AL10 8DA

Hatfield South West · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hatfield
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL10
Postcode sector
AL10 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL10 8DS 70 m
AL10 8DB 86 m
AL10 8DF 90 m
AL10 8DQ 93 m
AL10 8DE 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL10 8DA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL10
Postcode sector
AL10 8
Latitude
51.760153
Longitude
-0.232318
British National Grid easting
522,094
British National Grid northing
208,307

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Parish or community
E04004819
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121465
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 012C · E01023922
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 012 · E02004991

Postcode source versions

Explore AL10

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
27, Briars Wood, Hatfield, AL10 8DA 20 September 2022 £436,000
29, Briars Wood, Hatfield, AL10 8DA 31 March 2022 £380,000
9, Briars Wood, Hatfield, AL10 8DA 4 November 2019 £309,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
23
Secondary
6
  1. Hatfield Community Free School

    Free schools

    263 m
  2. Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School

    Academy converter

    441 m
  3. Southfield School

    Community special school

    526 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,512
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,678
  • Anti social behaviour 600
  • Other theft 333
  • Shoplifting 299
  • Criminal damage and arson 299

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

35 female, 23 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
2.8
AL10 8 residents
11,449

Age bands in AL10 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

2,163 residents

Age 15 to 24
18.3%

2,125 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.9%

3,707 residents

Age 45 to 64
20%

2,321 residents

Age 65 and over
11.2%

1,299 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL10 8 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

8

within 5 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    377 m

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    607 m

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    773 m

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

    SPRING HOUSE SITE, ASCOTS LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4HL

    ODS code Y02639

    3.8 km

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION ROAD, WELHAM GREEN, NORTH MYMMS, HATFIELD, AL9 7SN

    ODS code E82058

    4.0 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    4.4 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    4.7 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    4.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Albans Road West

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles
  • Briars Lane

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles
  • St Albans Road West

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles
  • Briars Lane

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles
  • Meadow Dell

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 012C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,222 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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
3
Low risk addresses
6
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 £408,000 from 2 recorded sales in AL10 8DA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Welwyn Hatfield is £450,696 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

38 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. Hatfield Community Free School is the nearest published school at 263 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,512 published events cover 12 months, averaging 376 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,678 events.

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