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WD6 1EH

Borehamwood Brookmeadow · Hertsmere · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Borehamwood
Ward
Borehamwood Brookmeadow
Local authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WD6 1BU 37 m
WD6 1DX 41 m
WD6 1AG 56 m
WD6 2DG 93 m
WD6 1DD 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD6 1EH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 1
Latitude
51.655608
Longitude
-0.275783
British National Grid easting
519,369
British National Grid northing
196,609

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Hertsmere · E07000098
Electoral ward
Borehamwood Brookmeadow · E05012180
Parish or community
E04004763
Westminster constituency
Hertsmere · E14001284
Output area
E00119561
Lower layer super output area
Hertsmere 011F · E01035598
Middle layer super output area
Hertsmere 011 · E02004906

Postcode source versions

Explore WD6

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
76, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, WD6 1EH 10 March 2008 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
31
Secondary
5

  1. Yavneh College

    Academy converter

    544 m

  2. St Teresa Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    612 m

  3. Yavneh Primary School

    Free schools

    680 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,289
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,158
  • Anti social behaviour 490
  • Shoplifting 290
  • Public order 232
  • Criminal damage and arson 230

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WD6 1 residents
9,584

Age bands in WD6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.4%

2,011 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

849 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.9%

3,370 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.1%

2,076 residents

Age 65 and over
11.4%

1,070 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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOREHAMWOOD SHOPPING CENTRE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 4PR

    ODS code E82117

    161 m

  • FAIRBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 FAIRWAY AVENUE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 1PR

    ODS code E82012

    528 m

  • SCHOPWICK SURGERY

    EVERETT COURT, ROMELAND, ELSTREE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 3BJ

    ODS code E82043

    2.0 km

  • JAI MEDICAL CENTRE

    114 EDGWAREBURY LANE, EDGWARE, HA8 8NB

    ODS code E83038

    3.7 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

    THE RED HOUSE SURGERY, 124 WATLING STREET, RADLETT, WD7 7JQ

    ODS code E82085

    4.2 km

  • PENSHURST GARDENS SURGERY

    39 PENSHURST GARDENS, EDGWARE, HA8 9TN

    ODS code E83030

    4.4 km

  • LANE END MEDICAL GROUP

    2 PENSHURST GARDENS, EDGWARE, HA8 9GJ

    ODS code E83053

    4.5 km

  • DR SP TALPAHEWA

    MEDICAL CENTRE, 156 DEANS LANE, EDGWARE, HA8 9NT

    ODS code E83668

    4.5 km

  • MULBERRY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    3 SEFTON AVENUE, MILL HILL, LONDON, NW7 3QB

    ODS code E83046

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Furzehill Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.0 miles

  • Furzehill Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.0 miles

  • Baptist Church

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • Mildred Avenue

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • Glenhaven Avenue

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 011F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,523 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

49 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 5 secondary schools. Yavneh College is the nearest published school at 544 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,289 published events cover 12 months, averaging 274.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,158 events.

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