HP2 7LY

Woodhall Farm · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP2 7LZ 48 m
HP2 7RZ 48 m
HP2 7TS 76 m
HP2 7RU 78 m
HP2 7LT 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP2 7LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP2
Postcode sector
HP2 7
Latitude
51.777436
Longitude
-0.431859
British National Grid easting
508,282
British National Grid northing
209,914

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E43000076
Westminster constituency
Hemel Hempstead · E14001278
Output area
E00119044
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 005D · E01023437
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 005 · E02004860

Postcode source versions

Explore HP2

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Bayford Close, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7LY 31 July 2015 £118,200
16, Bayford Close, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7LY 28 February 2003 £54,000
18, Bayford Close, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7LY 18 January 2002 £66,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
29
Secondary
5
  1. Brockswood Primary School

    Community school

    364 m
  2. Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    664 m
  3. Holtsmere End Junior School

    Community school

    685 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,063
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 407
  • Anti social behaviour 185
  • Shoplifting 96
  • Criminal damage and arson 76
  • Other theft 70

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
40

22 female, 18 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
1.7
HP2 7 residents
8,442

Age bands in HP2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23.7%

2,202 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

875 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.7%

3,230 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.7%

2,014 residents

Age 65 and over
10.5%

978 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP2 7 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

5

within 5 km

  • WOODHALL FARM MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code E82070

    536 m

  • GROVE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    KILBRIDE COURT, GROVEHILL, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 6AD

    ODS code E82050

    1.9 km

  • EVEREST HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82051

    2.7 km

  • FERNVILLE SURGERY

    MIDLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 5BL

    ODS code E82022

    3.7 km

  • BENNETTS END SURGERY

    GATECROFT, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9LY

    ODS code E82032

    4.2 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

  • Cherrytree Lane

    BCT · Cupid Green

    0.1 miles
  • Cherrytree Lane

    BCT · Cupid Green

    0.1 miles
  • Cuffley Court

    BCT · Cupid Green

    0.1 miles
  • Cuffley Court

    BCT · Cupid Green

    0.1 miles
  • Half Moon Meadow

    BCT · Cupid Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 005D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,234 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
Low risk addresses
13
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

Schools

42 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 5 secondary schools. Brockswood Primary School is the nearest published school at 364 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,063 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 407 events.

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