| Postcode | SG5 2JD | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin | 
| Nearest station | Hitchin (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Moormead Close (SW) West Hill (NW) Mattocke Road (SW) Fishponds Road (S) Football Club (W) Fishponds Road (N) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.949757 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.288811 | |
| Easting | 517702 | |
| Northing | 229301 | |
| Grid reference | TL177293 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 686316 5758922 | |
| what3words | unless.live.woke | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magma snarl urologist | |
| Plus code | 9C3XWPX6+WF | |
| Altitude | 85 metres (280 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:55 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 71.1 KMs (44.2 miles) | 
| Parish | North Hertfordshire, unparished area | E43000232 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hitchin Oughton | E05015764 | 
| 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 | August 1993 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1995 | 
| 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 | |
| Built up area (2024) | Hitchin | E63011149 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00119939 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B1 | |
| 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% |