AL5 3DD postcode in Harpenden, Hertfordshire

AL5 3DD is a postcode in Harpenden, in the Harpenden North & Rural ward of St Albans. It is in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted parliamentary constituency and the Hertfordshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980. It is a large-user postcode, which Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. St Albans: 94% Typical price £960,000 Homes sold in AL5 3, last 12 months. ▲ 3.8% on the year before Nearest station Harpenden 1.8 km in a straight line

Where AL5 3DD is, and what is near it

Map of AL5 3DD and what is near it Map of AL5 3DD: its centre point, with the 140 other postcodes in the AL5 3 sector, 3 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 8 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1081 AL5 3AB: also in AL5 3AL5 3AD: also in AL5 3AL5 3AE: also in AL5 3AL5 3AF: also in AL5 3AL5 3AG: also in AL5 3AL5 3AH: also in AL5 3AL5 3AJ: also in AL5 3AL5 3AL: also in AL5 3AL5 3AN: also in AL5 3AL5 3AP: also in AL5 3AL5 3AQ: also in AL5 3AL5 3AR: also in AL5 3AL5 3AS: also in AL5 3AL5 3AT: also in AL5 3AL5 3AU: also in AL5 3AL5 3AW: also in AL5 3AL5 3AY: also in AL5 3AL5 3AZ: also in AL5 3AL5 3BA: also in AL5 3AL5 3BB: also in AL5 3AL5 3BD: also in AL5 3AL5 3BE: also in AL5 3AL5 3BG: also in AL5 3AL5 3BH: also in AL5 3AL5 3BJ: also in AL5 3AL5 3BL: also in AL5 3AL5 3BN: also in AL5 3AL5 3BP: also in AL5 3AL5 3BQ: also in AL5 3AL5 3BS: also in AL5 3AL5 3BT: also in AL5 3AL5 3BU: also in AL5 3AL5 3BW: also in AL5 3AL5 3BX: also in AL5 3AL5 3BY: also in AL5 3AL5 3BZ: also in AL5 3AL5 3DE: also in AL5 3AL5 3DP: also in AL5 3AL5 3DR: also in AL5 3AL5 3DS: also in AL5 3AL5 3DT: also in AL5 3AL5 3DU: also in AL5 3AL5 3DZ: also in AL5 3AL5 3EB: also in AL5 3AL5 3ED: also in AL5 3AL5 3EE: also in AL5 3AL5 3EF: also in AL5 3AL5 3EG: also in AL5 3AL5 3EH: also in AL5 3AL5 3EJ: also in AL5 3AL5 3EL: also in AL5 3AL5 3EN: also in AL5 3AL5 3EP: also in AL5 3AL5 3EQ: also in AL5 3AL5 3ER: also in AL5 3AL5 3ES: also in AL5 3AL5 3ET: also in AL5 3AL5 3EU: also in AL5 3AL5 3EW: also in AL5 3AL5 3EX: also in AL5 3AL5 3EY: also in AL5 3AL5 3EZ: also in AL5 3AL5 3FA: also in AL5 3AL5 3HA: also in AL5 3AL5 3HB: also in AL5 3AL5 3HD: also in AL5 3AL5 3HE: also in AL5 3AL5 3HF: also in AL5 3AL5 3HG: also in AL5 3AL5 3HH: also in AL5 3AL5 3HJ: also in AL5 3AL5 3HN: also in AL5 3AL5 3HP: also in AL5 3AL5 3HQ: also in AL5 3AL5 3HR: also in AL5 3AL5 3HS: also in AL5 3AL5 3HT: also in AL5 3AL5 3HW: also in AL5 3AL5 3LA: also in AL5 3AL5 3LE: also in AL5 3AL5 3LG: also in AL5 3AL5 3LH: also in AL5 3AL5 3LJ: also in AL5 3AL5 3LL: also in AL5 3AL5 3LN: also in AL5 3AL5 3LP: also in AL5 3AL5 3LQ: also in AL5 3AL5 3LR: also in AL5 3AL5 3LS: also in AL5 3AL5 3LT: also in AL5 3AL5 3LU: also in AL5 3AL5 3LW: also in AL5 3AL5 3LX: also in AL5 3AL5 3LY: also in AL5 3AL5 3LZ: also in AL5 3AL5 3NA: also in AL5 3AL5 3NB: also in AL5 3AL5 3ND: also in AL5 3AL5 3NE: also in AL5 3AL5 3NF: also in AL5 3AL5 3NG: also in AL5 3AL5 3NH: also in AL5 3AL5 3NJ: also in AL5 3AL5 3NL: also in AL5 3AL5 3NN: also in AL5 3AL5 3NP: also in AL5 3AL5 3NR: also in AL5 3AL5 3NS: also in AL5 3AL5 3NT: also in AL5 3AL5 3NU: also in AL5 3AL5 3NX: also in AL5 3AL5 3NY: also in AL5 3AL5 3NZ: also in AL5 3AL5 3PA: also in AL5 3AL5 3PB: also in AL5 3AL5 3PD: also in AL5 3AL5 3PE: also in AL5 3AL5 3PF: also in AL5 3AL5 3PG: also in AL5 3AL5 3PH: also in AL5 3AL5 3PQ: also in AL5 3AL5 3QB: also in AL5 3AL5 3QD: also in AL5 3AL5 3QE: also in AL5 3AL5 3QF: also in AL5 3AL5 3RA: also in AL5 3 Luton Airport Parkway station 5.5 kmHarpenden North & Rural AL5 3DD Map of AL5 3DD and what is near it Map of AL5 3DD: its centre point, with the 140 other postcodes in the AL5 3 sector, 3 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 8 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Harpenden North & Rural AL5 3DD
  • AL5 3DD
  • Other postcodes in AL5 3: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 8 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.8260, longitude -0.3700)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after AL5 3DD?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at AL5 3DD?

Every home and business at AL5 3DD can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

St Albans: 94%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

St Albans: 99%

The line marks the figure across St Albans.

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

When are the bins collected at AL5 3DD?

BinDayBuddy has not read St Albans City and District Council's days for AL5 3DD today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for AL5 3DD on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is AL5 3DD at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include AL5 3DD.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across St Albans

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for AL5 3DD: 1,564 properties in St Albans are at high risk (2.1% of all its properties). All the figures for St Albans

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of AL5 3DD is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near AL5 3DD?

Homes in AL5 3 sold for a typical £960,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 55 sales, up 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£960,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£925,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £1,160,000 25 sales
  • Semi-detached £907,500 16 sales
  • Terraced £717,230 9 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £385,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole AL5 district: a typical £791,825 from 352 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in AL5 3DD

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in AL5 3DD from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at AL5 3DD

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at AL5 3DD. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near AL5 3DD?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 650 homes in the neighbourhood around AL5 3DD. The largest share of them, 26%, are in council tax band G. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (28%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around AL5 3DD

Band D in St Albans for 2026‑27: £2,419. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,882 (band B) to £4,838 (band H); band G, the most common, is £4,032.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Awithheld£1,613
Band Babout 10 (2%)£1,882
Band Cabout 100 (15%)£2,150
Band Dabout 100 (15%)£2,419
Band Eabout 150 (23%)£2,957
Band Fabout 110 (17%)£3,494
Band Gabout 170 (26%)£4,032
Band Habout 10 (2%)£4,838

When the homes were built

  1. 3% Before 1900
  2. 16% 1900 to 1918
  3. 28% 1919 to 1939
  4. 21% 1945 to 1964
  5. 10% 1965 to 1982
  6. 15% 1983 to 1999
  7. 3% 2000 to 2009
  8. 2% 2010 to 2019
  9. 2% 2020 or later

Averages for St Albans before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of AL5 3DD is in (ONS area E01023690), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near AL5 3DD?

The nearest open schools to AL5 3DD, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near AL5 3DD, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to AL5 3DD?

The nearest railway station to the centre of AL5 3DD is Harpenden Rail Station, 1.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Harpenden Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
  • Luton Airport Parkway Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive

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

8 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Roundwood Lane, 139 m away.

More stations near AL5 3DD, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near AL5 3DD?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of AL5 3DD, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near AL5 3DD?

0 within 1 km 2 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of AL5 3DD, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • BP Pulse Charging point · 1 charger 1.5 kmCycle
  • Blink Charging point · 10 chargers · Type 2 · up to 7 kW 1.6 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near AL5 3DD?

The nearest to the centre of AL5 3DD, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to AL5 3DD?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near AL5 3DD?

The nearest care homes to the centre of AL5 3DD, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near AL5 3DD?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of AL5 3DD, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near AL5 3DD?

The nearest vets to the centre of AL5 3DD on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is AL5 3DD in a conservation area?

The centre of AL5 3DD is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near AL5 3DD?

Police.uk records 52 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of AL5 3DD in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour14 reports
Other theft9 reports
Violence and sexual offences7 reports
Shoplifting6 reports
Vehicle crime4 reports
Public order3 reports

Also: criminal damage and arson 3, burglary 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, drugs 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for AL5 3DD

Ward
Harpenden North & Rural
Parish
Harpenden Town
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Harpenden
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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