EN6 2AF postcode in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire

EN6 2AF is a postcode in Potters Bar, in the Potters Bar Furzefield ward of Hertsmere. It is in the Hertsmere parliamentary constituency and the Hertfordshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

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 at EN6 2AF can get it Across Hertsmere: 90% Typical price £571,250 Homes sold in EN6 2, last 12 months. ▲ 2.5% on the year before Nearest station Potters Bar 250 m in a straight line

Where EN6 2AF is, and what is near it

Map of EN6 2AF and what is near it Map of EN6 2AF: its centre point, with the 179 other postcodes in the EN6 2 sector, 3 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 8 bus stops and 3 EV charging points. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. EN6 2AA: also in EN6 2EN6 2AB: also in EN6 2EN6 2AD: also in EN6 2EN6 2AE: also in EN6 2EN6 2AG: also in EN6 2EN6 2AN: also in EN6 2EN6 2AP: also in EN6 2EN6 2AQ: also in EN6 2EN6 2AR: also in EN6 2EN6 2AT: also in EN6 2EN6 2AU: also in EN6 2EN6 2AW: also in EN6 2EN6 2AX: also in EN6 2EN6 2AY: also in EN6 2EN6 2AZ: also in EN6 2EN6 2BA: also in EN6 2EN6 2BB: also in EN6 2EN6 2BD: also in EN6 2EN6 2BE: also in EN6 2EN6 2BQ: also in EN6 2EN6 2DE: also in EN6 2EN6 2DF: also in EN6 2EN6 2DG: also in EN6 2EN6 2DH: also in EN6 2EN6 2DJ: also in EN6 2EN6 2DL: also in EN6 2EN6 2DN: also in EN6 2EN6 2DP: also in EN6 2EN6 2DR: also in EN6 2EN6 2DS: also in EN6 2EN6 2DT: also in EN6 2EN6 2DW: also in EN6 2EN6 2DY: also in EN6 2EN6 2DZ: also in EN6 2EN6 2EA: also in EN6 2EN6 2EB: also in EN6 2EN6 2EX: also in EN6 2EN6 2HD: also in EN6 2EN6 2HE: also in EN6 2EN6 2HF: also in EN6 2EN6 2HN: also in EN6 2EN6 2HS: also in EN6 2EN6 2HT: also in EN6 2EN6 2HU: also in EN6 2EN6 2HW: also in EN6 2EN6 2HX: also in EN6 2EN6 2HY: also in EN6 2EN6 2HZ: also in EN6 2EN6 2JD: also in EN6 2EN6 2JE: also in EN6 2EN6 2JF: also in EN6 2EN6 2JG: also in EN6 2EN6 2JJ: also in EN6 2EN6 2JL: also in EN6 2EN6 2JN: also in EN6 2EN6 2JP: also in EN6 2EN6 2JR: also in EN6 2EN6 2JS: also in EN6 2EN6 2JT: also in EN6 2EN6 2JW: also in EN6 2EN6 2JY: also in EN6 2EN6 2JZ: also in EN6 2EN6 2LA: also in EN6 2EN6 2LB: also in EN6 2EN6 2LD: also in EN6 2EN6 2LE: also in EN6 2EN6 2LF: also in EN6 2EN6 2LG: also in EN6 2EN6 2LL: also in EN6 2EN6 2LN: also in EN6 2EN6 2LS: also in EN6 2EN6 2LT: also in EN6 2EN6 2NN: also in EN6 2EN6 2NU: also in EN6 2EN6 2NW: also in EN6 2EN6 2NX: also in EN6 2EN6 2NY: also in EN6 2EN6 2NZ: also in EN6 2EN6 2PB: also in EN6 2EN6 2PD: also in EN6 2 2 GP practices, 1.5 kmBrookmans Park station 2.6 kmPotters Bar EN6 2AF Map of EN6 2AF and what is near it Map of EN6 2AF: its centre point, with the 179 other postcodes in the EN6 2 sector, 3 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 8 bus stops and 3 EV charging points. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Brookmans Park station 2.6 kmBentley Heath & The Royds EN6 2AF
  • EN6 2AF
  • Other postcodes in EN6 2: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 8 bus stops
  • 3 EV charging points
  • 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 51.6980, longitude -0.1962)

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; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after EN6 2AF?

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 EN6 2AF?

Every home and business at EN6 2AF can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

EN6 2AF 100% Hertsmere 90%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

EN6 2AF 100% Hertsmere 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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 EN6 2AF?

BinDayBuddy does not read Hertsmere Borough Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Hertsmere Borough Council's bin days

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 EN6 2AF 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 EN6 2AF.

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 Hertsmere

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for EN6 2AF: 3,574 properties in Hertsmere are at high risk (6.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Hertsmere

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 EN6 2AF 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 EN6 2AF?

Homes in EN6 2 sold for a typical £571,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 78 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£571,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£557,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £670,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £630,000 41 sales
  • Terraced £382,500 13 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £272,500 15 sales

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

Across the whole EN6 district: a typical £600,000 from 301 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 EN6 2AF

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in EN6 2AF from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 20 June 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of 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

What council tax band are homes near EN6 2AF?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 720 homes in the neighbourhood around EN6 2AF. The largest share of them, 49%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (38%). 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 EN6 2AF

Band D in Hertsmere for 2026‑27: £2,406. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,871 (band B) to £4,010 (band G); band D, the most common, is £2,406.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Awithheld£1,604
Band Babout 60 (8%)£1,871
Band Cabout 180 (25%)£2,139
Band Dabout 350 (49%)£2,406
Band Eabout 70 (10%)£2,940
Band Fabout 50 (7%)£3,475
Band Gabout 10 (1%)£4,010
Band Hfewer than 5£4,812

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 38% 1919 to 1939
  4. 13% 1945 to 1964
  5. None 1965 to 1982
  6. 23% 1983 to 1999
  7. 17% 2000 to 2009
  8. 10% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1965 to 1982, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Hertsmere 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 EN6 2AF is in (ONS area E01023579), 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 EN6 2AF?

The nearest open schools to EN6 2AF, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near EN6 2AF, 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 EN6 2AF?

The nearest railway station to the centre of EN6 2AF is Potters Bar Rail Station, 250 metres away in a straight line.

  • Potters Bar Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
  • Brookmans Park Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle

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 Laurel Avenue, 94 m away.

More stations near EN6 2AF, 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 EN6 2AF?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of EN6 2AF, 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 EN6 2AF?

3 within 1 km 10 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of EN6 2AF, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • APCOA Charging point · 4 chargers · Type 2 250 mWalk
  • Autel Charging point · 2 chargers 900 mWalk
  • Autel Charging point · 2 chargers 900 mWalk

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 EN6 2AF?

The nearest to the centre of EN6 2AF, 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 EN6 2AF?

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 EN6 2AF?

The nearest care homes to the centre of EN6 2AF, 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 EN6 2AF?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of EN6 2AF, 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 EN6 2AF?

The nearest vets to the centre of EN6 2AF 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 EN6 2AF in a conservation area?

The centre of EN6 2AF 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 EN6 2AF?

Police.uk records 150 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of EN6 2AF in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences52 reports
Anti-social behaviour29 reports
Other theft22 reports
Shoplifting12 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports
Burglary6 reports

Also: drugs 5, public order 4, criminal damage and arson 4, robbery 3, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 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 EN6 2AF

Ward
Potters Bar Furzefield
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Potters Bar
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

Where to check what we do not hold

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

EN6 2AQ70 mEN6 2AG100 mEN6 2AB100 mEN6 2AY130 mEN6 2AT140 mEN6 2AE150 m
All of EN6

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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