| Postcode | AL5 5EP | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Harpenden | 
| Nearest station | Harpenden (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Westfield Road (SE) 
Porters Hill (NW) 
Westfield Road (NW) 
The Red Cow PH (SW) 
Willow Way (NE) 
The Red Cow PH (NE) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 3 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 51.829055 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.345053 | |
| Easting | 514142 | |
| Northing | 215788 | |
| Grid reference | TL141157 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 682941 5745358 | |
| what3words | bricks.inform.snap | |
| FixPhrase | crisped magician shrubs thumb | |
| Plus code | 9C3XRMH3+JX | |
| Altitude | 92 metres (303 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:02 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:30 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 65.8 KMs (40.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Harpenden Town | E04013284 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Harpenden East | E05013952 | 
| Local Authority District | St Albans | E07000240 | 
| County Electoral Division | Harpenden North East | E58000624 | 
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| County | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Harpenden and Berkhamsted | E14001268 | 
| MP | Victoria Collins | Liberal Democrat | 
| 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 | May 1994 | 
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| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less 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 
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Harpenden | E63011425 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00120321 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | St Albans 001D | E01023693 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | St Albans 001D | E01023693 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Harpenden North | E02004924 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Harpenden North | E02004924 | 
| Travel to work area | Luton | E30000237 | 
| Average property price in St Albans | £544,917 | 
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| Annual change | 0.0% |