WD5 postcode district: Abbots Langley and Kings Langley and around, Hertfordshire

WD5 is a postcode district in Hertfordshire, with 261 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Abbots Langley and Kings Langley and Watford. It is split between 3 councils: Three Rivers (249 postcodes), St Albans (6) and Watford (6).

Postcodes in use
261
Sectors
2
Councils
3 councils
Places
2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in WD5, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in WD5, by flood risk Of the 261 postcodes in WD5 that ONS places, 261 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Abbots Langley and Kings Langley, Watford, Bushey, Rickmansworth, Chiswell Green, Bricket Wood. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A41A4251A412A411 WD5 0AA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AL: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0AY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BL: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0BY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0DZ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0ED: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0ER: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0EY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0FW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GL: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0GZ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HL: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0HY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JL: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0JZ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0LZ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0ND: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0NY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PL: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0PX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QL: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0QW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RW: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RX: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RY: not on the flood risk listWD5 0RZ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SA: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0SR: not on the flood risk listWD5 0ST: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TG: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TH: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TJ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TN: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TP: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TQ: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TS: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TT: not on the flood risk listWD5 0TU: not on the flood risk listWD5 0XB: not on the flood risk listWD5 0XD: not on the flood risk listWD5 0XE: not on the flood risk listWD5 0XF: not on the flood risk listWD5 0YX: not on the flood risk list Abbots Langley and Kings LangleyWatfordBusheyRickmansworthChiswell GreenBricket Wood Map of every postcode in WD5, by flood risk Of the 261 postcodes in WD5 that ONS places, 261 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Watford, Bricket Wood. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A4251A412A411 WatfordBricket Wood
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 261

Of the 261 postcodes in WD5 that ONS places, 261 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7034, longitude -0.4162. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

2 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

WD5 0SAWD5 0SB

What broadband can you get in WD5?

Ofcom reports on 253 of the 261 postcodes in WD5. At 213 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit213 of 253
Postcodes where every home can get superfast242 of 253

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is WD5 at risk of flooding?

None of the 261 postcodes in WD5 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in WD5?

Homes in WD5 sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 105 sales, up 6.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£470,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£440,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 6.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £885,500 20 sales
  • Semi-detached £561,000 24 sales
  • Terraced £425,000 42 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £245,000 19 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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

Postcodes in WD5

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

WD5 0256 postcodesWD5 55 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in WD5

Towns and villages with postcodes in WD5, and how many each has here.

Abbots Langley and Kings Langley postcodes,201Watford postcodes,26

Who covers WD5

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • South West Hertfordshire249
  • St Albans6
  • Watford6

Police force areas

  • Hertfordshire261

Next to WD5

WD4 postcode district WD6 postcode district All WD districts Abbots Langley and Kings Langley postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after WD5 in the WD area.

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