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AL3 6BB

Bernards Heath · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Bernards Heath
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL3 6JQ 191 m
AL3 6BZ 391 m
AL3 6JG 455 m
AL3 6HS 519 m
AL3 6HP 560 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL3 6BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2003
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 6
Latitude
51.777094
Longitude
-0.334474
British National Grid easting
515,001
British National Grid northing
210,025

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
E00120420
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 007A · E01023713
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 007 · E02004930

Postcode source versions

Explore AL3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
36
Secondary
8

  1. Townsend Church of England School

    Voluntary aided school

    682 m

  2. St Albans Girls' School

    Academy converter

    784 m

  3. Margaret Wix Primary School

    Community school

    879 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
501
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 185
  • Anti social behaviour 88
  • Other theft 42
  • Vehicle crime 39
  • Criminal damage and arson 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL3 6 residents
4,579

Age bands in AL3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.9%

1,027 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.5%

614 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

1,194 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

1,346 residents

Age 65 and over
14.7%

723 residents

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • LODGE,HIGHFIELD & REDBOURN

    NORMANDY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NP

    ODS code E82014

    2.0 km

  • GRANGE STREET SURGERY

    2 GRANGE STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5NF

    ODS code E82059

    2.2 km

  • PARKBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    ST. PETERS STREET, ST ALBANS, AL1 3HD

    ODS code E82060

    2.3 km

  • HARVEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E82084

    2.6 km

  • MALTINGS SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82031

    2.8 km

  • HATFIELD ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82004

    3.3 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    4.4 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    4.6 km

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

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

Nearby transport

  • Hawkswick

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles

  • Hawkswick

    BCT · St Albans

    0.1 miles

  • Texaco Garage

    BCT · New Greens

    0.2 miles

  • Texaco Garage

    BCT · New Greens

    0.2 miles

  • Hawkswick Lodge Farm

    BCT · St Albans

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 007A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,945 of 33,755

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

Schools

56 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 8 secondary schools. Townsend Church of England School is the nearest published school at 682 m.

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

Recorded crime

501 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 185 events.

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