AL8 7AP maps, stats, and open data

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

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

AL8 7AP 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 7AP geodata

Easting	524176
Northing	214207
Latitude	51.812711
Longitude	-0.200081

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7AP?

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 7AP Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7AP as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	100m	328ft

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 7AP

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	408m
October 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	408m
October 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	408m
➜ Harwood Hill crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7AP

Burycroft (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	66m
Burycroft (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	76m
Harwood Hill (Knightsfield)	Welwyn Garden City	140m
Harwood Hill (Knightsfield)	Welwyn Garden City	155m
Knightsfield (Digswell Road)	Digswell Park	168m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7AP

Welwyn North Station	1.3km
Welwyn Garden City Station	1.3km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7AP

Broadband access in AL8 7AP (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	92.1%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	92.1%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	92.1%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in AL8 7AP (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	50.0Mbps
Average download speed	70.9Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	2.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7AP (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	7.9%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7AP

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AL8 7AP gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	347,199
Meter count	38
Mean (kWh/meter)	9,137
Median (kWh/meter)	8,102

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	92,818
Meter count	33
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,813
Median (kWh/meter)	2,456

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Sewells Residential Home

6A Sewells

347m

Lloyds Pharmacy

9 Shoplands

363m

The Co-operative Food

1-5 Shoplands

363m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Haymeads	17:00	12:00	98m
Lodge Field	17:30	12:00	314m
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	361m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7AP

Facility	Distance
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	468m
Orchard Lawn Tennis Club Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City Sports Hall, Outdoor Tennis Courts	612m
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	826m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7AP

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG	Primary	368m
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	525m
Templewood Primary School Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SD	Primary	697m

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AL8 7AP ITL and AL8 7AP 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 7AP:

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 7AP 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 7AP:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121669
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 7AP

AL8 7AA	Harwood Hill	49m
AL8 7AW	Burycroft	78m
AL8 7AB	Pippens	81m
AL8 7HA	Knightsfield	104m
AL8 7HB	Knightsfield	127m
AL8 7JE	Knightsfield	159m
AL8 7AN	Harwood Hill	178m
AL8 7AD	Haymeads	186m
AL8 7AL	Byfield	197m
AL8 7HW	Greenfield	204m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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