AL6 9LF

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 9RL 78 m
AL6 9FB 88 m
AL6 9LR 104 m
AL6 9LP 108 m
AL6 9RN 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL6 9LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL6
Postcode sector
AL6 9
Latitude
51.832568
Longitude
-0.213374
British National Grid easting
523,204
British National Grid northing
216,392

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
E00121714
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 002C · E01023969
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 002 · E02004981

Postcode source versions

Explore AL6

107 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Welwyn Hall Gardens, Welwyn, AL6 9LF 19 June 2026 £607,500
32, Welwyn Hall Gardens, Welwyn, AL6 9LF 31 March 2026 £620,000
19, Welwyn Hall Gardens, Welwyn, AL6 9LF 24 March 2026 £620,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. Sherrardswood School

    Other independent school

    666 m
  2. Tenterfield Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    682 m
  3. Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    697 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
331
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 124
  • Other theft 57
  • Anti social behaviour 57
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Burglary 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
80

42 female, 38 male

Postcode households
38
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 1.4% 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+
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

4

within 5 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    336 m

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    4.0 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    4.1 km

  • KNEBWORTH & MARYMEAD PRACTICE

    7 ST MARTINS ROAD, KNEBWORTH, SG3 6ER

    ODS code E82035

    4.3 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

  • Church Place

    BCT · Welwyn

    0.0 miles
  • Church Place

    BCT · Welwyn

    0.1 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Welwyn

    0.1 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Welwyn

    0.1 miles
  • Carleton Rise

    BCT · Welwyn

    0.1 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
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 £625,000 from 11 recorded sales in AL6 9LF. 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Sherrardswood School is the nearest published school at 666 m.

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

Recorded crime

331 published events cover 12 months, averaging 27.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 124 events.

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