AL6 0SN

Welwyn East · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Welwyn
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL6
Postcode sector
AL6 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL6 0SR 89 m
AL6 0SP 118 m
AL7 1DR 128 m
AL7 1DP 129 m
AL6 0BU 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL6 0SN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL6
Postcode sector
AL6 0
Latitude
51.817461
Longitude
-0.191540
British National Grid easting
524,750
British National Grid northing
214,749

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Parish or community
E04004822
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121709
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 001D · E01023971
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 001 · E02004980

Postcode source versions

Explore AL6

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bay Lodge, Digswell Lane, Welwyn, AL6 0SN 11 October 2024 £1,205,000
Oak Lodge, Digswell Lane, Welwyn, AL6 0SN 29 June 2021 £1,025,000
Tsalta, Digswell Lane, Welwyn, AL6 0SN 19 June 2020 £918,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
23
Secondary
3
  1. St John's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    199 m
  2. Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    563 m
  3. Homerswood Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    833 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
742
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 305
  • Anti social behaviour 126
  • Criminal damage and arson 61
  • Vehicle crime 52
  • Public order 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

13 female, 12 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.5
AL6 0 residents
6,604

Age bands in AL6 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,015 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

690 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.8%

1,062 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.2%

2,233 residents

Age 65 and over
25.6%

1,722 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL6 0 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+
91.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
41.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
41.7%
Gigabit-capable
41.7%
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

5

within 5 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    2.2 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    2.3 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    2.6 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    3.2 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

    SPRING HOUSE SITE, ASCOTS LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4HL

    ODS code Y02639

    3.9 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

  • Nursery Hill

    BCT · Haldens

    0.2 miles
  • Nursery Hill

    BCT · Haldens

    0.2 miles
  • Sloansway

    BCT · Haldens

    0.3 miles
  • Shops

    BCT · Haldens

    0.3 miles
  • Shops

    BCT · Haldens

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 001D, 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

33,288 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
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 £1,205,000 from 1 recorded sale in AL6 0SN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Welwyn Hatfield is £450,696 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. St John's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 199 m.

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

Recorded crime

742 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 305 events.

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