AL6 9BW

Welwyn West · 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL6 9BN 262 m
AL6 9BT 347 m
AL6 9BU 405 m
AL6 9BX 405 m
AL6 9BP 462 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL6 9BW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL6
Postcode sector
AL6 9
Latitude
51.836238
Longitude
-0.262012
British National Grid easting
519,843
British National Grid northing
216,719

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Parish or community
E04004816
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00173259
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 002C · E01023969
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 002 · E02004981

Postcode source versions

Explore AL6

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lord Mead House, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, AL6 9BW 28 August 2020 £3,150,000
Stocking Lane Cottage, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, AL6 9BW 8 July 2015 £1,400,000
Lower Meadow, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, AL6 9BW 9 April 2015 £1,310,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Codicote Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.1 km
  2. Kimpton Primary School

    Community school

    2.8 km
  3. Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 2
  • Public order 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
AL6 9 residents
5,734

Age bands in AL6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

953 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

459 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

1,315 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,568 residents

Age 65 and over
24.7%

1,409 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL6 9 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+
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

2

within 5 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    3.2 km

  • WHITWELL SURGERY

    60 HIGH STREET, WHITWELL, HITCHIN, SG4 8AG

    ODS code E82626

    4.6 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

  • Codicote Mill

    BCT · Codicote Bottom

    1.0 miles
  • Codicote Mill

    BCT · Codicote Bottom

    1.0 miles
  • Mill

    BCT · Kimpton Mill

    1.1 miles
  • Mill

    BCT · Kimpton Mill

    1.1 miles
  • Hill Road

    BCT · Codicote

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 002C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,041 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Codicote Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 2 events.

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