HP3 0SD

Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield · 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
HP3
Postcode sector
HP3 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP3 0HG 43 m
HP3 0GN 74 m
HP3 0EZ 78 m
HP3 0HD 93 m
HP3 0EB 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP3 0SD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP3
Postcode sector
HP3 0
Latitude
51.723858
Longitude
-0.534715
British National Grid easting
501,306
British National Grid northing
203,808

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
E00118750
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 021D · E01023376
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 021 · E02004876

Postcode source versions

Explore HP3

27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Orchard Court, Flat 2, Apple Cottages, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0SD 9 July 2024 £245,000
Orchard Court, Flat 5, Apple Cottages, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0SD 22 May 2024 £222,500
Orchard Court, Flat 7, Apple Cottages, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0SD 24 August 2016 £196,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
14
Secondary
4
  1. Bovingdon Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    225 m
  2. Westbrook Hay

    Other independent school

    2.1 km
  3. Ley Hill School

    Community school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
288
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 134
  • Other crime 41
  • Anti social behaviour 37
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Burglary 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

3 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.4
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 0.1% 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+
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%

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

    216 m

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    4.3 km

  • PARKWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82091

    4.5 km

  • LINCOLN HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82009

    4.8 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

  • Hempstead Road

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.0 miles
  • Hempstead Road

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.0 miles
  • Vicarage Lane

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.1 miles
  • Vicarage Lane

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.1 miles
  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Bovingdon

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 021D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,505 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 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
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 £233,750 from 2 recorded sales in HP3 0SD. 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 225 m.

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

Recorded crime

288 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 134 events.

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