HP3 0HS

Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Hemel Hempstead
Local authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Hemel Hempstead
Postcode district
HP3
Postcode sector
HP3 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP3 0LX 84 m
HP3 0HP 99 m
HP3 0HL 102 m
HP3 0LU 117 m
HP3 0HJ 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP3 0HS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP3
Postcode sector
HP3 0
Latitude
51.722874
Longitude
-0.530056
British National Grid easting
501,630
British National Grid northing
203,705

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004698
Westminster constituency
Hemel Hempstead · E14001278
Output area
E00118756
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 021B · E01023374
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 021 · E02004876

Postcode source versions

Explore HP3

24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Orchards, Church Lane, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0HS 20 May 2025 £840,000
2, Lychgate Cottages, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0HS 18 May 2022 £450,000
Melmoth, Church Lane, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0HS 23 April 2021 £590,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
26
Primary
14
Secondary
4
  1. Bovingdon Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    116 m
  2. Westbrook Hay

    Other independent school

    2.0 km
  3. Roman Fields Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
299
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 140
  • Other crime 41
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Burglary 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

12 female, 11 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.3
HP3 0 residents
9,007

Age bands in HP3 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,377 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

851 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.6%

2,552 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,420 residents

Age 65 and over
19.2%

1,713 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP3 0 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+
7.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
7.7%
Gigabit-capable
7.7%
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

4

within 5 km

  • ARCHWAY SURGERY

    52 HIGH STREET, BOVINGDON, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 0HJ

    ODS code E82643

    145 m

  • PARKWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82091

    4.4 km

  • LINCOLN HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82009

    4.5 km

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    4.6 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

  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.1 miles
  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.1 miles
  • Hempstead Road

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.2 miles
  • Hempstead Road

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.2 miles
  • Austins Mead

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 021B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,546 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £645,000 from 2 recorded sales in HP3 0HS. 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools. Bovingdon Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 116 m.

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

Recorded crime

299 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 140 events.

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