AL8 7RL maps, stats, and open data

AL8 7RL lies on Maidensfield in Welwyn Garden City. AL8 7RL 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 April 2005.

AL8 7RL maps

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

AL8 7RL 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 7RL geodata

Easting	523927
Northing	214454
Latitude	51.814986
Longitude	-0.203603

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is AL8 7RL?

Street	Maidensfield
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 7RL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of AL8 7RL 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 7RL

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Harwood Close	410m
January 2024	Burglary	On or near Fern Grove	488m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Fern Grove	488m
➜ Maidensfield crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to AL8 7RL

Shoplands (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	46m
Shoplands (Ingles)	Digswell Park	67m
Digswell Road	Digswell Park	233m
Knightsfield (Digswell Road)	Digswell Park	280m
Great Dell (Knightsfield)	Digswell Park	298m

Nearest railway stations to AL8 7RL

Welwyn North Station	1.2km
Welwyn Garden City Station	1.6km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for AL8 7RL

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

Download

Median download speed	78.1Mbps
Average download speed	77.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	14.8Mbps
Average upload speed	11.5Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in AL8 7RL (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 7RL

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Source: Ofcom
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AL8 7RL gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	186,084
Meter count	30
Mean (kWh/meter)	6,203
Median (kWh/meter)	6,248

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	50,377
Meter count	30
Mean (kWh/meter)	1,679
Median (kWh/meter)	1,473

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Lloyds Pharmacy

9 Shoplands

39m

The Co-operative Food

1-5 Shoplands

39m

The Hedgehog

Shoplands

39m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Shoplands P.o	17:00	12:00	57m
Haymeads	17:00	12:00	294m
Pentley Park	16:00	10:30	543m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to AL8 7RL

Facility	Distance
Harwood Hill Jmi School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	385m
Digswell Park Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Grass Pitches	475m
Monks Walk School Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City Swimming Pool, Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch, Sports Hall	763m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to AL8 7RL

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Kirklands, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF	Primary	212m
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG	Primary	312m
Templewood Primary School Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SD	Primary	678m

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AL8 7RL ITL and AL8 7RL 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 7RL:

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 7RL 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 7RL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00121666
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 7RL

AL8 7RJ	Knightsfield	40m
AL8 7RH	Shoplands	40m
AL8 7HE	Ingles	71m
AL8 7QG	Knightsfield	72m
AL8 7HH	Ingles	108m
AL8 7HL	Ingles	121m
AL8 7HJ	Picketts	134m
AL8 7QH	Summer Dale	163m
AL8 7RQ	Knightsfield	163m
AL8 7QN	Malmsdale	166m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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