| Postcode | AL2 1DR | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | St. Albans | 
| Nearest station | Radlett (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | Bell Lane Cottages (W) Colney Fields Retail Park (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 2 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.710854 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.284843 | |
| Easting | 518600 | |
| Northing | 202739 | |
| Grid reference | TL185027 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 687579 5732369 | |
| what3words | priced.pill.happen | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly magma scribe voltage | |
| Plus code | 9C3XPP68+83 | |
| Altitude | 74 metres (243 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:54 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:37 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 55.8 KMs (34.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Shenley | E04004765 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Shenley | E05012192 | 
| Local Authority District | Hertsmere | E07000098 | 
| County Electoral Division | Potters Bar West & Shenley | E58000655 | 
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| County | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Hertsmere | E14001284 | 
| MP | Sir Oliver Dowden | Conservative | 
| Police force | Hertfordshire | |
| Water company | Affinity Water | |
| Sewage company | Thames Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | South West Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 1999 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00119771 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Hertsmere 004C | E01023583 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Hertsmere 004C | E01023583 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Shenley & South Mimms | E02004899 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Shenley & South Mimms | E02004899 | 
| Travel to work area | London | E30000234 | 
| Average property price in St Albans | £541,094 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.5% |