AL9 6DX

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 6EB 199 m
AL9 6JP 237 m
AL9 6DZ 250 m
AL9 6JE 300 m
AL9 6EA 317 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL9 6DX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL9
Postcode sector
AL9 6
Latitude
51.746040
Longitude
-0.168088
British National Grid easting
526,566
British National Grid northing
206,847

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
E00121397
Lower layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 015C · E01023910
Middle layer super output area
Welwyn Hatfield 015 · E02004994

Postcode source versions

Explore AL9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
15
Secondary
4
  1. Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.1 km
  2. Chancellor's School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  3. Rhodes Wood Hospital School

    Other independent special school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other crime 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

2 female, 0 male

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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider AL9 6 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+
0%
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

6

within 5 km

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82058

    3.5 km

  • SPRING HOUSE HEALTH

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

    ODS code Y02639

    4.4 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    4.4 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    4.6 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    4.7 km

  • HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE

    4 HALL GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4PL

    ODS code E82062

    4.9 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

  • The Woodman PH

    BCT · Wildhill

    0.1 miles
  • The Woodman PH

    BCT · Wildhill

    0.1 miles
  • The Firs

    BCT · Bell Bar

    1.1 miles
  • The Firs

    BCT · Bell Bar

    1.1 miles
  • Cock o' The North PH

    BCT · Bell Bar

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Welwyn Hatfield 015C, 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

27,070 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 6 events.

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