AL8 7AF maps, stats, and open data

AL8 7AF lies on Harwood Hill in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 7AF is located in the Sherrards 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.

AL8 7AF maps

AL8 7AF map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

AL8 7AF 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 7AF geodata

Easting	524175
Northing	214550
Latitude	51.815800
Longitude	-0.199949

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7AF?

Street	Harwood Hill
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 7AF Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7AF 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	Sherrards
Constituency	Welwyn Hatfield

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of AL8 7AF

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	144m
January 2024	Burglary	On or near Fern Grove	486m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Fern Grove	486m
➜ Harwood Hill crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7AF

Digswell Road	Digswell Park	46m
Sewells (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	108m
Sewells (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	132m
Shoplands (Ingles)	Digswell Park	204m
Burycroft (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	267m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7AF

Welwyn North Station	1km
Welwyn Garden City Station	1.7km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7AF

Broadband access in AL8 7AF (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 AL8 7AF (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	100.0Mbps
Average download speed	137.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.0Mbps
Average upload speed	1.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.02Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7AF (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 7AF

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AL8 7AF gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in AL8 7AF by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	87,370
Meter count	8
Mean (kWh/meter)	10,921
Median (kWh/meter)	10,732

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in AL8 7AF, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in AL8 7AF.
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

33.3% of English postcodes are less deprived than AL8 7AF:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to AL8 7AF (meters)

Sewells Residential Home

6A Sewells

181m

Harwood Hill JMI and Nursery School

Harwood Close

186m

Lloyds Pharmacy

9 Shoplands

239m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to AL8 7AF

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	218m
Haymeads	17:00	12:00	245m
Blythway/Fallowfield	17:30	11:30	539m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7AF

Facility	Distance
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	139m
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	632m
Digswell Playing Fields Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn Grass Pitches, Outdoor Tennis Courts, Sports Hall	658m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7AF

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG	Primary	46m
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	279m
St John's CofE Primary School Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0BX	Primary	803m

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AL8 7AF ITL and AL8 7AF 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 7AF:

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 7AF 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 7AF:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121663
LSOA	E01023960	Welwyn Hatfield 003B
MSOA	E02004982	Welwyn Hatfield 003

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to AL8 7AF

AL8 7AG	Harwood Hill	46m
AL8 7HQ	Ashcombe	92m
AL8 7AE	Haymeads	113m
AL8 7HG	Ingles	116m
AL8 7AH	Harwood Hill	118m
AL8 7ST	Harwood Close	139m
AL8 7AJ	Harwood Hill	150m
AL8 7HH	Ingles	161m
AL8 7AD	Haymeads	165m
AL8 7HF	Ingles	177m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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