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HP2 6FD

Watling · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Watling
Local authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Postcode district
HP2
Postcode sector
HP2 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP2 6JB 562 m
HP2 6HD 634 m
HP2 6HF 1.0 km
HP2 6BN 1.1 km
HP1 3BP 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP2 6FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP2
Postcode sector
HP2 6
Latitude
51.805076
Longitude
-0.507047
British National Grid easting
503,032
British National Grid northing
212,879

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Electoral ward
Watling · E05004714
Parish or community
E04004702
Westminster constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted · E14001268
Output area
E00119024
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 001B · E01023431
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 001 · E02004856

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
9
Secondary
0

  1. Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km

  2. Gaddesden Row JMI School

    Community school

    2.0 km

  3. Beechwood Park School

    Other independent school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
44
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other theft 5
  • Shoplifting 3
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

Nearby transport

  • Bradden Lane

    BCT · Jockey End

    0.8 miles

  • Bradden Lane

    BCT · Jockey End

    0.8 miles

  • Ballingdon Farm

    BCT · Jockey End

    0.9 miles

  • Ballingdon Farm

    BCT · Jockey End

    0.9 miles

  • Piper's Hill

    BCT · Great Gaddesden

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 001B, 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

17,402 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 0 secondary schools. Great Gaddesden Church of England 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

44 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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