AL2 1QX

London Colney · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Albans
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL2
Postcode sector
AL2 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL2 1QY 47 m
AL2 1QU 48 m
AL2 1QZ 59 m
AL2 1BJ 85 m
AL2 1DP 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL2 1QX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL2
Postcode sector
AL2 1
Latitude
51.719130
Longitude
-0.289352
British National Grid easting
518,265
British National Grid northing
203,651

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013285
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120381
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 018A · E01023704
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 018 · E02004941

Postcode source versions

Explore AL2

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Waterside House, Waterside, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1QX 14 November 2014 £650,000
Bridge House, Waterside, London Colney, St. Albans, AL2 1QX 10 March 2006 £420,000
Riverside Cottage, Waterside, London Colney, St. Albans, AL2 1QX 11 October 2002 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
25
Secondary
5
  1. Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    720 m
  2. Bowmansgreen Primary School

    Community school

    859 m
  3. London Colney Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    986 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,195
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 370
  • Violence and sexual offences 295
  • Shoplifting 172
  • Anti social behaviour 107
  • Vehicle crime 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

5 female, 12 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.4
AL2 1 residents
9,815

Age bands in AL2 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,842 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,089 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.2%

2,662 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,713 residents

Age 65 and over
15.3%

1,497 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL2 1 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82107

    822 m

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code E82113

    1.1 km

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    4.1 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

    THE RED HOUSE SURGERY, 124 WATLING STREET, RADLETT, WD7 7JQ

    ODS code E82085

    4.5 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    4.8 km

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82031

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Willowside

    BCT · London Colney

    0.1 miles
  • Willowside

    BCT · London Colney

    0.1 miles
  • Thamesdale

    BCT · London Colney

    0.2 miles
  • Thamesdale

    BCT · London Colney

    0.2 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · London Colney

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 018A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,010 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
4
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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

Schools

38 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 720 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,195 published events cover 12 months, averaging 99.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 370 events.

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