HP4 2FN

Berkhamsted Castle · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Berkhamsted
Local authority
Dacorum
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP4 2AH 67 m
HP4 2JU 86 m
HP4 2AA 99 m
HP4 2AJ 115 m
HP4 2AQ 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP4 2FN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2006
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP4
Postcode sector
HP4 2
Latitude
51.762489
Longitude
-0.563199
British National Grid easting
499,254
British National Grid northing
208,065

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004697
Output area
E00118702
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 009A · E01023361
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 009 · E02004864

Postcode source versions

Explore HP4

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Castle Mill, Flat 5, Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 2FN 6 November 2025 £625,000
Castle Mill, Flat 1, Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 2FN 23 October 2025 £750,000
Castle Mill, Flat 3, Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 2FN 17 July 2025 £625,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. Berkhamsted School

    Other independent school

    345 m
  2. Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    398 m
  3. Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    819 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
949
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 297
  • Anti social behaviour 176
  • Shoplifting 102
  • Criminal damage and arson 66
  • Other theft 65

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

7 female, 7 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.3
HP4 2 residents
8,109

Age bands in HP4 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,387 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

641 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.2%

1,942 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

2,333 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

1,716 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP4 2 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

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    422 m

  • GOSSOMS END SURGERY

    VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL

    ODS code E82652

    1.0 km

  • PARKWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82091

    4.7 km

  • ARCHWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82643

    4.9 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

  • Berkhamsted Railway Station

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles
  • Berkhamsted Railway Station

    BCT · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles
  • Berkhamsted Rail Station

    RLY · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles
  • Berkhamsted Rail Station

    RSE · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles
  • Berkhamsted Rail Station

    RSE · Berkhamsted

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 009A, 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

28,097 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
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 £710,000 from 5 recorded sales in HP4 2FN. 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Berkhamsted School is the nearest published school at 345 m.

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

Recorded crime

949 published events cover 12 months, averaging 79.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 297 events.

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