| Postcode | SG5 1LD |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin |
| Nearest station | Hitchin (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Hermitage Road (SE)
Bancroft (S)
Bancroft (N)
The Phoenix PH (SW)
The Phoenix PH (NE)
St Mary's Square (S)
|
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.950486 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.277142 | |
| Easting | 518502 | |
| Northing | 229401 | |
| Grid reference | TL185294 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 687114 5759033 | |
| what3words | wonderfully.homes.puts | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magma snooper unhinge | |
| Plus code | 9C3XXP2F+54 | |
| Altitude | 68 metres (223 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:55 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 70.6 KMs (43.8 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | North and East Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | September 1991 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1992 |
| 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 |
| 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) | Hitchin | E63011149 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00169665 | |
| 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 |
| Average property price in Stevenage | £395,224 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% |