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start WF12 8. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

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

Postcodes in WF12 8

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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