Schools
72 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 10 secondary schools. Beechfield School is the nearest published school at 104 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD2 5BF
Leggatts · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD2 5BF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1995
- Terminated
- 1 July 2000
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD2
- Postcode sector
- WD2 5
- Latitude
- 51.676345
- Longitude
- -0.408914
- British National Grid easting
- 510,110
- British National Grid northing
- 198,706
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Watford · E07000103
- Electoral ward
- Leggatts · E05011049
- Parish or community
- E43000082
- Westminster constituency
- Watford · E14001568
- Output area
- E00121221
- Lower layer super output area
- Watford 004A · E01023868
- Middle layer super output area
- Watford 004 · E02004971
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
- 72
- Primary
- 46
- Secondary
- 10
- 104 m
Beechfield School
Academy converter
- 539 m
The Orchard Primary School
Academy converter
- 654 m
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,871
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 987
- Anti social behaviour 414
- Other theft 385
- Shoplifting 199
- Vehicle crime 198
GP practices
13
within 5 km straight-line
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
1.4 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
1.7 km
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
1.8 km
SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE
6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL
ODS code E82096
2.1 km
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
2.3 km
ABBOTSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
12 KATHERINE PLACE, COLLEGE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0BT
ODS code E82105
2.8 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
2.9 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
2.9 km
VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
87-89 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0AL
ODS code E82046
3.2 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD
ODS code E82106
4.1 km
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
4.1 km
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
4.1 km
KINGS LANGLEY SURGERY
THE NAP, KINGS LANGLEY, WD4 8ET
ODS code E82129
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Leggatts Way
BCT · North Watford
- 0.1 miles
Leggatts Way
BCT · North Watford
- 0.2 miles
Callowland Recreation Ground
BCT · North Watford
- 0.2 miles
Callowland Recreation Ground
BCT · North Watford
- 0.2 miles
Brett Place
BCT · North Watford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Watford 004A, 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
16,356 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 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
2,871 published events cover 12 months, averaging 239.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 987 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.