AL8 7AH maps, stats, and open data

AL8 7AH lies on Harwood Hill in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 7AH 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 7AH maps

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

AL8 7AH 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 7AH geodata

Easting	524252
Northing	214461
Latitude	51.814977
Longitude	-0.198889

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7AH?

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 7AH Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7AH 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	Sherrards
Constituency	Welwyn Hatfield

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of AL8 7AH

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	144m
October 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	144m
October 2023	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Harwood Close	144m
➜ Harwood Hill crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7AH

Sewells (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	47m
Sewells (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	54m
Digswell Road	Digswell Park	159m
Burycroft (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	191m
Shoplands (Ingles)	Digswell Park	258m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7AH

Welwyn North Station	1.1km
Welwyn Garden City Station	1.6km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7AH

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

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Median download speed	70.0Mbps
Average download speed	85.4Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	5.9Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.28Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7AH (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 7AH

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Source: Ofcom
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AL8 7AH gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	254,832
Meter count	29
Mean (kWh/meter)	8,787
Median (kWh/meter)	6,176

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	65,964
Meter count	26
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,537
Median (kWh/meter)	2,284

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

38.3% of English postcodes are less deprived than AL8 7AH:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Sewells Residential Home

6A Sewells

110m

Harwood Hill JMI and Nursery School

Harwood Close

205m

Lloyds Pharmacy

9 Shoplands

307m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Haymeads	17:00	12:00	172m
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	291m
Blythway/Fallowfield	17:30	11:30	442m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7AH

Facility	Distance
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	209m
Digswell Playing Fields Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn Grass Pitches, Outdoor Tennis Courts, Sports Hall	670m
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	739m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7AH

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG	Primary	118m
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	389m
St John's CofE Primary School Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0BX	Primary	774m

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AL8 7AH ITL and AL8 7AH 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 7AH:

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 7AH 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 7AH:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121668
LSOA	E01023961	Welwyn Hatfield 003C
MSOA	E02004982	Welwyn Hatfield 003

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to AL8 7AH

AL8 7AJ	Harwood Hill	39m
AL8 7AE	Haymeads	62m
AL8 7AN	Harwood Hill	90m
AL8 7AL	Byfield	100m
AL8 7AQ	Sewells	116m
AL8 7AG	Harwood Hill	117m
AL8 7AF	Harwood Hill	118m
AL8 7AD	Haymeads	134m
AL8 7ST	Harwood Close	149m
AL8 7HQ	Ashcombe	200m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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