Schools
85 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 11 secondary schools. West Herts College is the nearest published school at 195 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD1 3AA
Park · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD1 3AA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2000
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD1
- Postcode sector
- WD1 3
- Latitude
- 51.658857
- Longitude
- -0.407777
- British National Grid easting
- 510,231
- British National Grid northing
- 196,763
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Watford · E07000103
- Electoral ward
- Park · E05011053
- Parish or community
- E43000082
- Westminster constituency
- Watford · E14001568
- Output area
- E00121309
- Lower layer super output area
- Watford 008C · E01023888
- Middle layer super output area
- Watford 008 · E02004975
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WD1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 85
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 11
- 195 m
West Herts College
Further education
- 213 m
Lanchester Primary School
Free schools
- 527 m
Chater Infant School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,581
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,309
- Anti social behaviour 886
- Shoplifting 653
- Other theft 522
- Public order 457
GP practices
13
within 5 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
396 m
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
524 m
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
564 m
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
1.3 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
1.3 km
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
2.7 km
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
2.7 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
2.9 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD
ODS code E82106
3.0 km
CONSULTING ROOMS
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
3.9 km
SOUTH OXHEY SURGERY
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
3.9 km
SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE
6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL
ODS code E82096
4.1 km
ABBOTSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
12 KATHERINE PLACE, COLLEGE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0BT
ODS code E82105
4.7 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
- 0.1 miles
Cassiobury Park Avenue
BCT · Watford
- 0.1 miles
Cassiobury Park Avenue
BCT · Watford
- 0.1 miles
Cassiobury Park Avenue
BCT · Watford
- 0.2 miles
Town Hall
BCT · Watford
- 0.2 miles
Alexandra Road
BCT · Watford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Watford 008C, 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
27,444 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6,581 published events cover 12 months, averaging 548.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,309 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.