Map of the HP postcode area
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Overview
This page brings together mapped and statistical information for the HP postcode area, also known as the Hemel Hempstead postal area.
The HP postcode area covers Hemel Hempstead and nearby parts of southern England.
The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: OX - Oxford, SL - Slough, WD - Watford, RG - Reading, AL - St Albans, MK - Milton Keynes and LU - Luton and is located inland.
The postcode area falls within the following counties: Buckinghamshire (73.76%), Hertfordshire (26.13%), Oxfordshire (0.10%), Bedfordshire (0.01%).
Quick facts
| Width east to west | 31.54 mi |
|---|---|
| Height north to south | 23.06 mi |
| Area | 396.32 mi² |
| Maximum width | 32.06 mi |
| Perimeter | 142.54 mi |
| Postcode districts | 24 |
| Postcode sectors | 78 |
| Post towns | 11 |
| Postcodes | 13,996 |
| Population | 488,351 |
The HP postcode area has a population of 488,351 and covers 1,026,465 hectares. Roughly 0.75% of the population of Great Britain lives here.
Post towns and postcode districts
Where is the HP postcode area?
How built up is the postcode area?
This compares building footprint coverage against the total land area across each postcode district. The least urban district is HP18 and the most urban is HP20.
| Postcode district | Total area (m²) | Footprint area (m²) | Built percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP18 | 188,680,429 | 1,708,415 | 0.91% |
| HP17 | 70,922,604 | 865,649 | 1.22% |
| HP14 | 79,882,714 | 1,099,097 | 1.38% |
| HP23 | 66,817,857 | 1,012,668 | 1.52% |
| HP22 | 141,625,622 | 2,173,681 | 1.53% |
| HP16 | 48,914,813 | 792,605 | 1.62% |
| HP27 | 48,724,904 | 885,351 | 1.82% |
| HP7 | 31,599,358 | 670,195 | 2.12% |
| HP4 | 59,823,153 | 1,314,462 | 2.20% |
| HP5 | 50,957,560 | 1,280,600 | 2.51% |
| HP8 | 18,832,051 | 504,127 | 2.68% |
| HP10 | 30,376,803 | 1,056,184 | 3.48% |
| HP9 | 29,523,063 | 1,192,797 | 4.04% |
| HP1 | 24,026,867 | 1,018,135 | 4.24% |
| HP3 | 31,189,611 | 1,435,084 | 4.60% |
| HP15 | 16,727,947 | 843,045 | 5.04% |
| HP6 | 12,313,587 | 773,522 | 6.28% |
| HP2 | 28,424,524 | 1,923,499 | 6.77% |
| HP12 | 10,280,140 | 1,070,831 | 10.42% |
| HP13 | 12,417,890 | 1,357,816 | 10.93% |
| HP11 | 6,765,569 | 883,974 | 13.07% |
| HP19 | 7,032,088 | 968,527 | 13.77% |
| HP21 | 7,273,695 | 1,153,923 | 15.86% |
| HP20 | 3,333,005 | 655,829 | 19.68% |
| Total | 1,026,465,854 | 26,640,016 | 2.60% |
Area measurements
| Hectares | 1,026,465 |
|---|---|
| Square miles | 3,963.20 |
| Square feet | 110,487,666,135.00 |
| Square kilometres | 10,264.65 |
Postal delivery offices
- Amersham Delivery Office
- Aylesbury Delivery Office
- Aylesbury Vale Postal Delivery Office
- Beaconsfield Delivery Office
- Berkhamsted Delivery Office
- Chesham Delivery Office
- Great Missenden Delivery Office
- Hazlemere Delivery Office
- Hemel Hempstead Delivery Office
- High Wycombe North Delivery Office
- High Wycombe South Postal Delivery Office
- Princes Risborough Delivery Office
- Tring Delivery Office
Tourist attractions within the area
We found 13 visitor attractions within the Hemel Hempstead postcode area.
| Boarstall Duck Decoy and Nature Reserve |
|---|
| Wildlife |
| Nature Reserve / Wetlands / Wildlife Trips |
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| Boarstall Tower |
| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic Property |
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| Long Crendon Courthouse |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Waddesdon Manor |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| West Wycombe Park |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Hughenden Manor |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| The Trenchard Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Go Ape! Tree Top Adventure - Wendover Woods |
| Country Parks |
| Country Park |
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| Wendover Woods |
| Country Parks |
| Country Park |
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| Odds Farm Park |
| Farms |
| Farm / Rare Breeds / Farm Animals |
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| The Natural History Museum at Tring |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Amersham Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Ashridge Estate |
| Other |
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Towns and villages within the area
- Aldbury — village
- Amersham — town
- Ashendon — village
- Asheridge — village
- Ashley Green — village
- Askett — village
- Aston Abbotts — village
- Aston Clinton — village
- Aylesbury — town
- Ballinger Common — village
- Beacon's Bottom — village
- Beaconsfield — town
- Bellingdon — village
- Berkhamsted — town
- Bierton — village
- Bishopstone — village
- Bledlow — village
- Bledlow Ridge — village
- Bolter End — village
- Botley — village
- Bovingdon — village
- Bradenham — village
- Brill — village
- Bryant's Bottom — village
- Buckland — village
- Buckland Common — village
- Bulstrode — village
- Butler's Cross — village
- Cadmore End — village
- Chalfont St Giles — village
- Chartridge — village
- Chearsley — village
- Chesham — town
- Chilton — village
- Cholesbury — village
- Chorleywood — town
- Coleshill — village
- Cores End — village
- Cow Roast — village
- Cryers Hill — village
- Cuddington — village
- Dagnall — village
- Dinton — village
- Dorton — village
- Downley — village
- Edgcott — village
- Ellesborough — village
- Flackwell Heath — village
- Flaunden — village
- Ford — village
- Great Gaddesden — village
- Great Hampden — village
- Great Kingshill — village
- Great Missenden — village
- Grendon Underwood — village
- Haddenham — village
- Halton — village
- Hardwick — village
- Hawridge — village
- Hazlemere — village
- Hedsor — village
- Hemel Hempstead — town
- High Wycombe — town
- Hogpits Bottom — village
- Holmer Green — village
- Horsleys Green — village
- Hudnall — village
- Hughenden Valley — village
- Hyde Heath — village
- Ibstone — village
- Ickford — village
- Jockey End — village
- Jordans — village
- Kings Langley — otherSettlement
- Kingsey — village
- Kingswood — village
- Lacey Green — village
- Lane End — village
- Latimer — village
- Lee Common — village
- Ley Hill — village
- Little Chalfont — Settlement
- Little Gaddesden — village
- Little Kimble — village
- Little Kingshill — village
- Little Missenden — village
- Long Crendon — village
- Long Marston — village
- Longwick — village
- Loosley Row — village
- Loudwater — village
- Lower Winchendon — village
- Ludgershall — village
- Lye Green — village
- Marsworth — village
- Moor Common — village
- Naphill — village
- Oakley — village
- Oving — village
- Penn — village
- Penn Street — village
- Piddington — village
- Pimlico — village
- Pitch Green — village
- Potten End — village
- Prestwood — otherSettlement
- Princes Risborough — town
- Quainton — village
- Radnage — village
- Ringshall — village
- Rowsham — village
- Rucklers Lane — village
- Saunderton — village
- Saunderton — village
- Saunderton Lee — village
- Seer Green — village
- Shabbington — village
- South Heath — village
- Speen — village
- St Leonards — village
- Stoke Mandeville — village
- Stokenchurch — village
- Stone — village
- The City — village
- Tring — town
- Tylers Green — village
- Upper North Dean — village
- Upper Winchendon — village
- Upton — village
- Waddesdon — village
- Walter's Ash — village
- Water End — village
- Waterend — village
- Weedon — village
- Wendover — town
- West Wycombe — village
- Westcott — village
- Weston Turville — village
- Wheeler End — village
- Whelpley Hill — village
- Whitchurch — village
- Whiteleaf — village
- Widmer End — village
- Wigginton — village
- Wilstone — village
- Winchmore Hill — village
- Wingrave — village
- Wooburn — village
- Wooburn Common — village
- Wooburn Green — village
- Woodrow — otherSettlement
- Worminghall — village