Schools
60 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 9 secondary schools. Leavesden JMI School is the nearest published school at 0 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD2 7AU
Woodside · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD2 7AU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2000
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD2
- Postcode sector
- WD2 7
- Latitude
- 51.691771
- Longitude
- -0.407954
- British National Grid easting
- 510,139
- British National Grid northing
- 200,423
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Watford · E07000103
- Electoral ward
- Woodside · E05011057
- Parish or community
- E43000082
- Westminster constituency
- Watford · E14001568
- Output area
- E00121395
- Lower layer super output area
- Watford 001D · E01023907
- Middle layer super output area
- Watford 001 · E02004968
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
- 60
- Primary
- 37
- Secondary
- 9
- 0 m
Leavesden JMI School
Community school
- 261 m
Kingsway Infants' School
Community school
- 347 m
Kingsway Junior School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,430
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,037
- Anti social behaviour 389
- Vehicle crime 196
- Criminal damage and arson 178
- Other theft 153
GP practices
11
within 5 km
SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE
6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL
ODS code E82096
512 m
ABBOTSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
12 KATHERINE PLACE, COLLEGE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0BT
ODS code E82105
1.1 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
1.6 km
VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
87-89 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0AL
ODS code E82046
1.6 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
3.4 km
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
3.5 km
KINGS LANGLEY SURGERY
THE NAP, KINGS LANGLEY, WD4 8ET
ODS code E82129
3.7 km
HAVERFIELD SURGERY
1 LANGLEY HILL, KINGS LANGLEY, WD4 9HA
ODS code E82066
3.8 km
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
3.9 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
4.6 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
4.6 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
Leavesden Green School
BCT · Woodside
- 0.1 miles
Leavesden Green School
BCT · Woodside
- 0.1 miles
Linden Lea
BCT · Leavesden
- 0.1 miles
Nottingham Close
BCT · Woodside
- 0.1 miles
Linden Lea
BCT · Leavesden
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Watford 001D, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,772 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
2,430 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,037 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.