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WD6 4BL

Borehamwood Cowley Hill · Hertsmere · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Borehamwood Cowley Hill
Local authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WD6 4AW 14 m
WD6 4AP 51 m
WD6 4BP 56 m
WD6 4BE 62 m
WD6 4BX 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD6 4BL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 4
Latitude
51.670090
Longitude
-0.287800
British National Grid easting
518,500
British National Grid northing
198,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Hertsmere · E07000098
Electoral ward
Borehamwood Cowley Hill · E05012181
Parish or community
E04004763
Westminster constituency
Hertsmere · E14001284
Output area
E00119546
Lower layer super output area
Hertsmere 006C · E01023536
Middle layer super output area
Hertsmere 006 · E02004901

Postcode source versions

Explore WD6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
20
Secondary
4

  1. Parkside Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    469 m

  2. Meryfield Primary School

    Academy converter

    581 m

  3. Cowley Hill School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,535
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 635
  • Anti social behaviour 264
  • Criminal damage and arson 104
  • Public order 100
  • Other theft 77

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WD6 4 residents
8,330

Age bands in WD6 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.8%

1,891 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

1,015 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.6%

2,571 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.3%

2,111 residents

Age 65 and over
12.6%

1,092 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • FAIRBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 FAIRWAY AVENUE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 1PR

    ODS code E82012

    1.6 km

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOREHAMWOOD SHOPPING CENTRE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 4PR

    ODS code E82117

    1.7 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

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

    ODS code E82085

    2.5 km

  • SCHOPWICK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82043

    2.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Belford Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • Buckton Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • RC Church

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles

  • RC Church

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.2 miles

  • Cromwell Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hertsmere 006C, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,525 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Parkside Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 469 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,535 published events cover 12 months, averaging 127.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 635 events.

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