Schools
75 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 7 secondary schools. Meadow Wood School is the nearest published school at 428 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD23 3TQ
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 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD23 3TQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 October 2000
- Terminated
- 1 August 2009
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD23
- Postcode sector
- WD23 3
- Latitude
- 51.651114
- Longitude
- -0.354895
- British National Grid easting
- 513,908
- British National Grid northing
- 195,983
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
- E00119673
- Lower layer super output area
- Hertsmere 012C · E01023560
- 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
- 75
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 7
- 428 m
Meadow Wood School
Community special school
- 438 m
Little Reddings Primary School
Academy converter
- 486 m
Bushey Meads School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,136
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 502
- Anti social behaviour 178
- Criminal damage and arson 85
- Vehicle crime 83
- Other theft 68
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WD23 3 residents
- 6,428
Age bands in WD23 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.7%
1,403 residents
723 residents
1,754 residents
1,768 residents
1,215 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.
GP practices
14
within 5 km straight-line
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
1.5 km
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
1.5 km
LITTLE BUSHEY SURGERY
CALIFORNIA LANE, BUSHEY HEATH, BUSHEY, WD23 1EZ
ODS code E82657
2.0 km
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
3.3 km
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
3.3 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
3.6 km
SOUTH OXHEY SURGERY
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
3.7 km
CONSULTING ROOMS
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
3.7 km
SCHOPWICK SURGERY
EVERETT COURT, ROMELAND, ELSTREE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 3BJ
ODS code E82043
3.9 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
4.3 km
THE RED HOUSE GROUP
THE RED HOUSE SURGERY, 124 WATLING STREET, RADLETT, WD7 7JQ
ODS code E82085
4.4 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
4.7 km
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
4.7 km
ELLIOTT HALL MEDICAL CTR.
165-167 UXBRIDGE ROAD, HATCH END, PINNER, HA5 4EA
ODS code E84061
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mostyn Road
BCT · Bushey
- 0.1 miles
Mostyn Road
BCT · Bushey
- 0.2 miles
Harvest Road
BCT · Bushey
- 0.2 miles
Middle Furlong
BCT · Bushey
- 0.2 miles
Harvest Road
BCT · Bushey
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 012C, 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
14,545 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
1,136 published events cover 12 months, averaging 94.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 502 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.