HP2 6EJ

Grovehill · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hemel Hempstead
Local authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Hemel Hempstead
Postcode district
HP2
Postcode sector
HP2 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP2 6EN 57 m
HP2 6EL 66 m
HP2 6EW 127 m
HP2 7BQ 127 m
HP2 7HJ 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP2 6EJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP2
Postcode sector
HP2 6
Latitude
51.776395
Longitude
-0.449608
British National Grid easting
507,060
British National Grid northing
209,772

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Electoral ward
Grovehill · E05004704
Parish or community
E43000076
Westminster constituency
Hemel Hempstead · E14001278
Output area
E00118857
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 007C · E01023395
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 007 · E02004862

Postcode source versions

Explore HP2

27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, The Wye, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6EJ 30 January 2026 £325,000
8c, The Wye, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6EJ 26 August 2025 £160,000
8, The Wye, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6EJ 26 August 2025 £284,332

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
34
Secondary
6
  1. The Astley Cooper School

    Community school

    147 m
  2. Haywood Grove School

    Community special school

    240 m
  3. Maple Grove Primary School

    Community school

    240 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,825
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 707
  • Anti social behaviour 334
  • Shoplifting 148
  • Criminal damage and arson 127
  • Other theft 106

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
105

36 female, 69 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
4.0
HP2 6 residents
7,919

Age bands in HP2 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.3%

1,638 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

785 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.1%

2,263 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

2,001 residents

Age 65 and over
17.1%

1,376 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP2 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+
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

7

within 5 km

  • GROVE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    KILBRIDE COURT, GROVEHILL, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 6AD

    ODS code E82050

    719 m

  • WOODHALL FARM MEDICAL CTR

    VALLEY GREEN, SHENLEY ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 7RJ

    ODS code E82070

    967 m

  • EVEREST HOUSE SURGERY

    EVEREST HOUSE, EVEREST WAY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 4HY

    ODS code E82051

    2.3 km

  • FERNVILLE SURGERY

    MIDLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 5BL

    ODS code E82022

    2.9 km

  • PARKWOOD SURGERY

    PARKWOOD DRIVE SURGERY, PARKWOOD DRIVE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP1 2LD

    ODS code E82091

    3.9 km

  • BENNETTS END SURGERY

    GATECROFT, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9LY

    ODS code E82032

    3.9 km

  • LINCOLN HOUSE SURGERY

    163 LONDON ROAD, APSLEY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9SQ

    ODS code E82009

    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

  • Astley Cooper School

    BCT · Grovehill

    0.0 miles
  • Astley Cooper School

    BCT · Grovehill

    0.0 miles
  • Eastbrook Schools

    BCT · Grovehill

    0.1 miles
  • Thames Avenue

    BCT · Grovehill

    0.2 miles
  • Thames Avenue

    BCT · Grovehill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 007C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,925 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
2
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 £304,666 from 4 recorded sales in HP2 6EJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dacorum is £459,438 in June 2026, up 1.8% year on year.

Schools

48 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 6 secondary schools. The Astley Cooper School is the nearest published school at 147 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,825 published events cover 12 months, averaging 152.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 707 events.

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