AL7 4AR maps, stats, and open data

AL7 4AR lies on Birds Close in Welwyn Garden City. AL7 4AR is located in the Howlands electoral ward, within the local authority district of Welwyn Hatfield and the English Parliamentary constituency of Welwyn Hatfield. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB - 06K and the police force is Hertfordshire. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

AL7 4AR maps

AL7 4AR map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

AL7 4AR 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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AL7 4AR geodata

Easting	525957
Northing	211746
Latitude	51.790204
Longitude	-0.175127

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL7 4AR?

Street	Birds Close
Town/City	Welwyn Garden City
Country	England
Postcode District	AL7
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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AL7 4AR Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL7 4AR as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	70m	230ft

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	Howlands
Constituency	Welwyn Hatfield

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of AL7 4AR

December 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Linces Way	392m
June 2022	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Birds Close	46m
June 2022	Public order	On or near Little Ganett	111m
➜ Birds Close crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL7 4AR

Little Gannett (Cole Green Lane)	Welwyn Garden City	84m
Little Gannett (Cole Green Lane)	Welwyn Garden City	98m
Ganett Roundabout (Heronswood Road)	Welwyn Garden City	168m
Thistle Grove (Cole Green Lane)	Welwyn Garden City	199m
Howlands (Cole Green Lane)	Welwyn Garden City	231m

Nearest railway stations to AL7 4AR

Welwyn Garden City Station	2.3km
Welwyn North Station	3.9km
Hatfield (Herts) Station	4km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL7 4AR

Broadband access in AL7 4AR (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 AL7 4AR (2019 data)

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Median download speed	100.0Mbps
Average download speed	126.8Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	0.6Mbps
Average upload speed	0.6Mbps
Maximum upload speed	0.78Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL7 4AR (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 AL7 4AR

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Source: Ofcom
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AL7 4AR gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in AL7 4AR by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	497,787
Meter count	42
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,852
Median (kWh/meter)	11,997

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	141,340
Meter count	42
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,365
Median (kWh/meter)	2,765

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in AL7 4AR, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in AL7 4AR.
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

45.5% of English postcodes are less deprived than AL7 4AR:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to AL7 4AR (meters)

Martins

10 Hall Grove

329m

The Co-operative Food

8 Hall Grove

329m

The Grove

Hall Grove

329m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to AL7 4AR

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Great Ganett	17:30	11:45	150m
Thistle Grove Caponfield	17:30	11:45	235m
Hallgrove P.o	17:30	12:00	385m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL7 4AR

Facility	Distance
Swallow Dell Primary And Nursery School Blackthorn Road, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	915m
King George V Playing Fields (Welwyn Garden City) Beehive Lane, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches, Outdoor Tennis Courts, Artificial Grass Pitch	985m
Moneyhole Lane Playing Field Sylvan Way, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	1.3km

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL7 4AR

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Commonswood Primary & Nursery School The Commons, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 4RU	Primary	667m
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School Blackthorn Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3JP	Primary	907m
Watchlytes Primary School Watchlytes, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AZ	Primary	941m

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AL7 4AR ITL and AL7 4AR 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 AL7 4AR:

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
E07000241	Welwyn Hatfield

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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AL7 4AR 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 AL7 4AR:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121587
LSOA	E01023943	Welwyn Hatfield 008A
MSOA	E02004987	Welwyn Hatfield 008

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to AL7 4AR

AL7 4AS	Caponfield	100m
AL7 3DG	Little Ganett	106m
AL7 4RB	Howlands	118m
AL7 4AW	Caponfield	122m
AL7 4AP	Caponfield	135m
AL7 3DF	Great Ganett	141m
AL7 3JJ	Heronswood Road	164m
AL7 4RD	Howlands	169m
AL7 3DA	Great Ganett	175m
AL7 4AN	Thistle Grove	175m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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