| Postcode | AL9 6JB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hatfield | 
| Nearest station | Bayford (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 19 View | 
| Known addresses | Bedewell Lodge Cottage, Cucumber Lane, Essendon Bedwell Lodge, Cucumber Lane, Essendon Cucumber Hall Barn, Cucumber Lane, Essendon Essenwell Cottage, Cucumber Lane, Essendon Well Cottage, Cucumber Lane, Essendon | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses |  | 
| Latitude | 51.747762 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.150561 | |
| Easting | 527773 | |
| Northing | 207070 | |
| Grid reference | TL277070 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 696694 5736826 | |
| what3words | hears.spite.chip | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly magnesium smokiness veto | |
| Plus code | 9C3XPRXX+4Q | |
| Altitude | 111 metres (365 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:54 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 49.7 KMs (30.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Essendon | E04004818 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Brookmans Park and Little Heath | E05011058 | 
| Local Authority District | Welwyn Hatfield | E07000241 | 
| County Electoral Division | Hatfield Rural | E58000629 | 
| 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 | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| Population (2011) | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| 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 village | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00121480 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Welwyn Hatfield 011B | E01023925 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Welwyn Hatfield 011B | E01023925 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Hatfield East | E02004990 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hatfield East | E02004990 | 
| Travel to work area | Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City | E30000272 | 
| Average property price in St Albans | £541,094 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.5% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Essenwell Cottage, Cucumber Lane, Essendon | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2022 | £985,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 1995 | £251,500 | |
| Well Cottage, Cucumber Lane, Essendon | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £1,425,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2007 | £795,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 2001 | £475,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 2000 | £473,355 | |
| Cucumber Hall Barn, Cucumber Lane, Essendon | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2013 | £125,000 | 
| Bedwell Lodge, Cucumber Lane, Essendon | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2010 | £2,500,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 2001 | £1,330,000 | |
| Bedewell Lodge Cottage, Cucumber Lane, Essendon | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2005 | £490,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2001 | £330,000 |