WD4 8BN

Kings Langley · Dacorum · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kings Langley
Local authority
Dacorum
Postcode district
WD4
Postcode sector
WD4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WD4 8BW 32 m
WD4 8BP 76 m
WD4 8BL 93 m
WD4 8BR 100 m
WD4 8BJ 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD4 8BN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD4
Postcode sector
WD4 8
Latitude
51.715598
Longitude
-0.452182
British National Grid easting
507,026
British National Grid northing
203,007

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Dacorum · E07000096
Parish or community
E04004703
Westminster constituency
South West Hertfordshire · E14001496
Output area
E00118903
Lower layer super output area
Dacorum 022C · E01023408
Middle layer super output area
Dacorum 022 · E02004877

Postcode source versions

Explore WD4

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bernard Cottage, The Common, Kings Langley, WD4 8BN 13 October 2025 £492,000
Merlins Cottage, The Common, Kings Langley, WD4 8BN 28 October 2013 £365,000
Merlins Cottage, The Common, Kings Langley, WD4 8BN 6 October 2005 £285,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
31
Secondary
7
  1. Kings Langley Primary School

    Community school

    358 m
  2. Kings Langley School

    Academy converter

    732 m
  3. Abbot's Hill School

    Other independent school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
512
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 213
  • Anti social behaviour 106
  • Public order 34
  • Other theft 32
  • Burglary 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
0.6
WD4 8 residents
8,062

Age bands in WD4 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,411 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

847 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.1%

2,137 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

2,327 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

1,475 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD4 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

9

within 5 km

  • HAVERFIELD SURGERY

    1 LANGLEY HILL, KINGS LANGLEY, WD4 9HA

    ODS code E82066

    343 m

  • KINGS LANGLEY SURGERY

    THE NAP, KINGS LANGLEY, WD4 8ET

    ODS code E82129

    373 m

  • VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

    87-89 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0AL

    ODS code E82046

    2.6 km

  • LINCOLN HOUSE SURGERY

    163 LONDON ROAD, APSLEY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9SQ

    ODS code E82009

    2.7 km

  • BENNETTS END SURGERY

    GATECROFT, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9LY

    ODS code E82032

    2.8 km

  • SHEEPCOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 CUNNINGHAM WAY, WATFORD, WD25 7NL

    ODS code E82096

    3.5 km

  • ABBOTSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 KATHERINE PLACE, COLLEGE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0BT

    ODS code E82105

    3.7 km

  • EVEREST HOUSE SURGERY

    EVEREST HOUSE, EVEREST WAY, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 4HY

    ODS code E82051

    4.4 km

  • FERNVILLE SURGERY

    MIDLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP2 5BL

    ODS code E82022

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Vicarage Lane

    BCT · Kings Langley

    0.1 miles
  • Rectory Farm

    BCT · Kings Langley

    0.1 miles
  • Vicarage Lane

    BCT · Kings Langley

    0.2 miles
  • Rectory Farm

    BCT · Kings Langley

    0.2 miles
  • Langley Hill

    BCT · Kings Langley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dacorum 022C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,698 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £492,000 from 1 recorded sale in WD4 8BN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dacorum is £459,438 in June 2026, up 1.8% year on year.

Schools

47 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 7 secondary schools. Kings Langley Primary School is the nearest published school at 358 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

512 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 213 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.