AL8 6AH
a large user postcode in Welwyn Garden City
Coordinates
Latitude: 51.8059 / 51°48'21"N
Longitude: -0.2058 / 0°12'20"W
OS Eastings: 523801
OS Northings: 213442
OS Grid: TL238134
Location Encoding
Mapcode National: GBR J91.NT0
Mapcode Global: VHGPD.DV2Y
Plus Code: 9C3XRQ4V+9M
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91vt53
What Three Birds: swamphen.shearwater.wheatear
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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Summary
AL8 6AH 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:
Oaklands College, Welwyn Garden City Campus, the Campus, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6AH.
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 £11,500 to £280,000 with an average of £145,750. The most common recorded business types are College and Communication Station.
Welwyn Garden City is a town, which had a population of 48,380 in the 2011 census.
AL8 6AH is in the Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust.
AL8 6AH is approximately 103m (338ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing AL8 6AH
2c2: Cosmopolitans - Comfortable Cosmopolitans - Migrant Commuters
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for AL8 6AH
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 6AH include Aldi, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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- Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) near AL8 6AH at UPRN Data UK
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Councils, constituencies and elected representatives
Residents of AL8 6AH 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.
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
MP
Andrew Lewin (Labour)
Hertfordshire County Council
County council electoral division
Handside & Peartree
Councillor
Fiona Thomson (Conservative)
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
District council ward
Handside
Councillors
Gemma Moore (Liberal Democrats)
Michal Siewniak (Liberal Democrats)
Anthony Skottowe (Liberal Democrats)
Broadband Internet
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for AL8 6AH.
- Definitions
- Ultrafast: 300Mbit/s or greater
- Superfast: 30Mbit/s to less than 300Mbit/s
- Universal Service Obligation: Download speeds at or above 10Mbit/s and upload speeds at or above 1Mbit/s
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'.
Schools
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near AL8 6AH.
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