# AL8 7LJ: area report for a postcode in Welwyn Hatfield

AL8 7LJ is a postcode in Welwyn Hatfield.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield. Open the map at AL8 7LJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) › [AL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al8) › [AL8 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al8-7)

## Around this postcode

- **2 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 60% on July. Welwyn Hatfield 003A: 58 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **Welwyn Garden City, 1.1 km**: About 13 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 170 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **No property in AL8 7LJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Welwyn Hatfield 003A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **£448,681 average price**: For the whole of Welwyn Hatfield, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.4 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 820 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at AL8 7LJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **Low road and rail noise at AL8 7LJ**: Road 49 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ
- **11.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Templewood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/templewood-primary-school-e117174) | Primary | 170 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Homerswood Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/homerswood-primary-and-nursery-school-e117252) | Primary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harwood-hill-junior-mixed-infant-and-nursery-school-e117227) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Monk's Walk School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/monks-walk-school-e138632) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 47.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Knightsfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/knightsfield-school-e138485) | Special | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | – |
| [Applecroft School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/applecroft-school-e137943) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Peartree Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/peartree-primary-school-e148989) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-cofe-primary-school-e117460) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2025 | £900,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £945,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| November 2024 | £1,340,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| August 2023 | £1,270,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| October 2025 | £815,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| July 2026 | £1,397,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 250 m |
| December 2025 | £800,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 270 m |
| September 2025 | £894,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 270 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: JOHNS & KELYNACK PHARMACY (830 m); KNIGHTSFIELD PHARMACY (850 m)
- Dental practices: PARKWAY DENTAL SURGERY (730 m); DENTAL SURGERY (770 m); DENTAL BEAUTY WELWYN GARDEN CITY (940 m)
- Supermarkets: Waitrose Welwyn Garden City (820 m, Waitrose); Co-op Knightsfield (860 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Welwyn Garden City (1 km, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £448,681** (July 2026). Welwyn Hatfield’s average house price was £448,681 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £45,145** (2025). Full-time workers living in Welwyn Hatfield earned a median of £45,145 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 48th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.9×** (2025). A home in Welwyn Hatfield costs 9.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 56th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 13.9** (2025). Welwyn Hatfield has a deprivation score of 13.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 77th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Welwyn Hatfield 003A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 0.8** (2025). Welwyn Hatfield 003A has a deprivation score of 0.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £720,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Welwyn Hatfield 003A was £720,000 in 2025. Joint 1,394th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,349** (2021). Welwyn Hatfield 003A had 1,349 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,137th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.5%** (January 2026). In Welwyn Hatfield 003A, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## AL8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £495,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in AL8 was £495,000 in 2025. Joint 291st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 13,830** (2021). AL8 had 13,830 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 940th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 88%** (2022). About 88% of people in AL8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.6%** (January 2026). In AL8, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield)
- Centre: 51.8096, -0.2115

Council: [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/welwyn-hatfield): Andrew Lewin (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.2115,51.8096,AL87LJ

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