SG6 2AE

Letchworth South West · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Letchworth Garden City
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Postcode district
SG6
Postcode sector
SG6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG6 2AF 80 m
SG6 2AX 114 m
SG6 2AQ 120 m
SG6 2AN 155 m
SG6 2AG 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG6 2AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG6
Postcode sector
SG6 2
Latitude
51.961149
Longitude
-0.219574
British National Grid easting
522,427
British National Grid northing
230,681

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Parish or community
E43000232
Westminster constituency
North East Hertfordshire · E14001393
Output area
E00120072
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 009A · E01023639
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 009 · E02004917

Postcode source versions

Explore SG6

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Three Horseshoes, Baldock Lane, Willian, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 2AE 1 June 2022 £665,000
Three Horseshoes, Baldock Lane, Willian, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 2AE 8 February 2018 £420,000
The Old Vicarage, Willian, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 2AE 2 December 2016 £1,040,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
35
Secondary
7
  1. Lordship Farm Primary School

    Community school

    364 m
  2. St Christopher School

    Other independent school

    912 m
  3. Pixmore Junior School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
441
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 187
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Public order 23
  • Drugs 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

9 female, 8 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.4
SG6 2 residents
7,864

Age bands in SG6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,351 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

757 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

1,830 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,063 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

1,858 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG6 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+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Gigabit-capable
87.5%
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

8

within 5 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY SURGERY

    59 STATION ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 3BJ

    ODS code E82661

    2.2 km

  • THE NEVELLS ROAD SURGERY

    NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4TS

    ODS code E82008

    2.3 km

  • THE BIRCHWOOD AND SOLLERSHOTT SURGERIES

    232-240 NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4UB

    ODS code E82082

    2.4 km

  • THE BALDOCK SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, ASTONIA HOUSE, HIGH STREET, BALDOCK, SG7 6BP

    ODS code E82099

    3.6 km

  • REGAL CHAMBERS SURGERY

    50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL

    ODS code E82075

    4.0 km

  • THE PORTMILL SURGERY

    114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH

    ODS code E82044

    4.0 km

  • HERTFORDSHIRE SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME

    THE TREATMENT CENTRE, PORTMILL HOUSE, PORTMILL LANE, HITCHIN, SG5 1DJ

    ODS code Y06095

    4.1 km

  • BANCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    BANCROFT COURT, 30-35 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LH

    ODS code E82053

    4.1 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

  • Thristers Close

    BCT · Lordship Estate

    0.2 miles
  • Penn Way

    BCT · Lordship Estate

    0.3 miles
  • Thristers Close

    BCT · Lordship Estate

    0.3 miles
  • Netley Dell

    BCT · Lordship Estate

    0.4 miles
  • Netley Dell

    BCT · Lordship Estate

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 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

30,187 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
1
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 £665,000 from 1 recorded sale in SG6 2AE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Hertfordshire is £422,616 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.

Schools

50 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 7 secondary schools. Lordship Farm 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

441 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 187 events.

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