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AL4 8EY

Sandridge & Wheathampstead · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
St Albans
Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 8EL 774 m
AL4 9BH 811 m
AL4 8EU 821 m
AL4 9BQ 828 m
AL4 8ET 885 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 8EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8
Latitude
51.794603
Longitude
-0.289528
British National Grid easting
518,056
British National Grid northing
212,044

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead · E05013962
Parish or community
E04013286
Westminster constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted · E14001268
Output area
E00120526
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 007D · E01023736
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 007 · E02004930

Postcode source versions

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Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Nomansland Farm, Thrales Barn, Drovers Lane, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8EY 16 November 2022 £2,250,000
Nomansland Farm, Hardings, Drovers Lane, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8EY 18 December 2018 £869,000
Nomansland Farm, Thrales Barn, Drovers Lane, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8EY 12 July 2011 £1,397,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
25
Secondary
8

  1. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km

  2. Sandridge School

    Community school

    1.6 km

  3. St Helen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
163
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 78
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Other theft 11
  • Burglary 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

10 female, 13 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.6
AL4 8 residents
6,561

Age bands in AL4 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.7%

1,409 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

624 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

1,296 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,967 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

1,497 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL4 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+
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
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • The Wicked Lady PH

    BCT · Nomansland

    0.5 miles

  • The Wicked Lady PH

    BCT · Nomansland

    0.5 miles

  • Vale Court

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.8 miles

  • Hill Dyke Road

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.8 miles

  • Hill Dyke Road

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 007D, 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

22,085 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £2,250,000 from 1 recorded sale in AL4 8EY. 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

39 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 8 secondary schools. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

163 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 78 events.

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