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AL8 6SA

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 6PR 58 m
AL8 6DH 61 m
AL8 6BH 79 m
AL8 6PL 79 m
AL8 6BQ 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL8 6SA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2011
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 6
Latitude
51.800897
Longitude
-0.208563
British National Grid easting
523,622
British National Grid northing
212,878

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
E00190227
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
40
Primary
27
Secondary
5

  1. Applecroft School

    Academy converter

    771 m

  2. Peartree Primary School

    Academy converter

    833 m

  3. Templewood Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,539
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 821
  • Shoplifting 520
  • Anti social behaviour 419
  • Public order 160
  • Criminal damage and arson 139

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.

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

8

within 5 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    419 m

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    848 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

    2.4 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    3.3 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    4.1 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    4.2 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    4.6 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sainsbury's

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.0 miles

  • Russellcroft Road

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Russellcroft Road

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Church Road

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Welwyn Garden City Rail Station

    RSE · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 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.

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

Schools

40 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Applecroft School is the nearest published school at 771 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,539 published events cover 12 months, averaging 211.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 821 events.

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