AL8 7RG maps, stats, and open data

AL8 7RG lies on Hitherway in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 7RG 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 7RG maps

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

AL8 7RG 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 7RG geodata

Easting	523979
Northing	214692
Latitude	51.817113
Longitude	-0.202764

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7RG?

Street	Hitherway
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 7RG Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7RG 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	Sherrards
Constituency	Welwyn Hatfield

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of AL8 7RG

January 2024	Burglary	On or near Fern Grove	265m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Fern Grove	265m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	349m
➜ Hitherway crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7RG

Digswell Road	Digswell Park	199m
Shoplands (Ingles)	Digswell Park	236m
Shoplands (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	260m
Sewells (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	347m
Sewells (Harwood Hill)	Welwyn Garden City	373m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7RG

Welwyn North Station	1km
Welwyn Garden City Station	1.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7RG

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

Download

Median download speed	88.5Mbps
Average download speed	112.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	19.3Mbps
Average upload speed	12.3Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7RG (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 7RG

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AL8 7RG gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	147,595
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	12,300
Median (kWh/meter)	11,128

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	44,319
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,029
Median (kWh/meter)	3,964

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

33.3% of English postcodes are less deprived than AL8 7RG:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Knightsfield Preschoolers

Knightsfield Pre-School

40m

Afterskoolerz

Homerswood Primary And Nursery School

41m

Homerswood Primary and Nursery School

Kirklands

41m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	195m
Monks Rise	17:00	12:00	354m
Haymeads	17:00	12:00	436m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7RG

Facility	Distance
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	268m
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	401m
Monks Walk School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Swimming Pool, Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch, Sports Hall	667m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7RG

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	64m
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG	Primary	264m
Monk's Walk School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL	Secondary	667m

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AL8 7RG ITL and AL8 7RG 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 7RG:

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 7RG 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 7RG:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121662
LSOA	E01023960	Welwyn Hatfield 003B
MSOA	E02004982	Welwyn Hatfield 003

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to AL8 7RG

AL8 7RF	Kirklands	40m
AL8 7HF	Ingles	67m
AL8 7RD	Kirklands	89m
AL8 7HG	Ingles	140m
AL8 7RQ	Knightsfield	146m
AL8 7HQ	Ashcombe	161m
AL8 7QL	Knightsfield	180m
AL8 7RH	Shoplands	204m
AL8 7QN	Malmsdale	212m
AL8 7HH	Ingles	224m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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