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AL8 6HB

Handside · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Handside
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL8 6HG 46 m
AL8 6QA 57 m
AL8 6DS 71 m
AL8 6QW 73 m
AL8 6JL 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL8 6HB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 6
Latitude
51.802897
Longitude
-0.208803
British National Grid easting
523,600
British National Grid northing
213,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Electoral ward
Handside · E05011060
Parish or community
E43000083
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121439
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 006C · E01023918
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 006 · E02004985

Postcode source versions

Explore AL8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
25
Secondary
4

  1. Templewood Primary School

    Community school

    786 m

  2. Applecroft School

    Academy converter

    889 m

  3. Peartree Primary School

    Academy converter

    992 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,555
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 817
  • Shoplifting 521
  • Anti social behaviour 406
  • Public order 165
  • Criminal damage and arson 147

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL8 6 residents
6,078

Age bands in AL8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

959 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

561 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

1,401 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

1,619 residents

Age 65 and over
24.7%

1,493 residents

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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    639 m

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    992 m

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    2.4 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    2.6 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    3.1 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    4.3 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    4.4 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Russellcroft Road

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Russellcroft Road

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • John Lewis

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • John Lewis

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Campus West

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 006C, 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

20,118 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 4 secondary schools. Templewood Primary School is the nearest published school at 786 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,555 published events cover 12 months, averaging 212.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 817 events.

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