WD6 4HA

Borehamwood Cowley Hill · Hertsmere · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WD6 4HW 44 m
WD6 4HP 65 m
WD6 4EG 68 m
WD6 4DE 70 m
WD6 4HR 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD6 4HA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD6
Postcode sector
WD6 4
Latitude
51.668934
Longitude
-0.283086
British National Grid easting
518,829
British National Grid northing
198,079

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Hertsmere · E07000098
Parish or community
E04004763
Westminster constituency
Hertsmere · E14001284
Output area
E00119548
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
33
Primary
21
Secondary
3
  1. Parkside Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    188 m
  2. Meryfield Primary School

    Academy converter

    522 m
  3. Cowley Hill School

    Community school

    818 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,185
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 815
  • Anti social behaviour 343
  • Shoplifting 201
  • Public order 157
  • Criminal damage and arson 141

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

27 female, 0 male

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

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD6 4 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

4

within 5 km

  • FAIRBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 FAIRWAY AVENUE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 1PR

    ODS code E82012

    1.3 km

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOREHAMWOOD SHOPPING CENTRE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 4PR

    ODS code E82117

    1.4 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

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

    ODS code E82085

    2.8 km

  • SCHOPWICK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82043

    2.9 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

  • Torworth Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.0 miles
  • Torworth Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.0 miles
  • Aycliffe Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles
  • Baldock Way

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 miles
  • Berwick Road

    BCT · Borehamwood

    0.1 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.

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

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Parkside Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 188 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,185 published events cover 12 months, averaging 182.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 815 events.

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