AL8 7EA maps, stats, and open data

AL8 7EA lies on The Firs in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 7EA 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 7EA maps

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

AL8 7EA 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 7EA geodata

Easting	523458
Northing	214663
Latitude	51.816968
Longitude	-0.210329

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7EA?

Street	The Firs
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 7EA Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7EA 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 7EA

June 2022	Burglary	On or near Summer Dale	365m
May 2022	Violence and sexual offences	On or near The Firs	55m
May 2022	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Cherry Croft	164m
➜ The Firs crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7EA

Oakdale (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	89m
Oakdale (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	105m
Uplands	Digswell Park	141m
Monks Walk School (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	273m
Monks Walk School (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	334m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7EA

Welwyn North Station	1.5km
Welwyn Garden City Station	1.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7EA

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

Download

Median download speed	70.0Mbps
Average download speed	74.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	7.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7EA (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 7EA

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AL8 7EA gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	101,438
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	7,246
Median (kWh/meter)	8,182

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	25,520
Meter count	13
Mean (kWh/meter)	1,963
Median (kWh/meter)	1,490

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

7.7% of English postcodes are less deprived than AL8 7EA:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Digswell Park Sports Association

288 Knightsfield

250m

Monks Walk School

Knightsfield

332m

Afterskoolerz

Homerswood Primary And Nursery School

508m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Crossways	17:00	12:00	170m
Monks Rise	17:00	12:00	492m
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	531m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7EA

Facility	Distance
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	182m
Monks Walk School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Swimming Pool, Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch, Sports Hall	332m
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	788m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7EA

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Monk's Walk School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL	Secondary	331m
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	463m
Knightsfield School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7LW	Not applicable	564m

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AL8 7EA ITL and AL8 7EA 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 7EA:

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 7EA 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 7EA:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121664
LSOA	E01023962	Welwyn Hatfield 003D
MSOA	E02004982	Welwyn Hatfield 003

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to AL8 7EA

AL8 7NH	Knightsfield	58m
AL8 7QS	Oakdale	73m
AL8 7EB	Crossway	76m
AL8 7EF	Monkswood	79m
AL8 7EP	Monkswood	120m
AL8 7QX	Oakdale	120m
AL8 7EG	Monkswood	134m
AL8 7QT	Oakdale	147m
AL8 7RA	Knightsfield	182m
AL8 7QR	Cornmead	193m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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