The UK Postcode Database

AL5 2AB

a postcode in Hertfordshire

Introduced in January 1980
AL5 2AB Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with AL5 2AB

Beesonend Lane - 5 properties, USRN 37301363

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7915 / 51°47'29"N

Longitude: -0.3583 / 0°21'29"W

UTM Reference: 30U 682179 5741148

OS Easting: 513320

OS Northing: 211588

OS Grid: TL133115

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR H7Q.L80

Mapcode Global: VHFS1.Q7YH

Open Location Code: 9C3XQJRR+HM

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91ts79

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: F1

  • rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
  • a rural hamlet or isolated dwellings in populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2b1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Rural Amenity
  • Ageing Rural Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 14574 / 32844

  • 5th decile
  • slightly more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for AL5 2AB on Thursday 4 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:48
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:59
Sunrise 04:46
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:59
Sunset 21:13
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:00
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:10
Hours of daylight today04:16 to 21:43
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:43 to 04:15
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 06:53
Moon Rises 23:40

For a full sun and moon calendar for AL5 2AB, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in AL5 2AB

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
28 October 2004 Beeson End Orchard, Beeson End Lane, Harpenden AL5 2AB Detached Freehold £1,300,000

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for AL5 2AB

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Harpenden and Berkhamsted

MP

Victoria Collins Liberal Democrat

Hertfordshire County Council
County council electoral division

Harpenden Rural

Councillor

Matt Cowley Conservative

St Albans City and District Council
District council ward

Redbourn

Councillors

David Mitchell Independent

Brian Gunson Liberal Democrats

AL5 2AB also falls within the Civil Parish of St Michael, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for AL5 2AB

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00120474 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01023722 St Albans 006A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02004929 St Albans 006 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04013287 St Michael Civil Parishes Administrative 1 April 2023 DLUHC
E05013961 Redbourn Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 5 May 2022 DLUHC
E07000240 St Albans Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 April 2012 DLUHC
E10000015 Hertfordshire Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000006 East of England Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001268 Harpenden and Berkhamsted Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000027 Hertfordshire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000237 Luton Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33027419 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000048 Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000079 NHS Herts Valleys Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2015 ODS
E40000007 East of England NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E54000025 NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E56000035 East of England Cancer Alliances Health 1 April 2024 NHS England
E58000625 Harpenden Rural ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 4 May 2017 DLUHC
E63011425 Harpenden Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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