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WD6 1UW

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 1UP 45 m
WD6 1UU 54 m
WD6 1UN 67 m
WD6 1UX 83 m
WD6 1UQ 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD6 1UW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 1
Latitude
51.659351
Longitude
-0.279617
British National Grid easting
519,094
British National Grid northing
197,019

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
E00119526
Lower layer super output area
Hertsmere 007D · E01023532
Middle layer super output area
Hertsmere 007 · E02004902

Postcode source versions

Explore WD6

Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Haddon Close, Borehamwood, WD6 1UW 5 November 2021 £305,000
4, Haddon Close, Borehamwood, WD6 1UW 28 May 2019 £222,000
4, Haddon Close, Borehamwood, WD6 1UW 22 March 2019 £185,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
26
Secondary
6

  1. St Teresa Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    610 m

  2. Cowley Hill School

    Community school

    755 m

  3. Meryfield Primary School

    Academy converter

    799 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,244
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,183
  • Anti social behaviour 485
  • Shoplifting 284
  • Public order 230
  • Criminal damage and arson 215

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

5 female, 7 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.0
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD6 1 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

8

within 5 km

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOREHAMWOOD SHOPPING CENTRE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 4PR

    ODS code E82117

    342 m

  • FAIRBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 FAIRWAY AVENUE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 1PR

    ODS code E82012

    519 m

  • SCHOPWICK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82043

    2.1 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

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

    ODS code E82085

    3.7 km

  • JAI MEDICAL CENTRE

    114 EDGWAREBURY LANE, EDGWARE, HA8 8NB

    ODS code E83038

    4.2 km

  • PENSHURST GARDENS SURGERY

    39 PENSHURST GARDENS, EDGWARE, HA8 9TN

    ODS code E83030

    4.8 km

  • LANE END MEDICAL GROUP

    2 PENSHURST GARDENS, EDGWARE, HA8 9GJ

    ODS code E83053

    4.9 km

  • DR SP TALPAHEWA

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

    ODS code E83668

    5.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Audley Close

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • Audley Close

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • Flats

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.2 miles

  • Stratfield Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.2 miles

  • Stratfield Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 007D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,780 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £305,000 from 1 recorded sale in WD6 1UW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Hertsmere is £560,436 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

43 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Teresa Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 610 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,244 published events cover 12 months, averaging 270.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,183 events.

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