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Thinking of living at WF1 1PU? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Austin's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 500 m | 51% met the expected standard |
| Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill | Primary | 600 m | 57% met the expected standard |
| Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 600 m | 57% met the expected standard |
| Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School | Primary | 750 m | 60% met the expected standard |
| Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School | Primary | 1000 m | 48% met the expected standard |
| Outwood Academy City Fields | Secondary | 1.4 km | Attainment 8: 38.8 · 7.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Trinity Academy Cathedral | Secondary | 1.9 km | Attainment 8: 48.7 · 12.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 2.6 km | Attainment 8: 46.3 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Outwood Grange Academy | Secondary | 3.0 km | Attainment 8: 47.2 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Kettlethorpe High School | Secondary | 4.1 km | Attainment 8: 46.9 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield | Independent | 750 m | 36.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Wakefield Crown Green Bowls Club | 720 m | 14 |
| Swimming | Sun Lane Leisure | 180 m | 8 |
| Cricket | Thornes Cricket Club | 1.7 km | 7 |
| Football | The Raven | 140 m | 6 |
| Tennis | Wakefield Sports Club | 690 m | 6 |
| Golf | Normanton Golf Club | 2.4 km | 4 |
| Billiards | Shooters Pool Bar | 90 m | 3 |
| Athletics | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Playing Field | 760 m | 3 |
| Cycling | St Thomas A Becket Catholic Secondary School | 2.6 km | 3 |
| Skateboard | Division 24 | 80 m | 2 |
| Sky sports | The Raven | 140 m | 2 |
| Rugby | The Raven | 140 m | 2 |
| Pool | Shooters Pool Bar | 90 m | 1 |
| Boxing | The Raven | 140 m | 1 |
| Tnt sports | The Raven | 140 m | 1 |
| Horse racing | The Raven | 140 m | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 29. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Wakefield Kirkgate, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 612k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is The Springs B, 50 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 103, 102, 59, 157); 268 departures an hour from the 43 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
43% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Austin's Catholic Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 51% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Outwood Academy City Fields, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 38.8 · 7.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Cathedral (2 km) and Horbury Academy (4.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (11.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 100 m away; Sasans Shop (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Podocare Podiatry & Chiropody Service (150 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, True Beauty Salon is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 1.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 63 restaurants and cafés and 28 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
O'Snacks Hub is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Shooter Pool Bar the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (30 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 407 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 44 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 50% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 236 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Green, 500 m away; for exercise, Sun Lane Leisure (200 m).
71 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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| Meadowcroft School | Independent | 1.6 km | Attainment 8: 1.7 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near WF1 1PU, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 23 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 63 km.
Many neighbours rent: 37% of households rent privately and 26% socially.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.