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WD7 9HW

Park Street · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
WD7
Postcode sector
WD7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WD7 9FF 185 m
WD7 7HY 266 m
WD7 9FH 266 m
WD7 9HQ 294 m
WD7 9FE 312 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD7 9HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD7
Postcode sector
WD7 9
Latitude
51.703715
Longitude
-0.309051
British National Grid easting
516,944
British National Grid northing
201,905

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Parish or community
E04013288
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00189391
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 019C · E01023720
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 019 · E02004942

Postcode source versions

Explore WD7

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
32
Primary
24
Secondary
1
  1. Radlett Lodge School

    Other independent special school

    383 m
  2. Clore Shalom School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km
  3. Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
471
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 285
  • Anti social behaviour 49
  • Criminal damage and arson 34
  • Other theft 31
  • Public order 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19
6 female, 13 male
Postcode households
2
Residents per household
9.5
WD7 9 residents
4,481

Age bands in WD7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%
875 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.7%
501 residents
Age 25 to 44
24.3%
1,134 residents
Age 45 to 64
28.8%
1,345 residents
Age 65 and over
17.4%
810 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD7 9 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    CALEDON ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1PU

    ODS code E82107

    2.2 km

  • THE RED HOUSE GROUP

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

    ODS code E82085

    2.4 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

    COLNEY MEDICAL CENTRE, 45-47 KINGS ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1ES

    ODS code E82113

    2.4 km

  • MIDWAY SURGERY

    93 WATFORD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3JX

    ODS code E82055

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Harperbury Park

    BCT · Colney Street

    291 m
  • Shenleybury Lane

    BCT · London Colney

    1.1 km
  • Shenleybury Lane

    BCT · London Colney

    1.2 km
  • Bridgefoot Cottages

    BCT · Colney Street

    1.3 km
  • Bridgefoot Cottages

    BCT · Colney Street

    1.3 km

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 019C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,522 of 33,755

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

32 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 1 secondary schools. Radlett Lodge School is the nearest published school at 383 m.

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

Recorded crime

471 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 285 events.

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