AL4 8PS

Sandridge & Wheathampstead · 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
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 8PR 35 m
AL4 8PZ 57 m
AL4 8QA 74 m
AL4 8PU 104 m
AL4 8TH 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 8PS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 8
Latitude
51.807328
Longitude
-0.294558
British National Grid easting
517,676
British National Grid northing
213,451

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013289
Output area
E00120587
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 004B · E01023747
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 004 · E02004927

Postcode source versions

Explore AL4

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Old Chapel, 48, Flat 3, The Hill, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8PS 30 June 2022 £325,000
76, The Hill, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8PS 29 June 2021 £390,000
74, The Hill, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8PS 26 February 2021 £435,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
20
Secondary
6
  1. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    330 m
  2. St Helen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    387 m
  3. Aldwickbury School

    Other independent school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
285
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 113
  • Anti social behaviour 62
  • Criminal damage and arson 31
  • Other theft 21
  • Vehicle crime 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

11 female, 7 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.4
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 0.3% 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA

    ODS code E82071

    4.2 km

  • DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY

    DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX

    ODS code E82077

    4.3 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT

    ODS code E82037

    4.4 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

  • Walnut Court

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Hill Dyke Road

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Walnut Court

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Hill Dyke Road

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.1 miles
  • Vale Court

    BCT · Wheathampstead

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 004B, 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

30,220 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £325,000 from 1 recorded sale in AL4 8PS. 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 6 secondary schools. Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 330 m.

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

Recorded crime

285 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 113 events.

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