AL8 postcode district
AL8 holds 422 live postcodes around Welwyn Garden City, in Welwyn Hatfield.
Towns and villages with their centre in AL8
| # | Place | County / council | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welwyn Garden City | Hertfordshire | 51,505 |
Wards
| Name | Share of postcodes |
|---|---|
| Handside | 56% |
| Sherrards | 37% |
| Hatfield Villages | 6% |
| Peartree | 0% |
| Hatfield Central | 0% |
Westminster constituency
Every AL8 postcode falls in Welwyn Hatfield.
Deprivation
The middle postcode here sits in decile 7 of the English Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021-Census LSOAs), where decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods and 10 the least. 0% of this district's postcodes sit in the most deprived three deciles, 49% in the least deprived three.
Deprivation deciles describe the LSOA neighbourhood each postcode sits in, weighted by postcodes rather than by people, because the postcode file carries no population. A district where the deprived neighbourhoods are densely populated will read better here than it would per resident.
Neighbouring districts in the AL area
AL1 · AL2 · AL3 · AL4 · AL5 · AL6 · AL7 · AL9 · AL10
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcode data is the ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026 edition; counts are live postcodes with a usable location. Northern Ireland postcodes carry a separate licence and are not included; Scotland joins when the site's Scottish coverage does.