WD postcode area: Watford
The WD postcode area is known as the Watford area. It is every postcode that begins WD followed by a number. It has 12 districts and 7,405 postcodes in use, across 9 councils.
Homes in the WD area sold for a typical £490,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £370,000 in WD18 (Watford) to £717,500 in WD7 (Radlett).
For the town itself, see Watford postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 51.6613
Longitude -0.3898
This is the middle of the postcodes in the WD area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the WD area?
Homes in the WD area sold for a typical £490,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,398 sales, down 0.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £943,500 416 sales
- Semi-detached £600,000 670 sales
- Terraced £445,000 680 sales
- Flat or maisonette £290,000 632 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the WD districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- WD3 postcode district: RickmansworthThree Rivers, Buckinghamshire, Hillingdon, Watford 1,281 postcodes Typical price£639,000 Gigabit, every home981 of 1,208 At flood risk120 of 1,281
- WD4 postcode district: Abbots Langley and Kings LangleyDacorum, Three Rivers, Watford 373 postcodes Typical price£600,000 Gigabit, every home206 of 354 At flood risk22 of 373
- WD5 postcode district: Abbots Langley and Kings LangleyThree Rivers, St Albans, Watford 261 postcodes Typical price£470,000 Gigabit, every home213 of 253 At flood riskNone listed
- WD6 postcode district: BorehamwoodHertsmere, Barnet 1,075 postcodes Typical price£448,000 Gigabit, every home800 of 1,022 At flood risk6 of 1,075
- WD7 postcode district: RadlettHertsmere, St Albans 428 postcodes Typical price£717,500 Gigabit, every home236 of 405 At flood risk26 of 428
- WD17 postcode district: WatfordWatford 572 postcodes Typical price£417,000 Gigabit, every home471 of 545 At flood risk26 of 572
- WD18 postcode district: WatfordWatford, Three Rivers 714 postcodes Typical price£370,000 Gigabit, every home528 of 595 At flood risk17 of 714
- WD19 postcode district: WatfordThree Rivers, Watford, Hertsmere 693 postcodes Typical price£462,000 Gigabit, every home651 of 678 At flood risk35 of 693
- WD23 postcode district: BusheyHertsmere, Watford, Harrow 769 postcodes Typical price£550,000 Gigabit, every home625 of 733 At flood risk42 of 769
- WD24 postcode district: WatfordWatford 531 postcodes Typical price£421,250 Gigabit, every home462 of 515 At flood risk6 of 531
- WD25 postcode district: WatfordWatford, Hertsmere, Three Rivers, St Albans 687 postcodes Typical price£495,500 Gigabit, every home513 of 668 At flood risk10 of 687
- WD99 postcode district: WatfordWatford 21 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the WD area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the WD area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the WD area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Watford2,460 postcodes
- Hertsmere2,347 postcodes
- Three Rivers2,316 postcodes
- Dacorum210 postcodes
- St Albans37 postcodes
- Buckinghamshire20 postcodes
- Hillingdon9 postcodes
- Harrow3 postcodes
- Barnet2 postcodes
Near the WD area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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