Schools
27 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. Gracewood Academy is the nearest published school at 275 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
EN6 1DA
Potters Bar Parkfield · Hertsmere · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Potters Bar
- Local authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- Postcode district
- EN6
- Postcode sector
- EN6 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- EN6 1DA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- EN
- Postcode district
- EN6
- Postcode sector
- EN6 1
- Latitude
- 51.702855
- Longitude
- -0.187547
- British National Grid easting
- 525,342
- British National Grid northing
- 202,011
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Hertsmere · E07000098
- Electoral ward
- Potters Bar Parkfield · E05012191
- Parish or community
- E43000288
- Westminster constituency
- Hertsmere · E14001284
- Output area
- E00119745
- Lower layer super output area
- Hertsmere 001C · E01023578
- Middle layer super output area
- Hertsmere 001 · E02004896
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
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Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Tree House, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 1DA | 10 December 2018 | £910,000 |
| Cedarwood, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 1DA | 25 November 2011 | £450,000 |
| Baytrees, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 1DA | 23 October 1998 | £183,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 27
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 3
- 275 m
Gracewood Academy
Academy converter
- 424 m
Lochinver House School
Other independent school
- 667 m
Darwin School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,618
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 453
- Anti social behaviour 236
- Other theft 229
- Shoplifting 193
- Vehicle crime 115
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 10
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 5.0
- EN6 1 residents
- 5,968
9 female, 1 male
Age bands in EN6 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 25.2%
872 residents
624 residents
1,342 residents
1,566 residents
1,486 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EN6 1 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
4
within 5 km
PARKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
THE WALK, POTTERS BAR, EN6 1QH
ODS code E82027
1.0 km
ANNANDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
THE ELMS, HIGH STREET, POTTERS BAR, EN6 5DA
ODS code E82098
1.0 km
HIGHVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
THE ELMS, HIGH STREET, POTTERS BAR, EN6 5DA
ODS code E82078
1.0 km
POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
STATION ROAD, WELHAM GREEN, NORTH MYMMS, HATFIELD, AL9 7SN
ODS code E82058
3.0 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
- 0.1 miles
The Avenue
BCT · Potters Bar
- 0.1 miles
The Avenue
BCT · Potters Bar
- 0.2 miles
Mount Grace School
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.2 miles
Byng Drive
BCT · Potters Bar
- 0.3 miles
Mount Grace School
BCT · Little Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 001C, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
33,167 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
- 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
Recorded crime
1,618 published events cover 12 months, averaging 134.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 453 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.