WF1 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

1,256 of the district's 2,019 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 53.68759, -1.49337, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in WF1

Companies House lists 3,452 companies with a registered office in WF1; 582 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.

Places OS Open Names lists for WF1

• Wakefield
• Yorkshire and the Humber
• Kirkthorpe
• Heath
• Horse Race End
• Warmfield
• Walton

Roads filed under WF1

Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.

• Abbott Terrace
• Acme Terrace
• Agbrigg Road
• Albion Court
• Albion Street
• Almshouse Lane
• Altinkool Street
• Anaheim Drive
• Anderton Street
• Andrew Crescent
• Andrew Street
• Annie Street
• Appledore Close
• Argyle Street
• Arlington Street
• Arncliffe Road
• Arthur Street
• Arundel Close
• Arundel Street
• Ashbury Chase
• Ashdown Road
• Ashworth Square
• Attlee Grove
• Avison Yard
• Back Anderton Street
• Back Bowman Street
• Back Church View
• Back Duke of York Street
• Back Dunbar Street
• Back Gordon Street
• Back Grantley Street
• Back Hambleton Street
• Back Hatfeild Street
• Back Montague Street
• Back Mount Pleasant
• Back Peterson Road
• Back Regent Street
• Bamborough Street
• Bank Street
• Barden Road
• Bar Lane
• Barleycorn Close
• Barleyfield Close
• Barnes Avenue
• Barnstone Vale
• Barratt's Road
• Barstow Square
• Bede Court
• Beecher Drive
• Belfry Court
• Belgrave Mount
• Belgrave Terrace
• Belgravia Road
• Belle Isle Avenue
• Belle Isle Crescent
• Belle Isle Drive
• Belle Vue Road
• Bell Street
• Belmont Street
• Belvedere Court

Check an address in WF1

Check an address in WF1

The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=WF1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about WF1

What does a WF1 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the WF1 district of the WF (Wakefield) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Wakefield. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 1,256 live postcodes.

Where the counts come from

• ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
• os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
• uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0

What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.

Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.

Districts nearest WF1

• WF901.5 km
• WF22.1 km
• WF34.4 km
• WF44.9 km
• WF65.3 km
• WF55.5 km
• LS267.6 km
• WF128.3 km
• LS108.7 km
• WF79.5 km
• LS279.9 km
• WF1310.1 km
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