Shenley

Shenley is covered by postcode district WD7. It is in the Hertsmere council area, Hertfordshire.

Typical price £588,000 Homes sold in Shenley, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 81 of 101 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Shenley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shenley, by flood risk Of the 103 postcodes in Shenley that ONS places, 103 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shenley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. WD7 9AB: not on the flood risk listWD7 9AD: not on the flood risk listWD7 9AE: not on the flood risk listWD7 9AH: not on the flood risk listWD7 9AJ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9AQ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9AR: not on the flood risk listWD7 9AS: not on the flood risk listWD7 9AT: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BH: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BL: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BN: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BP: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BS: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BT: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BU: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BW: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BX: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BY: not on the flood risk listWD7 9BZ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DA: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DB: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DD: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DE: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DF: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DG: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DH: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DJ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DL: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DN: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DP: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DQ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DR: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DS: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DT: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DU: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DW: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DX: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DY: not on the flood risk listWD7 9DZ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EA: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EB: not on the flood risk listWD7 9ED: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EE: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EF: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EG: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EH: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EJ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EL: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EN: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EP: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EQ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9ER: not on the flood risk listWD7 9ES: not on the flood risk listWD7 9ET: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EU: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EW: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EX: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EY: not on the flood risk listWD7 9EZ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9FD: not on the flood risk listWD7 9GA: not on the flood risk listWD7 9GZ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9HT: not on the flood risk listWD7 9HU: not on the flood risk listWD7 9HX: not on the flood risk listWD7 9HY: not on the flood risk listWD7 9HZ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JA: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JB: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JD: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JE: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JF: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JG: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JH: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JJ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JN: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JP: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JQ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JR: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JS: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JT: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JU: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JW: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JX: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JY: not on the flood risk listWD7 9JZ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LA: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LB: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LD: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LE: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LF: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LG: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LH: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LJ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LL: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LN: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LP: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LQ: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LR: not on the flood risk listWD7 9LU: not on the flood risk listWD7 9NE: not on the flood risk listWD7 9RH: not on the flood risk list Shenley Map of every postcode in Shenley, by flood risk Of the 103 postcodes in Shenley that ONS places, 103 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shenley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Shenley
  • 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: 103

Of the 103 postcodes in Shenley that ONS places, 103 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6937, longitude -0.2858. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

What is it like to live in Shenley?

Homes sold for a typical £588,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 81 of the 101 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 103 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Red House Group, 2.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Radlett, 2.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Shenley?

Homes in Shenley sold for a typical £588,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 38 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £538,250 from 40 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£588,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£538,250 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £855,000 13 sales
  • Semi-detached £572,500 14 sales
  • Terraced £472,500 11 sales

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

Across the whole WD7 district, Shenley's main postcode district: a typical £766,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shenley: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Shenley?

None of the 103 postcodes now in use in Shenley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 40 homes sold in Shenley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WD7 district, 7%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ShenleyAcross the WD7 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 38 (0%) 0 of 128 (0%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 40 (0%) 12 of 174 (7%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Shenley?

Ofcom reports on 101 of the 103 postcodes in Shenley. At 81 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit81 of 101
Postcodes where every home can get superfast96 of 101

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.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Shenley at risk of flooding?

None of the 103 postcodes in Shenley 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Shenley?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Shenley. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Shenley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shenley is Radlett Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Radlett Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Elstree & Borehamwood Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • How Wood (Herts) Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Shenley?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Shenley. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Shenley safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 255 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shenley over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 15 September 2025
  2. 28 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 12 December 2025
  5. 21 January 2026
  6. 19 February 2026
  7. 24 March 2026
  8. 24 April 2026
  9. 8 May 2026
  10. 24 June 2026
  11. 32 July 2026
  12. 31 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences109 reports
Anti-social behaviour58 reports
Public order16 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Other theft16 reports
Vehicle crime13 reports
Burglary11 reports
Drugs8 reports

Also: shoplifting 3, theft from the person 3, possession of weapons 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Shenley?

District, borough or city council
Hertsmere
County council
Hertfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Hertsmere
Police force area
Hertfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative)

All 103 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Shenley

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Shenley postcodes

103 postcodes in use in Shenley, by district:

WD7 postcode district,103 postcodes

That district is in the WD postcode area.

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Places near Shenley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shenley's £588,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Radlett2.6 km, £917,500London Colney3.3 km, £420,000Borehamwood4.0 km, £441,500Park Street and Frogmore4.7 km, £405,500Chiswell Green5.7 km, £687,500Elstree5.8 km, £455,000Bricket Wood5.9 km, £615,000Welham Green6.7 km, £510,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Shenley

What is the postcode for Shenley?
Postcode district WD7, with 103 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Shenley in?
Hertsmere, with Hertfordshire as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Shenley?
Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative), for Hertsmere. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Shenley?
A typical £588,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 38 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Shenley?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Shenley Primary School and Clore Shalom School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Hertswood Academy, 3.3 km away. Source: Department for Education.
Does Shenley have a railway station?
The nearest is Radlett station, 2.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Shenley?
Ofcom reports on 101 of the 103 postcodes in Shenley. At 81 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Shenley at risk of flooding?
None of the 103 postcodes in Shenley 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. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Shenley?
None of the 103 postcodes now in use in Shenley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 40 homes sold in Shenley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WD7 district, 7%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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