Schools
83 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 9 secondary schools. The Grange Academy is the nearest published school at 152 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD23 1QD
Bushey St James · Hertsmere · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bushey St James
- Local authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- Postcode district
- WD23
- Postcode sector
- WD23 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD23 1QD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 2000
- Terminated
- 1 April 2017
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD23
- Postcode sector
- WD23 1
- Latitude
- 51.645125
- Longitude
- -0.368424
- British National Grid easting
- 512,987
- British National Grid northing
- 195,296
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
- E00119663
- Lower layer super output area
- Hertsmere 012B · E01023559
- 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 WD23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 83
- Primary
- 51
- Secondary
- 9
- 152 m
The Grange Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 200 m
Falconer School
Community special school
- 219 m
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,728
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 655
- Anti social behaviour 258
- Shoplifting 142
- Criminal damage and arson 123
- Vehicle crime 118
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WD23 1 residents
- 6,625
Age bands in WD23 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 27.1%
1,125 residents
614 residents
1,467 residents
1,734 residents
1,836 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
436 m
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
436 m
LITTLE BUSHEY SURGERY
CALIFORNIA LANE, BUSHEY HEATH, BUSHEY, WD23 1EZ
ODS code E82657
2.1 km
SOUTH OXHEY SURGERY
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
2.6 km
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
2.6 km
CONSULTING ROOMS
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
2.6 km
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
2.8 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
3.1 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
3.8 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
3.8 km
ELLIOTT HALL MEDICAL CTR.
165-167 UXBRIDGE ROAD, HATCH END, PINNER, HA5 4EA
ODS code E84061
4.1 km
HATCH END MEDICAL CENTRE
577 UXBRIDGE ROAD, HATCH END, PINNER, HA5 4RD
ODS code E84053
4.4 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
4.4 km
SCHOPWICK SURGERY
EVERETT COURT, ROMELAND, ELSTREE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 3BJ
ODS code E82043
4.8 km
ASPRI MEDICAL CENTRE
1 LONG ELMES, HARROW WEALD, HARROW, HA3 5LE
ODS code E84658
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Red Lion PH
BCT · Bushey
- 0.0 miles
The Grange Academy
BCT · Bushey
- 0.1 miles
Red Lion PH
BCT · Bushey
- 0.2 miles
The Grange Academy
BCT · Bushey
- 0.2 miles
Bournehall Road
BCT · Bushey
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 012B, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
29,819 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
1,728 published events cover 12 months, averaging 144 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 655 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.