Harpenden West · St Albans · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Hay Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2HS | 5 March 2021 | £650,000 |
| 1, Hay Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2HS | 24 October 2013 | £615,000 |
| 1, Hay Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2HS | 9 August 2006 | £350,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Harpenden Academy
Free schools
St Dominic Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
2 female, 1 male
856 residents
468 residents
815 residents
1,576 residents
1,135 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL5 2 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
3
within 5 km
AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT
ODS code E82037
21 m
DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX
ODS code E82077
314 m
5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA
ODS code E82071
663 m
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.
Amenbury Lane
BCT · Harpenden
Amenbury Lane
BCT · Harpenden
The George PH
BCT · Harpenden
Day Centre
BCT · Harpenden
The George PH
BCT · Harpenden
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 003C, 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
29,146 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
27 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School is the nearest published school at 340 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
1,013 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 217 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.