HP2 6HZ

Watling · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP2 6JA 29 m
HP2 6BN 59 m
HP2 6HY 115 m
HP2 6HR 151 m
HP2 6JD 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP2 6HZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP2
Postcode sector
HP2 6
Latitude
51.811150
Longitude
-0.494008
British National Grid easting
503,917
British National Grid northing
213,573

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
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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Property

At this postcode

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22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bradden Cottages, 7, Bradden Lane, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HZ 3 March 2026 £475,000
Bradden Cottages, 9, Bradden Lane, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HZ 10 January 2025 £400,000
Bradden Cottages, 6, Bradden Lane, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HZ 8 November 2024 £298,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. Beechwood Park School

    Other independent school

    1.1 km
  2. Gaddesden Row JMI School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  3. Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
28
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Public order 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

13 female, 11 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP2 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

    0.1 miles
  • Bradden Lane

    BCT · Jockey End

    0.1 miles
  • Ballingdon Farm

    BCT · Jockey End

    0.3 miles
  • Ballingdon Farm

    BCT · Jockey End

    0.3 miles
  • Whitehouse Farm

    BCT · Jockey End

    0.7 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.

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £382,500 from 6 recorded sales in HP2 6HZ. 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

Published establishments

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Beechwood Park School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

28 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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