Schools
81 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 8 secondary schools. Longwood School is the nearest published school at 425 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD2 2LW
Bushey St James · Hertsmere · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bushey St James
- Local authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- Postcode district
- WD2
- Postcode sector
- WD2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD2 2LW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2000
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD2
- Postcode sector
- WD2 2
- Latitude
- 51.652253
- Longitude
- -0.370120
- British National Grid easting
- 512,852
- British National Grid northing
- 196,086
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Hertsmere · E07000098
- Electoral ward
- Bushey St James · E05012187
- Parish or community
- E43000288
- Westminster constituency
- Hertsmere · E14001284
- Output area
- E00190251
- Lower layer super output area
- Hertsmere 012E · E01023562
- Middle layer super output area
- Hertsmere 012 · E02004907
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 WD2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 81
- Primary
- 51
- Secondary
- 8
- 425 m
Longwood School
Other independent school
- 608 m
Falconer School
Community special school
- 645 m
Bournehall Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,137
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 750
- Anti social behaviour 312
- Shoplifting 264
- Other theft 153
- Criminal damage and arson 133
GP practices
14
within 5 km straight-line
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
761 m
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
761 m
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
2.2 km
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
2.3 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
2.6 km
LITTLE BUSHEY SURGERY
CALIFORNIA LANE, BUSHEY HEATH, BUSHEY, WD23 1EZ
ODS code E82657
2.7 km
SOUTH OXHEY SURGERY
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
3.2 km
CONSULTING ROOMS
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
3.2 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
3.6 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
3.6 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
3.6 km
ELLIOTT HALL MEDICAL CTR.
165-167 UXBRIDGE ROAD, HATCH END, PINNER, HA5 4EA
ODS code E84061
4.9 km
SCHOPWICK SURGERY
EVERETT COURT, ROMELAND, ELSTREE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 3BJ
ODS code E82043
5.0 km
THE RED HOUSE GROUP
THE RED HOUSE SURGERY, 124 WATLING STREET, RADLETT, WD7 7JQ
ODS code E82085
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Royal Connaught Park
BCT · Bushey
- 0.1 miles
Royal Connaught Park
BCT · Bushey
- 0.2 miles
Aldenham Road
BCT · Bushey
- 0.2 miles
Finch Lane
BCT · Bushey
- 0.2 miles
Finch Lane
BCT · Bushey
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 012E, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
32,044 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
2,137 published events cover 12 months, averaging 178.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 750 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.