Latitude: 51.6508 / 51°39'2"N
Longitude: -0.4241 / 0°25'26"W
OS Eastings: 509125
OS Northings: 195842
OS Grid: TQ091958
Mapcode National: GBR 2L.RR8
Mapcode Global: VHFSL.LRNW
Plus Code: 9C3XMH2G+89
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91sp96
What Three Birds: bunting.eider.kestrel
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
WD18 8AL is a large user postcode in Watford. It was first introduced in July 2013.
'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:
Big Yellow Self Storage, 1 Ascot Road, Watford WD18 8AL.
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 £302,500 to £330,000 with an average of £316,250. The most common recorded business types are Hotel, Restaurant and Warehouse.
Watford is a town, which had a population of 131,982 in the 2011 census.
WD18 8AL is in the Luton travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust.
WD18 8AL is approximately 57m (187ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing WD18 8AL
3d1: Ethnicity Central - Aspirational Techies - New EU Tech Workers
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for WD18 8AL
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
3/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
4/10 (Low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near WD18 8AL include Asda, Costcutter, Iceland, Waitrose, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of WD18 8AL 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
Watford Borough Council
Ward
Holywell
Councillors
Nigel Bell (Labour)
Favour Ezeifedi (Labour)
Matt Turmaine (Labour)
County Council
Hertfordshire
Electoral Division
West Watford
County Councillor
Nigel Bell (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Watford
MP
Dean Russell (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for WD18 8AL.
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'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near WD18 8AL.
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