| Postcode | SG5 3RJ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin | 
| Nearest station | Hitchin (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | Royal Oak Lane (E) High Street (NE) Royal Oak Lane (W) High Street (SW) War Memorial (NE) Motte & Bailey PH (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.975114 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.32941 | |
| Easting | 514847 | |
| Northing | 232056 | |
| Grid reference | TL148320 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 683423 5761638 | |
| what3words | petulant.family.bulge | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magician stinking thesaurus | |
| Plus code | 9C3XXMGC+26 | |
| Altitude | 68 metres (223 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:55 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 75 KMs (46.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Pirton | E04004789 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Offa | E05015774 | 
| Local Authority District | North Hertfordshire | E07000099 | 
| County Electoral Division | Hitchin Rural | E58000641 | 
| 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 | June 1996 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | August 1997 | 
| 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) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Pirton | E63011102 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00120122 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | North Hertfordshire 014F | E01023653 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Hertfordshire 014F | E01023653 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Ickleford, Great Offley & Whitwell | E02004922 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Ickleford, Great Offley & Whitwell | E02004922 | 
| Travel to work area | Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City | E30000272 | 
| Average property price in Stevenage | £395,224 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% |