AL8 6YX maps, stats, and open data

AL8 6YX lies on De Soissons Close in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 6YX is located in the Handside 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 2005.

AL8 6YX maps

AL8 6YX map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

AL8 6YX 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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AL8 6YX geodata

Easting	522589
Northing	211893
Latitude	51.792266
Longitude	-0.223908

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 6YX?

Street	De Soissons Close
Town/City	Welwyn Garden City
Country	England
Postcode District	AL8
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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AL8 6YX Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 6YX as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	80m	262ft

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	Handside
Constituency	Welwyn Hatfield

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of AL8 6YX

June 2022	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Lemsford Lane	82m
June 2022	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Newfields	173m
June 2022	Public order	On or near Newfields	173m
➜ De Soissons Close crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 6YX

Stacklands (Lemsford Lane)	Stanborough	137m
Newfields (Handside Lane)	Stanborough	173m
Newfields (Handside Lane)	Stanborough	203m
Stacklands (Lemsford Lane)	Stanborough	280m
Marsden Road (Handside Lane)	Welwyn Garden City	332m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 6YX

Welwyn Garden City Station	1.7km
Hatfield (Herts) Station	3.2km
Welwyn North Station	4.1km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 6YX

Broadband access in AL8 6YX (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	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in AL8 6YX (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	39.0Mbps
Average download speed	33.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	61.51Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	8.2Mbps
Average upload speed	6.7Mbps
Maximum upload speed	13.98Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 6YX (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 AL8 6YX

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Source: Ofcom
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AL8 6YX gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in AL8 6YX by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	184,603
Meter count	20
Mean (kWh/meter)	9,230
Median (kWh/meter)	8,137

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	56,614
Meter count	20
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,831
Median (kWh/meter)	2,305

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in AL8 6YX, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in AL8 6YX.
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

26.3% of English postcodes are less deprived than AL8 6YX:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to AL8 6YX (meters)

Lakeside School

Lemsford Lane

72m

Stanborough School

Lemsford Lane

362m

Nisa Local Huttons Newsagents

3 Marsden Road

470m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to AL8 6YX

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Handside P.o	17:30	11:30	364m
New Wood	16:45	11:45	574m
Applecroft Road	17:30	12:00	730m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 6YX

Facility	Distance
Stanborough School Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches, Sports Hall, Studio	364m
Welwyn Rfc Hobbs Way, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	637m
Applecroft School Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City Sports Hall, Outdoor Tennis Courts, Grass Pitches	698m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 6YX

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Lakeside School Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YN	Not applicable	70m
Stanborough School Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YR	Secondary	364m
Applecroft School Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JZ	Primary	698m

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AL8 6YX ITL and AL8 6YX 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 AL8 6YX:

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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AL8 6YX 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 AL8 6YX:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121448
LSOA	E01023916	Welwyn Hatfield 006A
MSOA	E02004985	Welwyn Hatfield 006

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to AL8 6YX

AL8 6YN	Lemsford Lane	74m
AL8 6TG	Handside Lane	112m
AL8 6YJ	Lemsford Lane	154m
AL8 6TF	Handside Lane	155m
AL8 6YL	Lemsford Lane	156m
AL8 6WW	Sefton Court	167m
AL8 6YS	Newfields	170m
AL8 6XR	Downfields	186m
AL8 6YT	Newfields	202m
AL8 6UX	Amethyst Walk	228m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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