Latitude: 51.8015 / 51°48'5"N
Longitude: -0.1869 / 0°11'12"W
OS Eastings: 525111
OS Northings: 212985
OS Grid: TL251129
Mapcode National: GBR J98.1KL
Mapcode Global: VHGPD.QZ1B
Plus Code: 9C3XRR27+J6
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91vt72
What Three Birds: stint.chiffchaff.nightingale
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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AL7 1BQ is a large user postcode in Welwyn Garden City. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'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:
Sika Ltd, Watchmead, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1BQ.
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.
Commercial rateable values range from £24,750 to £362,500 with an average of £132,875. The most common recorded business types are Warehouse and Factory.
Welwyn Garden City is a town, which had a population of 48,380 in the 2011 census.
AL7 1BQ is in the Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust.
AL7 1BQ is approximately 83m (272ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing AL7 1BQ
7a2: Constrained City Dwellers - Challenged Diversity - Hampered Aspiration
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for AL7 1BQ
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
2/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near AL7 1BQ include Aldi, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of AL7 1BQ 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.
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
MP
Andrew Lewin (Labour)
County council electoral division
Haldens
Councillor
Sunny Thusu (Conservative)
District council ward
Haldens
Councillors
Astrid Scott (Labour)
Matthew Hobbs (Labour)
Lucy Musk (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for AL7 1BQ.
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Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
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