| Postcode | SG5 1DT | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin | 
| Nearest station | Hitchin (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Bancroft (S) 
ASDA (NE) 
Grammar School Walk (SE) 
Bridge Street (S) 
ASDA (S) 
St Mary's Square (N) 
                     | 
                  
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 18 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       19 Market Place, Hitchin 
                            27A Market Place, Hitchin 
                       | 
                  
| Main property type | Flat | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.94714 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.278914 | |
| Easting | 518389 | |
| Northing | 229026 | |
| Grid reference | TL183290 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 687007 5758656 | |
| what3words | fonts.milk.noisy | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magma smoked thicket | |
| Plus code | 9C3XWPWC+VC | |
| Altitude | 70 metres (230 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:02 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:29 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 70.4 KMs (43.7 miles) | 
| Parish | North Hertfordshire, unparished area | E43000232 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hitchin Priory | E05015765 | 
| Local Authority District | North Hertfordshire | E07000099 | 
| County Electoral Division | Hitchin South | E58000642 | 
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| County | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Hitchin | E14001289 | 
| MP | Alistair Strathern | Labour | 
| Police force | Hertfordshire | |
| Water company | Affinity Water | |
| Sewage company | Anglian 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) | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 2 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
                   | 
                |
| 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) | Hitchin | E63011149 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00169667 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 2C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | North Hertfordshire 012F | E01023616 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Hertfordshire 012F | E01023616 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Hitchin Town & West | E02004920 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hitchin Town & West | E02004920 | 
| Travel to work area | Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City | E30000272 | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Market Place, Hitchin | Other (freehold) | Nov 2024 | £997,000 | 
| 27A Market Place, Hitchin | Flat (leasehold) | Mar 2019 | £133,000 |