Schools
74 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 10 secondary schools. The Grove Academy is the nearest published school at 646 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD2 4RX
Meriden · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD2 4RX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2000
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD2
- Postcode sector
- WD2 4
- Latitude
- 51.679955
- Longitude
- -0.378382
- British National Grid easting
- 512,212
- British National Grid northing
- 199,154
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Watford · E07000103
- Electoral ward
- Meriden · E05011050
- Parish or community
- E43000082
- Westminster constituency
- Watford · E14001568
- Output area
- E00121231
- Lower layer super output area
- Watford 003B · E01023874
- Middle layer super output area
- Watford 003 · E02004970
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
- 74
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 10
- 646 m
The Grove Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 938 m
Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School
Community school
- 1.2 km
Knutsford Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,060
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 686
- Anti social behaviour 305
- Other theft 298
- Vehicle crime 169
- Criminal damage and arson 139
GP practices
12
within 5 km straight-line
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
907 m
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
2.6 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
2.7 km
ABBOTSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
12 KATHERINE PLACE, COLLEGE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0BT
ODS code E82105
2.9 km
SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE
6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL
ODS code E82096
2.9 km
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
3.0 km
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
3.8 km
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
3.8 km
VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
87-89 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0AL
ODS code E82046
3.9 km
THE RED HOUSE GROUP
THE RED HOUSE SURGERY, 124 WATLING STREET, RADLETT, WD7 7JQ
ODS code E82085
4.2 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
4.4 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
The Gossamers Shops
BCT · Garston
- 0.1 miles
Garsmouth Way
BCT · Garston
- 0.1 miles
Garsmouth Way
BCT · Garston
- 0.1 miles
The Gossamers Shops
BCT · Garston
- 0.2 miles
York Way
BCT · Garston
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Watford 003B, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,259 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
2,060 published events cover 12 months, averaging 171.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 686 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.