Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 11 secondary schools. Westfield Academy is the nearest published school at 204 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD18 6FU
Holywell · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD18 6FU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 2000
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD18
- Postcode sector
- WD18 6
- Latitude
- 51.646303
- Longitude
- -0.413681
- British National Grid easting
- 509,853
- 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
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Property
14 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Purbeck House, Flat 18, Scammell Way, Watford, WD18 6FU | 16 September 2016 | £260,000 |
| Purbeck House, Flat 18, Scammell Way, Watford, WD18 6FU | 17 January 2003 | £127,500 |
| Purbeck House, Flat 17, Scammell Way, Watford, WD18 6FU | 17 September 1999 | £62,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 88
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 11
- 204 m
Westfield Academy
Academy converter
- 250 m
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Pupil referral unit
- 390 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
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 9
- Postcode households
- 5
- Residents per household
- 1.8
- WD18 6 residents
- 5,188
6 female, 3 male
Age bands in WD18 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 33.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.3%
1,104 residents
573 residents
1,624 residents
1,097 residents
507 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD18 6 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
17
within 5 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
820 m
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
820 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
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
- 0.0 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.
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
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.