AL1 5AL maps, stats, and open data

AL1 5AL lies on Howard Close in St. Albans. AL1 5AL is located in the Cunningham electoral ward, within the local authority district of St Albans and the English Parliamentary constituency of St Albans. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB - 06N and the police force is Hertfordshire. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

AL1 5AL maps

AL1 5AL map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

AL1 5AL map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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AL1 5AL geodata

Easting	517055
Northing	206069
Latitude	51.741109
Longitude	-0.306071

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL1 5AL?

Street	Howard Close
Town/City	St. Albans
Country	England
Postcode District	AL1
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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AL1 5AL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL1 5AL as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	90m	295ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	Cunningham
Constituency	St Albans

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of AL1 5AL

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Buttermere Close	490m
December 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Buttermere Close	490m
December 2023	Possession of weapons	On or near Buttermere Close	490m
➜ Howard Close crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
Licence: Open Government Licence

Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL1 5AL

Frobisher Road (Drakes Drive)	Cell Barnes	105m
Frobisher Road (Drakes Drive)	Cell Barnes	191m
Ennerdale Close (Cell Barnes Lane)	Cell Barnes	309m
Ennerdale Close (Cell Barnes Lane)	Cell Barnes	334m
Samuel Ryder Academy (Drakes Drive)	Cell Barnes	352m

Nearest railway stations to AL1 5AL

St Albans City Station	1.8km
St Albans Abbey Station	2.6km
Park Street Station	2.9km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL1 5AL

Broadband access in AL1 5AL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in AL1 5AL (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	27.7Mbps
Average download speed	39.9Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	2.3Mbps
Average upload speed	3.7Mbps
Maximum upload speed	7.43Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL1 5AL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL1 5AL

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Source: Ofcom
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AL1 5AL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in AL1 5AL by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	183,172
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	13,084
Median (kWh/meter)	13,201

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	40,273
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,356
Median (kWh/meter)	2,675

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in AL1 5AL, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in AL1 5AL.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

57.7% of English postcodes are less deprived than AL1 5AL:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to AL1 5AL (meters)

MacIntyre Care

3-4 Crosby Close

165m

Emmaus St Albans

Hill End Lane

249m

Nuffield Health Fitness And Wellbeing Centre

Highfield Park Drive

255m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to AL1 5AL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
The Camp P.o	17:30	12:00	522m
St Albans Delivery Office	19:00	12:30	781m
Ashley Road St Albans L D O	19:00		831m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL1 5AL

Facility	Distance
Nuffield Health (St Albans) Highfield Park Drive, St. Albans Swimming Pool, Health and Fitness Gym, Studio, Squash Courts	251m
Windermere Primary School Windermere Avenue, St. Albans Grass Pitches	357m
Samuel Ryder Academy Drakes Drive, St. Albans Sports Hall, Swimming Pool, Grass Pitches, Studio, Athletics, Artificial Grass Pitch	426m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL1 5AL

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Windermere Primary School Windermere Avenue, St. Albans, AL1 5QP	Primary	357m
Samuel Ryder Academy Drakes Drive, St Albans, AL1 5AR	All-through	426m
Camp Primary and Nursery School Camp Road, St Albans, AL1 5PG	Primary	662m

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Source: Edubase
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AL1 5AL ITL and AL1 5AL LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for AL1 5AL:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLH	East
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLH2	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLH23	Hertfordshire CC
LAU 1 Code	Name
E07000240	St Albans

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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AL1 5AL census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for AL1 5AL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00120273
LSOA	E01023681	St Albans 016A
MSOA	E02004939	St Albans 016

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to AL1 5AL

AL1 5AN	Howard Close	35m
AL4 0AB	Hill End Lane	68m
AL1 5AW	Drakes Drive	101m
AL1 5AH	Frobisher Road	102m
AL4 0AA	Hill End Lane	102m
AL1 5AD	Drakes Drive	157m
AL1 5AQ	Drakes Drive	171m
AL1 5QS	Thirlmere Drive	184m
AL4 0AE	Hill End Lane	184m
AL4 0GT	Maslen Road	202m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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