AL8 7RA maps, stats, and open data

AL8 7RA lies on Knightsfield in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 7RA 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 7RA maps

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

AL8 7RA 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 7RA geodata

Easting	523640
Northing	214668
Latitude	51.816979
Longitude	-0.207664

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7RA?

Street	Knightsfield
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 7RA Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7RA 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 7RA

January 2024	Burglary	On or near Fern Grove	366m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Fern Grove	366m
July 2023	Burglary	On or near Fern Grove	366m
➜ Knightsfield crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7RA

Oakdale (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	84m
Oakdale (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	123m
Monks Walk School (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	311m
Uplands	Digswell Park	323m
Shoplands (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	324m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7RA

Welwyn North Station	1.3km
Welwyn Garden City Station	1.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7RA

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

Download

Median download speed	100.0Mbps
Average download speed	127.8Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	19.5Mbps
Average upload speed	17.1Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.53Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7RA (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 7RA

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AL8 7RA gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	211,296
Meter count	17
Mean (kWh/meter)	12,429
Median (kWh/meter)	10,671

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	78,637
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	5,617
Median (kWh/meter)	4,401

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

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Digswell Park Sports Association

288 Knightsfield

288m

Afterskoolerz

Homerswood Primary And Nursery School

326m

Homerswood Primary and Nursery School

Kirklands

326m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Crossways	17:00	12:00	281m
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	365m
Monks Rise	17:00	12:00	377m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7RA

Facility	Distance
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	131m
Monks Walk School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Swimming Pool, Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch, Sports Hall	411m
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	606m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7RA

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	281m
Monk's Walk School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL	Secondary	410m
Knightsfield School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7LW	Not applicable	562m

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AL8 7RA ITL and AL8 7RA 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 7RA:

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 7RA 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 7RA:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121665
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 7RA

AL8 7QT	Oakdale	46m
AL8 7RB	Knightsfield	92m
AL8 7QU	Cherry Croft	102m
AL8 7QW	Oakdale	112m
AL8 7QZ	Oakdale	127m
AL8 7QS	Oakdale	150m
AL8 7NH	Knightsfield	159m
AL8 7QX	Oakdale	162m
AL8 7EA	The Firs	182m
AL8 7QL	Knightsfield	184m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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