AL3 8EY

Redbourn · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Albans
Local authority
St Albans
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL3 7RG 383 m
AL3 7PU 471 m
AL3 8EX 508 m
AL3 7QN 530 m
AL3 8HT 539 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL3 8EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL3
Postcode sector
AL3 8
Latitude
51.818725
Longitude
-0.414320
British National Grid easting
509,392
British National Grid northing
214,532

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Redbourn · E05013961
Parish or community
E04004806
Output area
E00120460
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 006D · E01023725
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 006 · E02004929

Postcode source versions

Explore AL3

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Whitehill Wood, Dunstable Road, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8EY 30 October 2018 £475,000
Whitehill School Of English, Dunstable Road, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8EY 11 August 2017 £1,150,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Flamstead Village School

    Community school

    1.6 km
  2. St Luke's School

    Foundation special school

    1.8 km
  3. Redbourn Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
102
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 30
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Violence and sexual offences 17
  • Vehicle crime 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL3 8 residents
4,747

Age bands in AL3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

920 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

450 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,184 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

1,403 residents

Age 65 and over
17.8%

855 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+
0%
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

4

within 5 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    4.0 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    4.1 km

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    4.3 km

  • WOODHALL FARM MEDICAL CTR

    VALLEY GREEN, SHENLEY ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 7RJ

    ODS code E82070

    4.5 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

  • Whitehill Wood

    BCT · Redbourn

    0.1 miles
  • Whitehill Wood

    BCT · Redbourn

    0.1 miles
  • Watery Lane

    BCT · Friars Wash

    0.3 miles
  • Watery Lane

    BCT · Friars Wash

    0.3 miles
  • Hertfordshire County Showground

    BCT · Redbourn

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 006D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,906 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Flamstead Village School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

102 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 30 events.

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