WF10 2PG Leeds
Live postcode, introduced December 1999. Ward: Kippax & Methley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Leeds in 2026-27: Band D £2,284 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,522 | £1,776 | £2,030 | £2,284 | £2,791 | £3,299 | £3,806 | £4,567 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (29% of about 1,280 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 4 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Station Road, Allerton Bywater: up to 95 homes, permissioned (450 m)
- Land Adjacent To West Court, Park Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, WF10 2AJ: up to 5 homes, permissioned (560 m)
- Barnsdale Road, Allerton Bywater: up to 49 homes, not permissioned (730 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 9 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 9 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 9 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 14 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Castleford 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km |
| Glasshoughton 109,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km | |
| Woodlesford 259,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 14 within 800 m; nearest Robinson Street Allerton Bywater | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Castleford Bus Station | 2.0 km |
| Car parks | Fairburn Ings Newton Lane Parking | 1.4 km |
| EV charging points | E.ON Drive Public Charging Station | 2.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 23.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Nova Scotia Medical Cntr | 730 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Allerton Bywater Pharmacy | 730 m |
| NHS dentists | Armstrong Haire And Associates | 1.9 km |
| Hospital | Castleford & Normanton District Hospital | 2.6 km |
| Police station | Castleford Police Station | 2.1 km |
| Cash machines | MFG - Riverside Cashzone | 1.8 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 80 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 670 m² | 120 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.2 ha | 90 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,100 m² | 30 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 3.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Roman Bath House, Castleford, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km south-east.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Bath House, Castleford | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Allerton Plantation | Wood | 710 m north |
| Parlour Pit Wood | Wood | 740 m west |
| The Oxbow Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 920 m south |
| Little Plantation | Wood | 950 m north |
| Sheldon Hill | Hill | 1.9 km north-east |
| Horselock Dale | Valley | 3.5 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 10 | 10 |
None of the postcode's 10 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.