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AL1 3HE

Bernards Heath · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Albans
Ward
Bernards Heath
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL1
Postcode sector
AL1 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL1 3HD 32 m
AL1 3SD 55 m
AL1 3EU 58 m
AL1 3SF 60 m
AL1 3HB 69 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL1 3HE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL1
Postcode sector
AL1 3
Latitude
51.756384
Longitude
-0.334440
British National Grid easting
515,056
British National Grid northing
207,722

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Bernards Heath · E05013948
Parish or community
E43000290
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00189348
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 011D · E01023676
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 011 · E02004934

Postcode source versions

Explore AL1

Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Hall Place, St Albans, AL1 3HE 22 February 2024 £390,000
4, Hall Place, St Albans, AL1 3HE 7 September 2021 £407,500
3, Hall Place, St Albans, AL1 3HE 6 November 2020 £445,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
32
Secondary
8

  1. St Albans High School for Girls

    Other independent school

    146 m

  2. Maple Primary School

    Community school

    170 m

  3. Alban City School

    Free schools

    200 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,593
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,084
  • Anti social behaviour 569
  • Shoplifting 361
  • Other theft 294
  • Vehicle crime 261

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.4
AL1 3 residents
5,821

Age bands in AL1 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,029 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

524 residents

Age 25 to 44
47.6%

3,186 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.1%

1,344 residents

Age 65 and over
9.1%

608 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL1 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    32 m

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    141 m

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

    13-15 RUSSELL AVENUE, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5HB

    ODS code E82084

    465 m

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

    8-14 VICTORIA STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3JB

    ODS code E82031

    557 m

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    621 m

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    2 THE PARADE, ELLIS HOUSE, ST. ALBANS, AL1 3FY

    ODS code E82004

    1.1 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    2.9 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

    COLNEY MEDICAL CENTRE, 45-47 KINGS ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1ES

    ODS code E82113

    4.2 km

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    CALEDON ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1PU

    ODS code E82107

    4.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Chime Square

    BCT · St Albans

    0.0 miles

  • Chime Square

    BCT · St Albans

    0.0 miles

  • Catherine Street

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles

  • Alban City School

    BCT · St Albans

    0.2 miles

  • Alban City School

    BCT · St Albans

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 011D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,813 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £398,750 from 2 recorded sales in AL1 3HE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for St Albans is £651,448 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 8 secondary schools. St Albans High School for Girls is the nearest published school at 146 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,593 published events cover 12 months, averaging 299.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,084 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.