Map of AL5 2JA postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode AL5 2JA
Post Town Harpenden
Nearest station Harpenden (0 km)
Bus stops
The George PH (NW)
Harpenden House Hotel (NW)
Harpenden Railway Station (SW)
Amenbury Lane (S)
Amenbury Lane (NW)
Harpenden House Hotel (SE)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 51.812226
Longitude -0.354954
Easting 513502
Northing 213901
Grid reference TL135139
UTM reference 30U 682327 5743462
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Plus code 9C3XRJ6W+V2
Altitude 110 metres (361 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:16
Sunset (today) 19:48
Distance away
Distance to sea 65.4 KMs (40.6 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishHarpenden TownE04013284
Ward Harpenden West E05013955
Local Authority District St Albans E07000240
County Electoral Division Harpenden South West E58000626
Local Authority Hertfordshire E10000015
County Hertfordshire E10000015
Constituency (2024) Harpenden and Berkhamsted E14001268
MPVictoria CollinsLiberal Democrat
Police forceHertfordshire
NUTS/ITL 3 South West Hertfordshire
NUTS/ITL 2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced June 1997
Date usage ended July 1997
Last updated September 2025
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
29,552 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£72,500
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)HarpendenE63011425
Census output area (2021)E00120354
Census output area (2011)5B1
Lower layer super output area (2021)St Albans 003CE01023701
Lower layer super output area (2011)St Albans 003CE01023701
Middle layer super output area (2021)Harpenden TownE02004926
Middle layer super output area (2011)Harpenden TownE02004926
Travel to work areaLutonE30000237
Property sales
Average property price in St Albans £541,962
Annual change -0.1%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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