Schools
38 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 6 secondary schools. Chase House School is the nearest published school at 188 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
EN6 2HJ
Potters Bar Furzefield · Hertsmere · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- EN6 2HJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- EN
- Postcode district
- EN6
- Postcode sector
- EN6 2
- Latitude
- 51.696564
- Longitude
- -0.194194
- British National Grid easting
- 524,900
- British National Grid northing
- 201,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Hertsmere · E07000098
- Electoral ward
- Potters Bar Furzefield · E05012189
- Parish or community
- E43000288
- Westminster constituency
- Hertsmere · E14001284
- Output area
- E00119749
- Lower layer super output area
- Hertsmere 001D · E01023579
- 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
Explore EN6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 38
- Primary
- 16
- Secondary
- 6
- 188 m
Chase House School
Other independent special school
- 188 m
The Mews
Other independent special school
- 188 m
The Orchard School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,756
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 559
- Anti social behaviour 247
- Other theft 239
- Shoplifting 193
- Vehicle crime 112
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- EN6 2 residents
- 7,603
Age bands in EN6 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.1%
1,109 residents
841 residents
1,693 residents
1,988 residents
1,691 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
5
within 5 km straight-line
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
1.4 km
HIGHVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
THE ELMS, HIGH STREET, POTTERS BAR, EN6 5DA
ODS code E82078
1.4 km
POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
STATION ROAD, WELHAM GREEN, NORTH MYMMS, HATFIELD, AL9 7SN
ODS code E82058
3.5 km
THE OLD COURT HOUSE SURGERY
27 WOOD STREET, BARNET, EN5 4BB
ODS code E83012
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Darkes Lane
BCT · Potters Bar
- 0.1 miles
Potters Bar Rail Station
RLY · Potters Bar
- 0.1 miles
Potters Bar Rail Station
RSE · Potters Bar
- 0.1 miles
Potters Bar Railway Station
BCT · Potters Bar
- 0.1 miles
Potters Bar Railway Station
BCT · Potters Bar
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 001D, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
20,190 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
Recorded crime
1,756 published events cover 12 months, averaging 146.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 559 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.