Latitude: 51.8042 / 51°48'15"N
Longitude: -0.2054 / 0°12'19"W
OS Eastings: 523834
OS Northings: 213251
OS Grid: TL238132
Mapcode National: GBR J91.WCZ
Mapcode Global: VHGPD.DX88
Plus Code: 9C3XRQ3V+MR
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91vt53
What Three Birds: rook.plover.parula
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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AL8 6WX is a large user postcode in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. It was first introduced in February 2005.
This is a special postcode allocated to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council for the purpose of returning Postal Votes related to specific electoral wards.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Council Offices, the Campus, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6WX.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Welwyn Garden City is a town, which had a population of 48,380 in the 2011 census.
AL8 6WX is in the Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust.
AL8 6WX is approximately 95m (312ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing AL8 6WX
2c2: Cosmopolitans - Comfortable Cosmopolitans - Migrant Commuters
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for AL8 6WX
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
8/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near AL8 6WX include Aldi, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of AL8 6WX are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Ward
Handside
Councillors
Fiona Thomson (Conservative)
Michal Siewniak (Liberal Democrat)
Gemma Moore (Liberal Democrat)
County Council
Hertfordshire
Electoral Division
Handside and Peartree
County Councillor
Fiona Thomson (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
MP
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
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