AL8 7HJ maps, stats, and open data

AL8 7HJ lies on Picketts in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 7HJ 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 7HJ maps

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

AL8 7HJ 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 7HJ geodata

Easting	524020
Northing	214357
Latitude	51.814100
Longitude	-0.202266

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
Licence: Open Government Licence

Where is AL8 7HJ?

Street	Picketts
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 7HJ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7HJ 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 7HJ

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	375m
October 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	375m
October 2023	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Harwood Close	375m
➜ Picketts crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7HJ

Shoplands (Ingles)	Digswell Park	102m
Shoplands (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	168m
Knightsfield (Digswell Road)	Digswell Park	171m
Burycroft (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	180m
Great Dell (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	216m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7HJ

Welwyn North Station	1.3km
Welwyn Garden City Station	1.5km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7HJ

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

Download

Median download speed	70.0Mbps
Average download speed	94.6Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.0Mbps
Average upload speed	1.1Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.29Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7HJ (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 7HJ

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Source: Ofcom
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AL8 7HJ gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	284,389
Meter count	20
Mean (kWh/meter)	14,219
Median (kWh/meter)	11,323

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	53,765
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,360
Median (kWh/meter)	2,891

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Lloyds Pharmacy

9 Shoplands

151m

The Co-operative Food

1-5 Shoplands

151m

The Hedgehog

Shoplands

151m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	152m
Haymeads	17:00	12:00	168m
Lodge Field	17:30	12:00	529m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7HJ

Facility	Distance
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	386m
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	610m
Orchard Lawn Tennis Club Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City Sports Hall, Outdoor Tennis Courts	699m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7HJ

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG	Primary	291m
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	324m
Templewood Primary School Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SD	Primary	660m

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Source: Edubase
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AL8 7HJ ITL and AL8 7HJ 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 7HJ:

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 7HJ 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 7HJ:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121670
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 7HJ

AL8 7HW	Greenfield	93m
AL8 7HE	Ingles	98m
AL8 7HL	Ingles	104m
AL8 7HH	Ingles	119m
AL8 7AD	Haymeads	123m
AL8 7RL	Maidensfield	134m
AL8 7RJ	Knightsfield	139m
AL8 7HN	Warren Dale	149m
AL8 7AB	Pippens	151m
AL8 7RH	Shoplands	155m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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