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AL8 7BS

Handside · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Welwyn Garden City
Ward
Handside
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL8 7BT 47 m
AL8 7DP 114 m
AL8 7BW 123 m
AL8 7BN 130 m
AL8 7DR 133 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL8 7BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 7
Latitude
51.801242
Longitude
-0.219457
British National Grid easting
522,870
British National Grid northing
212,898

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
E00121438
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 006D · E01023919
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 006 · E02004985

Postcode source versions

Explore AL8

Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
44, High Oaks Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BS 20 April 2011 £930,000
38, High Oaks Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BS 20 June 2002 £575,000
44, High Oaks Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BS 6 November 2000 £398,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
28
Secondary
5

  1. Applecroft School

    Academy converter

    421 m

  2. Lakeside School

    Community special school

    1.1 km

  3. St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,849
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 541
  • Shoplifting 479
  • Anti social behaviour 277
  • Public order 120
  • Criminal damage and arson 100

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.8
AL8 7 residents
7,518

Age bands in AL8 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.6%

1,532 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

780 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

1,673 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

2,267 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,553 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL8 7 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

8

within 5 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    837 m

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    1.6 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    2.9 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    2.9 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    3.2 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.9 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    4.1 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    4.5 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

  • Youngs Rise

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Youngs Rise

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Applecroft Road

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.1 miles

  • Applecroft Road

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles

  • The Valley Green

    BCT · Welwyn Garden City

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 006D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,461 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
7 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

41 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. Applecroft School is the nearest published school at 421 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,849 published events cover 12 months, averaging 154.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 541 events.

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