AL8 7XE

Hatfield Villages · 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 7XD 547 m
AL8 7XF 737 m
AL8 7XG 739 m
AL8 7TS 843 m
AL8 7XH 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL8 7XE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL8
Postcode sector
AL8 7
Latitude
51.796214
Longitude
-0.249920
British National Grid easting
520,783
British National Grid northing
212,288

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Parish or community
E04004819
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00173254
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 002F · E01033313
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 002 · E02004981

Postcode source versions

Explore AL8

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Cromer Hyde Lane, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7XE 17 February 2026 £1,010,000
1, Cromer Hyde Lane, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7XE 27 May 2021 £15,000
12, Cromer Hyde Lane, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7XE 12 February 2021 £660,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
26
Secondary
6
  1. St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  2. Lakeside School

    Community special school

    1.9 km
  3. Applecroft School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

26 female, 25 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.7% 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+
5.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

    2.8 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    3.6 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.7 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    3.9 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    4.2 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    4.3 km

  • BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY

    41 HIGH STREET, WELWYN, AL6 9EF

    ODS code E82019

    4.4 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    4.8 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

  • Crooked Chimney PH

    BCT · Cromer Hyde

    0.1 miles
  • Crooked Chimney PH

    BCT · Cromer Hyde

    0.1 miles
  • The Sun PH

    BCT · Lemsford

    0.7 miles
  • The Sun PH

    BCT · Lemsford

    0.8 miles
  • Waterend Lane

    BCT · Waterend

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 002F, 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

28,749 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
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 £1,010,000 from 1 recorded sale in AL8 7XE. 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

40 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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