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WD6 2DE

Borehamwood Hillside · Hertsmere · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Borehamwood
Ward
Borehamwood Hillside
Local authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WD6 2EF 54 m
WD6 2EH 60 m
WD6 2EN 108 m
WD6 2EJ 125 m
WD6 2DF 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD6 2DE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 2
Latitude
51.652757
Longitude
-0.275198
British National Grid easting
519,417
British National Grid northing
196,293

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Hertsmere · E07000098
Electoral ward
Borehamwood Hillside · E05012182
Parish or community
E04004763
Westminster constituency
Hertsmere · E14001284
Output area
E00169762
Lower layer super output area
Hertsmere 011G · E01035599
Middle layer super output area
Hertsmere 011 · E02004906

Postcode source versions

Explore WD6

Property

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48 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Brownlow Road, Borehamwood, WD6 2DE 24 January 2025 £440,000
12, Brownlow Road, Borehamwood, WD6 2DE 10 August 2022 £425,000
16, Brownlow Road, Borehamwood, WD6 2DE 8 April 2021 £385,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
34
Secondary
5

  1. Yavneh College

    Academy converter

    510 m

  2. Summerswood Primary School

    Community school

    577 m

  3. Yavneh Primary School

    Free schools

    649 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,909
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,001
  • Anti social behaviour 451
  • Shoplifting 247
  • Public order 212
  • Criminal damage and arson 208

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

25 female, 20 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.5
WD6 2 residents
9,655

Age bands in WD6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.9%

2,124 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,081 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.4%

2,983 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.6%

2,599 residents

Age 65 and over
13.5%

1,375 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD6 2 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

10

within 5 km

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOREHAMWOOD SHOPPING CENTRE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 4PR

    ODS code E82117

    453 m

  • FAIRBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 FAIRWAY AVENUE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 1PR

    ODS code E82012

    809 m

  • SCHOPWICK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82043

    1.9 km

  • JAI MEDICAL CENTRE

    114 EDGWAREBURY LANE, EDGWARE, HA8 8NB

    ODS code E83038

    3.4 km

  • PENSHURST GARDENS SURGERY

    39 PENSHURST GARDENS, EDGWARE, HA8 9TN

    ODS code E83030

    4.1 km

  • LANE END MEDICAL GROUP

    2 PENSHURST GARDENS, EDGWARE, HA8 9GJ

    ODS code E83053

    4.2 km

  • DR SP TALPAHEWA

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

    ODS code E83668

    4.2 km

  • MULBERRY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E83046

    4.3 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

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

    ODS code E82085

    4.4 km

  • MILLWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 HARTLEY AVENUE, MILL HILL, LONDON, NW7 2HX

    ODS code E83016

    4.7 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

  • Mildred Avenue

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • Baptist Church

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • Oakwood Avenue

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.2 miles

  • Glenhaven Avenue

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.2 miles

  • Elstree & Borehamwood Railway Station

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 011G, 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

18,577 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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
11
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 £432,500 from 2 recorded sales in WD6 2DE. 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

55 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 5 secondary schools. Yavneh College is the nearest published school at 510 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,909 published events cover 12 months, averaging 242.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,001 events.

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