Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead is covered by postcode district AL4. It is in the St Albans council area, Hertfordshire.

Typical price £630,000 Homes sold in Wheathampstead, last 12 months. ▲ 0.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 109 of 127 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 10 of 127 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 28 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wheathampstead, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wheathampstead, by flood risk Of the 127 postcodes in Wheathampstead that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 117 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wheathampstead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. AL4 8AD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AE: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AF: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AH: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AJ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AL: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AN: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AP: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AQ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AR: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AS: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AT: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AU: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AW: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AX: not on the flood risk listAL4 8AY: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BA: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BB: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BE: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BH: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BJ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BL: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BN: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BP: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BQ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BT: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BW: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BX: not on the flood risk listAL4 8BY: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DA: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DB: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DE: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DJ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DL: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DN: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DP: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DW: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DX: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DY: not on the flood risk listAL4 8DZ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8FD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8FE: not on the flood risk listAL4 8FF: not on the flood risk listAL4 8FG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8FH: not on the flood risk listAL4 8FL: not on the flood risk listAL4 8FN: not on the flood risk listAL4 8GD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8HA: not on the flood risk listAL4 8JN: not on the flood risk listAL4 8JZ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8ND: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NH: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NN: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NP: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NQ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NR: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NS: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NT: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NU: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NW: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NX: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NY: not on the flood risk listAL4 8NZ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PA: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PB: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PE: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PF: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PL: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PP: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PR: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PS: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PU: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PW: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PX: not on the flood risk listAL4 8PZ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QA: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QB: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QE: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QF: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QH: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QJ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QL: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QQ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8QZ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8RA: not on the flood risk listAL4 8RB: not on the flood risk listAL4 8RD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8RE: not on the flood risk listAL4 8RG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TA: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TB: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TD: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TE: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TF: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TG: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TH: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TJ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TL: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TN: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TP: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TQ: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TR: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TS: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TT: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TU: not on the flood risk listAL4 8TW: not on the flood risk listAL4 8JJ: very low flood risk onlyAL4 8DF: low flood risk at worstAL4 8SB: low flood risk at worstAL4 8AA: high flood riskAL4 8BS: high flood riskAL4 8BU: high flood riskAL4 8BZ: high flood riskAL4 8DT: high flood riskAL4 8FJ: high flood riskAL4 8NJ: high flood risk Wheathampstead 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to AL4 8DT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Wheathampstead, by flood risk Of the 127 postcodes in Wheathampstead that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 117 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wheathampstead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Wheathampstead
  • A home or business at high risk: 7
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 117
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 127 postcodes in Wheathampstead that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 117 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.8106, longitude -0.2928. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

AL4 8DT11 at high riskAL4 8AA8 at high riskAL4 8BU5 at high riskAL4 8BS1 at high riskAL4 8BZ1 at high riskAL4 8FJ1 at high riskAL4 8NJ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. AL4 8DT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Wheathampstead?

Homes sold for a typical £630,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 109 of the 127 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 28 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 10 of its 127 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Elms Medical Practice, 4.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Harpenden, 4.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Wheathampstead?

Homes in Wheathampstead sold for a typical £630,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 47 sales, up 0.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£630,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£627,475 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £962,500 17 sales
  • Semi-detached £705,000 9 sales
  • Terraced £469,167 14 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £350,000 7 sales

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

Across the whole AL4 district, Wheathampstead's main postcode district: a typical £640,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wheathampstead: 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

Are new homes being built in Wheathampstead?

1 of the 127 postcodes now in use in Wheathampstead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 64 homes sold in Wheathampstead were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the AL4 district, 3%.

The newest postcodes

AL4 8FNsince June 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn WheathampsteadAcross the AL4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 47 (0%) 10 of 305 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 64 (0%) 10 of 390 (3%)

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Wheathampstead?

Ofcom reports on 127 of the 127 postcodes in Wheathampstead. At 109 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit109 of 127
Postcodes where every home can get superfast119 of 127

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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Wheathampstead at risk of flooding?

10 of the 127 postcodes in Wheathampstead have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 28 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 10 of 127 postcodes High: 28Low: 40Very low: 21

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

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

Which schools are in Wheathampstead?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Wheathampstead. 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.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Wheathampstead?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wheathampstead is Harpenden Rail Station, 4.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Harpenden Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
  • Welwyn Garden City Rail Station Railway station 6.2 kmDrive
  • Welwyn North Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive

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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Wheathampstead?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Wheathampstead. 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

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Wheathampstead safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 295 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wheathampstead 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. 20 September 2025
  2. 33 October 2025
  3. 21 November 2025
  4. 19 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 13 February 2026
  7. 31 March 2026
  8. 30 April 2026
  9. 29 May 2026
  10. 22 June 2026
  11. 26 July 2026
  12. 34 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences111 reports
Anti-social behaviour69 reports
Criminal damage and arson37 reports
Other theft22 reports
Vehicle crime16 reports
Public order13 reports
Other crime8 reports
Burglary6 reports

Also: drugs 5, shoplifting 3, robbery 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 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.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Wheathampstead?

District, borough or city council
St Albans
County council
Hertfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Police force area
Hertfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat)

All 127 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Wheathampstead

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Wheathampstead postcodes

127 postcodes in use in Wheathampstead, by district:

AL4 postcode district,127 postcodes

That district is in the AL postcode area.

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Places near Wheathampstead

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wheathampstead's £630,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Harpenden4.1 km, £790,000Welwyn5.7 km, £470,000Codicote5.8 km, £392,500St Albans6.7 km, £595,750Welwyn Garden City6.9 km, £420,000Hatfield7.0 km, £365,000Redbourn7.5 km, £602,500Woolmer Green7.9 km, £642,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Wheathampstead

What is it like to live in Wheathampstead?
Homes sold for a typical £630,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 109 of the 127 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 28 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 10 of its 127 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Elms Medical Practice, 4.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Harpenden, 4.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Wheathampstead?
Wheathampstead is covered by postcode district AL4, across 127 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wheathampstead in?
Wheathampstead is in the St Albans council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wheathampstead?
Wheathampstead is in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wheathampstead?
Homes in Wheathampstead sold for a typical £630,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 47 sales, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wheathampstead?
In Wheathampstead, primary schools at its postcodes include St Helen's Church of England Primary School and Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Katherine Warington School, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wheathampstead have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wheathampstead is Harpenden, 4.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wheathampstead?
Ofcom reports on 127 of the 127 postcodes in Wheathampstead. At 109 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wheathampstead at risk of flooding?
10 of the 127 postcodes in Wheathampstead have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 28 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Wheathampstead?
1 of the 127 postcodes now in use in Wheathampstead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 64 homes sold in Wheathampstead were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the AL4 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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