| Postcode | SG5 1RS | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin | 
| Nearest station | Hitchin (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | Hitchin Station (W) Hitchin Railway Station (N) Hitchin Railway Station (S) Hitchin Railway Station (E) Hitchin Railway Station (SE) Hitchin Railway Station (SW) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.954184 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.265692 | |
| Easting | 519279 | |
| Northing | 229831 | |
| Grid reference | TL192298 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 687886 5759474 | |
| what3words | goals.fakes.foal | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magma spectrum trespass | |
| Plus code | 9C3XXP3M+MP | |
| Altitude | 66 metres (217 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:55 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 70.3 KMs (43.7 miles) | 
| Parish | North Hertfordshire, unparished area | E43000232 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hitchin Bearton | E05015762 | 
| Local Authority District | North Hertfordshire | E07000099 | 
| County Electoral Division | Hitchin North | E58000640 | 
| 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 | February 2005 | 
|---|---|
| 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)
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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) | E00119879 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4C3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | North Hertfordshire 010B | E01023602 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Hertfordshire 010B | E01023602 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Hitchin Bearton | E02004918 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hitchin Bearton | E02004918 | 
| Travel to work area | Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City | E30000272 | 
| Average property price in Stevenage | £395,224 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% |