| Postcode | AL7 4HH | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Welwyn, Welwyn Garden City | 
| Nearest station | Welwyn Garden City (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Howlands House (W) New QEII Hospital (NE) New QEII Hospital (SW) Sheepcote (SW) Sheepcote (NE) Thumbswood (SW) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.783327 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.184017 | |
| Easting | 525365 | |
| Northing | 210967 | |
| Grid reference | TL253109 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 694232 5740691 | |
| what3words | idea.steep.exist | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly magnesium strudel unable | |
| Plus code | 9C3XQRM8+89 | |
| Altitude | 76 metres (250 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:54 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 53.8 KMs (33.4 miles) | 
| Parish | Welwyn Hatfield, unparished area | E43000083 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Howlands | E05011066 | 
| Local Authority District | Welwyn Hatfield | E07000241 | 
| County Electoral Division | Welwyn Garden City South | E58000676 | 
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| County | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Welwyn Hatfield | E14001573 | 
| MP | Andrew Lewin | Labour | 
| Police force | Hertfordshire | |
| Water company | Affinity Water | |
| Sewage company | Thames Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | North and East Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 2002 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | June 2022 | 
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Welwyn Garden City | E63011463 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00190325 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Welwyn Hatfield 008D | E01023946 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Welwyn Hatfield 008D | E01023946 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Hall Grove | E02004987 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hall Grove | E02004987 | 
| Travel to work area | Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City | E30000272 | 
| Average property price in St Albans | £541,094 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.5% |