AL9 5RL

Brookmans Park and Little Heath · Welwyn Hatfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hatfield
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL9 5RE 467 m
AL9 5RF 496 m
AL9 5RG 577 m
AL9 6AD 724 m
AL9 6AB 733 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 5RL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 5
Latitude
51.778382
Longitude
-0.152309
British National Grid easting
527,564
British National Grid northing
210,471

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Welwyn Hatfield · E07000241
Parish or community
E04004818
Westminster constituency
Welwyn Hatfield · E14001573
Output area
E00190320
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 011B · E01023925
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 011 · E02004990

Postcode source versions

Explore AL9

33 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Holwell Court, Flat 7, Holwell, Hatfield, AL9 5RL 5 July 2024 £300,000
Holwell Court Farm, Holwell, Hatfield, AL9 5RL 15 January 2024 £1,700,000
Holwell Court, Flat 9, Holwell, Hatfield, AL9 5RL 12 August 2022 £430,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. Commonswood Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    1.9 km
  2. Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km
  3. James Marks Academy

    Free schools special

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
62
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Violence and sexual offences 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Drugs 4
  • Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

17 female, 17 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.0
AL9 5 residents
2,816

Age bands in AL9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

528 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

271 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.3%

1,009 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.2%

815 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

605 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL9 5 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+
58.8%
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

4

within 5 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    2.4 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    2.7 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    3.8 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

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

Nearby transport

  • Edge Hill Cottages

    BCT · Essendon

    0.3 miles
  • Edge Hill Cottages

    BCT · Essendon

    0.3 miles
  • Holwell Roundabout

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.4 miles
  • Holwell Roundabout

    BCT · Hatfield

    0.4 miles
  • Holwell Lane

    BCT · Essendon

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 011B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,583 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £565,000 from 4 recorded sales in AL9 5RL. 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Commonswood Primary & Nursery School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

62 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 18 events.

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