AL9 6BB

Brookmans Park and Little Heath · 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
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL9 6BA 97 m
AL9 5RQ 220 m
AL9 6AZ 250 m
AL9 6DU 713 m
AL9 6AX 942 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 6BB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 6
Latitude
51.759180
Longitude
-0.172859
British National Grid easting
526,200
British National Grid northing
208,300

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
E00121480
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 011B · E01023925
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 011 · E02004990

Postcode source versions

Explore AL9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
22
Secondary
5
  1. Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km
  2. James Marks Academy

    Free schools special

    2.7 km
  3. Commonswood Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
24
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL9 6 residents
1,755

Age bands in AL9 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

264 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.5%

209 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.2%

282 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

461 residents

Age 65 and over
21.5%

334 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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • 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

    3.4 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    3.8 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    3.8 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.8 km

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION ROAD, WELHAM GREEN, NORTH MYMMS, HATFIELD, AL9 7SN

    ODS code E82058

    4.4 km

  • PEARTREE LANE SURGERY

    110 PEARTREE LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3UJ

    ODS code E82040

    4.6 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE

    BIRDCROFT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 6EH

    ODS code E82041

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Essendon

    0.8 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Essendon

    0.8 miles
  • The Woodman PH

    BCT · Wildhill

    0.9 miles
  • The Woodman PH

    BCT · Wildhill

    0.9 miles
  • Glebe Cottages Eastview

    BCT · Essendon

    1.0 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

24 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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