AL8 7AJ maps, stats, and open data

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

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

AL8 7AJ 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 7AJ geodata

Easting	524290
Northing	214453
Latitude	51.814903
Longitude	-0.198316

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7AJ?

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 7AJ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7AJ 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 7AJ

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	140m
October 2023	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Harwood Close	140m
October 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	140m
➜ Harwood Hill crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7AJ

Sewells (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	34m
Sewells (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	59m
Digswell Road	Digswell Park	194m
Burycroft (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	200m
Shoplands (Ingles)	Digswell Park	296m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7AJ

Welwyn North Station	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 7AJ

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

Download

Median download speed	80.0Mbps
Average download speed	143.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	5.5Mbps
Average upload speed	8.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7AJ (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 7AJ

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Source: Ofcom
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AL8 7AJ gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	143,795
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,983
Median (kWh/meter)	10,336

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	37,535
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,412
Median (kWh/meter)	3,232

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

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Sewells Residential Home

6A Sewells

80m

Harwood Hill JMI and Nursery School

Harwood Close

199m

Lloyds Pharmacy

9 Shoplands

347m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Haymeads	17:00	12:00	184m
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	330m
Blythway/Fallowfield	17:30	11:30	403m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7AJ

Facility	Distance
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	221m
Digswell Playing Fields Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn Grass Pitches, Outdoor Tennis Courts, Sports Hall	653m
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	776m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7AJ

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG	Primary	142m
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	426m
St John's CofE Primary School Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0BX	Primary	746m

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AL8 7AJ ITL and AL8 7AJ 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 7AJ:

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 7AJ 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 7AJ:

	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 7AJ

AL8 7AH	Harwood Hill	39m
AL8 7AL	Byfield	85m
AL8 7AQ	Sewells	89m
AL8 7AN	Harwood Hill	94m
AL8 7AE	Haymeads	97m
AL8 7AG	Harwood Hill	141m
AL8 7ST	Harwood Close	148m
AL8 7AF	Harwood Hill	150m
AL8 7AD	Haymeads	164m
AL7 1UH	Archfield	183m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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