AL8 7DS maps, stats, and open data

AL8 7DS lies on The Links in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 7DS 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 1980.

AL8 7DS maps

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

AL8 7DS map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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AL8 7DS geodata

Easting	522786
Northing	212633
Latitude	51.798873
Longitude	-0.220792

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7DS?

Street	The Links
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 7DS Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7DS 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 7DS

June 2022	Other theft	On or near Handside Close	317m
June 2022	Vehicle crime	On or near Handside Close	317m
June 2022	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Farm Close	455m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7DS

Applecroft Road (Valley Road)	Welwyn Garden City	35m
Applecroft Road (Valley Road)	Welwyn Garden City	54m
Youngs Rise (Valley Road)	Welwyn Garden City	225m
Youngs Rise (Valley Road)	Welwyn Garden City	281m
Lemsford Corner (Valley Road)	Welwyn Garden City	282m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7DS

Welwyn Garden City Station	1.2km
Welwyn North Station	3.4km
Hatfield (Herts) Station	3.9km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7DS

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

Download

Median download speed	150.0Mbps
Average download speed	163.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	15.0Mbps
Average upload speed	15.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7DS (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%

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AL8 7DS gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	297,339
Meter count	13
Mean (kWh/meter)	22,872
Median (kWh/meter)	24,432

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	41,910
Meter count	9
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,657
Median (kWh/meter)	4,433

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

0.7% of English postcodes are less deprived than AL8 7DS:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Dolce Ltd - Applecroft Primary

Applecroft Primary School

225m

Jousters at Applecroft

Applecroft Primary School

225m

Welwyn Garden City Golf Club Ltd

Mannicotts

384m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Applecroft Road	17:30	12:00	110m
Valley Road	16:45	11:45	262m
Meadow Green	17:30	11:45	327m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7DS

Facility	Distance
Applecroft School Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City Sports Hall, Outdoor Tennis Courts, Grass Pitches	226m
Welwyn Garden City Golf Club Mannicotts, Welwyn Garden City Golf	383m
Dellcott Family Tennis Club Dognell Green, Welwyn Garden City Outdoor Tennis Courts	580m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7DS

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Applecroft School Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JZ	Primary	226m
Lakeside School Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YN	Not applicable	792m
St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford Lemsford Village, St John's C of E Primary School, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TR	Primary	911m

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AL8 7DS ITL and AL8 7DS 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 7DS:

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 7DS 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 7DS:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121436
LSOA	E01023919	Welwyn Hatfield 006D
MSOA	E02004985	Welwyn Hatfield 006

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to AL8 7DS

AL8 6LB	Applecroft Road	123m
AL8 7DR	Valley Road	162m
AL8 7DP	Valley Road	165m
AL8 6RY	Elm Gardens	174m
AL8 6RX	Elm Gardens	179m
AL8 6LA	Applecroft Road	192m
AL8 6JZ	Applecroft Road	226m
AL8 7BW	Mannicotts	237m
AL8 6LE	Elmwood	237m
AL8 6LG	Attimore Road	244m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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