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Thinking of living at WF2 6PQ? 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.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walton Primary Academy | Primary | 600 m | 71% met the expected standard |
| Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School | Primary | 1.2 km | 45% met the expected standard |
| Sandal Magna Community Academy | Primary | 1.9 km | 67% met the expected standard |
| Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School | Primary | 2.4 km | 62% met the expected standard |
| Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource | Primary | 2.9 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 46.3 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Kettlethorpe High School | Secondary | 2.1 km | Attainment 8: 46.9 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Crofton Academy | Secondary | 2.7 km | Attainment 8: 46.5 · 11.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Trinity Academy Cathedral | Secondary | 3.9 km | Attainment 8: 48.7 · 12.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Outwood Academy City Fields | Secondary | 4.2 km | Attainment 8: 38.8 · 7.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Hammer Lane Academy | Independent | 4.4 km | – |
| Ivy Lane School | Independent |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Brookhouse WMC/West Riding Sports Crown Green Bowls Club | 1.1 km | 9 |
| Tennis | Sandal Tennis Club | 860 m | 6 |
| Swimming | Sandal Castle Va Community Primary School | 1.2 km | 6 |
| Cricket | Sandal Cricket Club | 1.7 km | 6 |
| Football | The Walnut Tree | 1.5 km | 5 |
| Golf | Waterton Park Golf Club | 1.1 km | 4 |
| Cycling | BKCAT Cycle Circuit | 1.3 km | 3 |
| Billiards | Shooters Pool Bar | 4.0 km | 3 |
| Athletics | Thornes Park Athletics Stadium | 4.1 km | 3 |
| Rugby | Belle Vue | 2.2 km | 2 |
| Rugby league | Belle Vue Stadium | 2.2 km | 2 |
| Skateboard | Division 24 | 4.0 km | 2 |
| Sky sports | The Raven | 4.1 km | 2 |
| Belle vue | Belle Vue | 2.2 km | 1 |
| Wakefield trinity rlfc | Belle Vue | 2.2 km | 1 |
| Sailing | West Riding Sailing Club | 3.1 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 27. 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 Sandal & Agbrigg, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 202k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is School Lane, 50 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (routes 195, 196); 37 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Walton Primary Academy, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 71% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 46.3 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (5.1 km) and Trinity Academy Cathedral (5.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (14.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 1.9 km away, with Walton Sports & Social Club closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Maybush Medical Centre (2.5 km), with Bamboo Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, En Route Hair & Beauty is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 7.3 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Mel's Little Sunshine Cafe/Mel's Cakes is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and The New Inn the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 111 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Walton Nature Reserve, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (2.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
10 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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| Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield | Independent | 4.7 km | 36.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near WF2 6PQ, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 29 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 60 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 47% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
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.