| Postcode | SG5 2QY | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin | 
| Nearest station | Hitchin (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Nutleigh Grove (SW) 
The Crescent (S) 
Fishponds Road (N) 
Kings Hedges (N) 
Fishponds Road (S) 
Nutleigh Grove (E) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 26 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 51.952601 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.289561 | |
| Easting | 517643 | |
| Northing | 229616 | |
| Grid reference | TL176296 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 686252 5759236 | |
| what3words | insert.rings.sculpture | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magma snowplow unneeded | |
| Plus code | 9C3XXP36+25 | |
| Altitude | 83 metres (274 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:02 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:29 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 71.3 KMs (44.3 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 | |
| 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 | 
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| 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) | 31 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 22 | |
| 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) | 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 |