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AL7 4FL

Hollybush · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Welwyn Garden City
Ward
Hollybush
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL7
Postcode sector
AL7 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL7 4FJ 43 m
AL7 4FA 49 m
AL7 4FD 74 m
AL7 4FN 78 m
AL7 4TP 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL7 4FL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2003
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL7
Postcode sector
AL7 4
Latitude
51.787505
Longitude
-0.200118
British National Grid easting
524,241
British National Grid northing
211,403

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Electoral ward
Hollybush · E05011065
Parish or community
E43000083
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121566
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 009B · E01023940
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 009 · E02004988

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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77 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4FL 4 November 2025 £442,500
42, Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4FL 17 June 2025 £258,000
56, Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4FL 6 February 2025 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
29
Secondary
5

  1. Creswick Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    107 m

  2. Our Lady Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    394 m

  3. Ludwick Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    797 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,365
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 911
  • Anti social behaviour 400
  • Shoplifting 273
  • Criminal damage and arson 161
  • Public order 136

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

30 female, 28 male

Postcode households
30
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 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL7 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
43.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
43.8%
Gigabit-capable
43.8%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    839 m

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    1.1 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    1.2 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    1.3 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.0 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    3.2 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    3.5 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    4.9 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hunters Way

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Hunters Way

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles

  • Boundary Lane

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles

  • Leigh Common

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles

  • Leigh Common

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 009B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,539 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £276,500 from 12 recorded sales in AL7 4FL. 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

Published establishments

44 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 5 secondary schools. Creswick Academy is the nearest published school at 107 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

2,365 published events cover 12 months, averaging 197.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 911 events.

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