| Postcode | SG5 2FJ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin | 
| Nearest station | Hitchin (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.952727 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.307615 | |
| Easting | 516402 | |
| Northing | 229601 | |
| Grid reference | TL164296 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 685012 5759204 | |
| what3words | guises.backswing.finest | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magician snugly untrained | |
| Plus code | 9C3XXM3R+3X | |
| Altitude | 79 metres (260 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:55 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 72.2 KMs (44.9 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 | July 1995 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1996 | 
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00119938 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | North Hertfordshire 012E | E01023615 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Hertfordshire 012E | E01023615 | 
| 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% |