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AL8 6LY

Handside · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 6AE 9 m
AL7 9SA 30 m
AL7 9ZZ 30 m
AL8 6WX 30 m
AL8 6AB 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL8 6LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 6
Latitude
51.803943
Longitude
-0.205455
British National Grid easting
523,828
British National Grid northing
213,222

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
E00190322
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 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
25
Secondary
4

  1. Templewood Primary School

    Community school

    716 m

  2. Peartree Primary School

    Academy converter

    946 m

  3. Applecroft School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,689
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 884
  • Shoplifting 526
  • Anti social behaviour 426
  • Public order 166
  • Criminal damage and arson 160

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

    799 m

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    925 m

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    2.3 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

    3.0 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    4.4 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

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • John Lewis

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    63 m

  • John Lewis

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    68 m

  • Campus East

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    123 m

  • Waitrose

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    127 m

  • Waitrose

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    138 m

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 716 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,689 published events cover 12 months, averaging 224 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 884 events.

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