Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 56 primary and 8 secondary schools. Ascot Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 4 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD23 9BD
Holywell · Watford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD23 9BD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 November 2005
- Terminated
- 1 January 2008
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD23
- Postcode sector
- WD23 9
- Latitude
- 51.649586
- Longitude
- -0.422428
- British National Grid easting
- 509,240
- British National Grid northing
- 195,710
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Watford · E07000103
- Electoral ward
- Holywell · E05011048
- Parish or community
- E43000082
- Westminster constituency
- Watford · E14001568
- Output area
- E00121203
- Lower layer super output area
- Watford 011D · E01023866
- Middle layer super output area
- Watford 011 · E02004978
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
- 88
- Primary
- 56
- Secondary
- 8
- 4 m
Ascot Road Primary School
Free schools
- 259 m
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 503 m
Westfield Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,793
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,194
- Anti social behaviour 407
- Public order 221
- Criminal damage and arson 221
- Other theft 205
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
15
within 5 km
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code E82013
192 m
SAS WEST HERTS
BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR
ODS code Y08362
192 m
WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP
ODS code E82045
1.7 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD
ODS code E82106
1.7 km
THE ELMS SURGERY
38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT
ODS code E82069
1.8 km
SUTHERGREY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
37A ST. JOHNS ROAD, WATFORD, WD17 1LS
ODS code E82015
2.0 km
ATTENBOROUGH SURGERY
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82124
3.3 km
MANOR VIEW PRACTICE
BUSHEY HEALTH CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, BUSHEY, WD23 2NN
ODS code E82073
3.3 km
CONSULTING ROOMS
THE CONSULTING ROOMS, OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7RU
ODS code E82020
3.5 km
SOUTH OXHEY SURGERY
OXHEY DRIVE, WATFORD, WD19 7SF
ODS code E82655
3.5 km
MOUNTWOOD SURGERY
RICKMANSWORTH ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 2RG
ODS code E86001
4.0 km
EASTBURY SURGERY
3 EASTBURY ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 3BG
ODS code E86028
4.2 km
GARSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
6A NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, WATFORD, WD25 9GP
ODS code E82017
4.2 km
GADE AND CHORLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRES
GADE HOUSE, 99B UXBRIDGE ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 7DJ
ODS code E82068
4.3 km
THE COLNE PRACTICE
COLNE HOUSE SURGERY, 99A UXBRIDGE ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 7DJ
ODS code E82083
4.3 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Morrisons
BCT · Holywell
- 0.1 miles
Cassiobridge Road
BCT · Watford
- 0.2 miles
Cassiobridge Road
BCT · Watford
- 0.2 miles
Ascot Road
BCT · Holywell
- 0.2 miles
Ascot Road
BCT · Holywell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Watford 011D, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,295 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 6 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
2,793 published events cover 12 months, averaging 232.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,194 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.