AL8 7ND

Sherrards · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL8 7LZ 80 m
AL8 7AT 81 m
AL8 7LX 103 m
AL8 7NF 161 m
AL8 7LY 165 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL8 7ND
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 7
Latitude
51.819745
Longitude
-0.203274
British National Grid easting
523,935
British National Grid northing
214,983

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Electoral ward
Sherrards · E05011070
Parish or community
E43000083
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00121659
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 003D · E01023962
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 003 · E02004982

Postcode source versions

Explore AL8

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Fern Grove, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7ND 7 May 2024 £949,506
2, Fern Grove, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7ND 6 December 2023 £712,250
9, Fern Grove, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7ND 31 January 2022 £961,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. Homerswood Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    317 m
  2. Knightsfield School

    Academy special converter

    461 m
  3. Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    497 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
894
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 355
  • Anti social behaviour 153
  • Other theft 89
  • Criminal damage and arson 66
  • Public order 53

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

9 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.2% 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

5

within 5 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    1.4 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    2.5 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    2.6 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    3.7 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    4.2 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

  • Digswell Park Road

    BCT · Digswell Park

    0.1 miles
  • Digswell Park Road

    BCT · Digswell Park

    0.1 miles
  • Pumping Station

    BCT · Digswell Park

    0.2 miles
  • Pumping Station

    BCT · Digswell Park

    0.2 miles
  • Monk's Walk School

    BCT · Digswell Park

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 003D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,113 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £949,506 from 3 recorded sales in AL8 7ND. 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Homerswood Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 317 m.

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

Recorded crime

894 published events cover 12 months, averaging 74.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 355 events.

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