Schools
58 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 7 secondary schools. Aldenham School is the nearest published school at 726 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD2 8EQ
Aldenham West · Hertsmere · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Aldenham West
- Local authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- Postcode district
- WD2
- Postcode sector
- WD2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD2 8EQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1997
- Terminated
- 1 July 2000
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD2
- Postcode sector
- WD2 8
- Latitude
- 51.668212
- Longitude
- -0.334711
- British National Grid easting
- 515,261
- British National Grid northing
- 197,916
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Hertsmere · E07000098
- Electoral ward
- Aldenham West · E05012178
- Parish or community
- E04013250
- Westminster constituency
- Hertsmere · E14001284
- Output area
- E00119494
- Lower layer super output area
- Hertsmere 010A · E01023528
- Middle layer super output area
- Hertsmere 010 · E02004905
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
- 58
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 7
- 726 m
Aldenham School
Other independent school
- 1.3 km
Edge Grove School
Other independent school
- 1.4 km
Fair Field Junior School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 242
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 84
- Anti social behaviour 45
- Vehicle crime 31
- Public order 19
- Burglary 16
GP practices
11
within 5 km straight-line
THE RED HOUSE GROUP
THE RED HOUSE SURGERY, 124 WATLING STREET, RADLETT, WD7 7JQ
ODS code E82085
2.0 km
SCHOPWICK SURGERY
EVERETT COURT, ROMELAND, ELSTREE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 3BJ
ODS code E82043
3.5 km
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
3.7 km
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
3.7 km
LITTLE BUSHEY SURGERY
CALIFORNIA LANE, BUSHEY HEATH, BUSHEY, WD23 1EZ
ODS code E82657
3.8 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE
BOREHAMWOOD SHOPPING CENTRE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 4PR
ODS code E82117
4.2 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
4.2 km
FAIRBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
4 FAIRWAY AVENUE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 1PR
ODS code E82012
4.4 km
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
4.6 km
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
4.8 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.6 miles
Roundbush Lane
BCT · Round Bush
- 0.6 miles
Roundbush Lane
BCT · Round Bush
- 0.7 miles
Edge Grove School
BCT · High Cross
- 0.7 miles
Kendals Close
BCT · Batlers Green
- 0.7 miles
Kendals Close
BCT · Batlers Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 010A, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,481 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
242 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 84 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.