AL7 4AF

Howlands · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL7
Postcode sector
AL7 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL7 4AE 54 m
AL7 4AD 116 m
AL7 4AN 127 m
AL7 4AG 135 m
AL7 4AH 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL7 4AF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL7
Postcode sector
AL7 4
Latitude
51.788361
Longitude
-0.172853
British National Grid easting
526,119
British National Grid northing
211,545

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Electoral ward
Howlands · E05011066
Parish or community
E43000083
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121589
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 008C · E01023945
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 008 · E02004987

Postcode source versions

Explore AL7

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
69, Thistle Grove, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4AF 21 July 2026 £395,000
65, Thistle Grove, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4AF 4 September 2024 £365,000
69, Thistle Grove, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4AF 28 May 2021 £352,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
25
Secondary
6
  1. Commonswood Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    543 m
  2. James Marks Academy

    Free schools special

    696 m
  3. Watchlytes Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,496
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 568
  • Anti social behaviour 258
  • Shoplifting 141
  • Criminal damage and arson 107
  • Other theft 82

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.9
AL7 4 residents
11,663

Age bands in AL7 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22%

2,536 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,226 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.5%

3,529 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.3%

2,809 residents

Age 65 and over
12.6%

1,452 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL7 4 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

7

within 5 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    625 m

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    1.4 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    2.0 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    2.7 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    4.5 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    4.6 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    4.8 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

  • Thistle Grove

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles
  • Thistle Grove

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles
  • Great Ganett Terminus

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles
  • Archers Ride

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles
  • Archers Ride

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 008C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,975 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £380,000 from 2 recorded sales in AL7 4AF. 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

37 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Commonswood Primary & Nursery School is the nearest published school at 543 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,496 published events cover 12 months, averaging 124.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 568 events.

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