Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 11 secondary schools. Westfield Academy is the nearest published school at 205 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD1 8GP
Holywell · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD1 8GP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 July 2000
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD1
- Postcode sector
- WD1 8
- Latitude
- 51.646303
- Longitude
- -0.413667
- British National Grid easting
- 509,854
- British National Grid northing
- 195,358
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Watford · E07000103
- Electoral ward
- Holywell · E05011048
- Parish or community
- E43000082
- Westminster constituency
- Watford · E14001568
- Output area
- E00121201
- Lower layer super output area
- Watford 011B · E01023864
- Middle layer super output area
- Watford 011 · E02004978
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
- 88
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 11
- 205 m
Westfield Academy
Academy converter
- 250 m
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Pupil referral unit
- 391 m
Willow Tree Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,172
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,655
- Anti social behaviour 578
- Public order 329
- Criminal damage and arson 313
- Other theft 295
GP practices
17
within 5 km straight-line
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
821 m
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
821 m
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
1.4 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
1.8 km
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
1.9 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD
ODS code E82106
2.3 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
CONSULTING ROOMS
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
2.8 km
SOUTH OXHEY SURGERY
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
2.8 km
EASTBURY SURGERY
3 EASTBURY ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 3BG
ODS code E86028
3.9 km
MOUNTWOOD SURGERY
RICKMANSWORTH ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 2RG
ODS code E86001
3.9 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
4.3 km
ACRE SURGERY
NEAL CLOSE, ACRE WAY, NORTHWOOD, HA6 1TQ
ODS code E86041
4.7 km
CAREPOINT PRACTICE
NORTHWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, NEAL CLOSE, NORTHWOOD, HA6 1TQ
ODS code E86618
4.7 km
GADE AND CHORLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRES
GADE HOUSE, 99B UXBRIDGE ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 7DJ
ODS code E82068
4.8 km
THE COLNE PRACTICE
COLNE HOUSE SURGERY, 99A UXBRIDGE ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 7DJ
ODS code E82083
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Explorer Drive
BCT · Holywell
- 0.1 miles
Vicarage Road
BCT · Holywell
- 0.2 miles
Euston Avenue
BCT · Holywell
- 0.2 miles
Westfield Community College
BCT · Holywell
- 0.2 miles
Healey Road
BCT · Holywell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Watford 011B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,932 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,172 published events cover 12 months, averaging 347.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,655 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.