Map of the SG postcode area
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Overview
This page brings together mapped and statistical information for the SG postcode area, also known as the Stevenage postal area.
The SG postcode area covers Stevenage and nearby parts of Eastern England.
The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: PE - Peterborough, CM - Chelmsford, CB - Cambridge, EN - Enfield, AL - St Albans, MK - Milton Keynes and LU - Luton and is located inland.
The postcode area falls within the following counties: Hertfordshire (76.01%), Bedfordshire (17.48%), Cambridgeshire (6.29%), Essex (0.22%).
Quick facts
| Width east to west | 23.16 mi |
|---|---|
| Height north to south | 33.82 mi |
| Area | 501.61 mi² |
| Maximum width | 33.91 mi |
| Perimeter | 144.47 mi |
| Postcode districts | 19 |
| Postcode sectors | 63 |
| Post towns | 15 |
| Postcodes | 11,913 |
| Population | 402,911 |
The SG postcode area has a population of 402,911 and covers 1,299,185 hectares. Roughly 0.62% of the population of Great Britain lives here.
Post towns and postcode districts
Where is the SG postcode area?
The SG postcode spans 34 miles at its widest and is just 14 miles north of central London at its nearest point.
It covers parts of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire in the East of England and includes 19 districts.
Stevenage, Hertford, and Ware each have two districts in Hertfordshire, while Hitchin's two districts include both Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Letchworth Garden City, Buntingford, Knebworth, Baldock, and Much Hadham have districts within Hertfordshire.
Henlow, Shefford, Arlesey, and Biggleswade are located in Bedfordshire. Sandy is mainly Bedfordshire, with some areas in Cambridgeshire. Royston is divided between Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
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 SG9 and the most urban is SG1.
| Postcode district | Total area (m²) | Footprint area (m²) | Built percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| SG9 | 121,968,597 | 867,923 | 0.71% |
| SG11 | 80,577,832 | 633,980 | 0.79% |
| SG10 | 19,131,021 | 203,203 | 1.06% |
| SG8 | 263,978,381 | 2,829,435 | 1.07% |
| SG7 | 68,919,755 | 757,964 | 1.10% |
| SG19 | 132,692,837 | 1,645,524 | 1.24% |
| SG4 | 110,249,991 | 1,607,761 | 1.46% |
| SG12 | 85,264,884 | 1,485,292 | 1.74% |
| SG14 | 51,479,184 | 916,523 | 1.78% |
| SG18 | 84,427,763 | 1,748,980 | 2.07% |
| SG5 | 77,643,701 | 1,669,073 | 2.15% |
| SG17 | 35,951,392 | 816,820 | 2.27% |
| SG13 | 40,640,391 | 1,004,913 | 2.47% |
| SG3 | 14,712,111 | 367,400 | 2.50% |
| SG15 | 9,491,081 | 259,800 | 2.74% |
| SG2 | 49,182,146 | 1,511,740 | 3.07% |
| SG16 | 13,422,022 | 426,009 | 3.17% |
| SG6 | 21,788,598 | 1,605,009 | 7.37% |
| SG1 | 17,657,384 | 2,410,380 | 13.65% |
| Total | 1,299,179,071 | 22,767,729 | 1.75% |
Area measurements
| Hectares | 1,299,185 |
|---|---|
| Square miles | 5,016.18 |
| Square feet | 139,842,974,215.00 |
| Square kilometres | 12,991.85 |
Postal delivery offices
- Arlesey Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Ashwell Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Biggleswade Delivery Office
- Buntingford Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Codicote Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Gamlingay Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Henlow Camp Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Hertford Delivery Office
- Hitchin Delivery Office
- Kimpton Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Knebworth Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Langford Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Letchworth Delivery Office
- Offley Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Potton Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Royston Delivery Office
- Sandy Delivery Office
- Shefford Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Stevenage Delivery Office
- Stotfold Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Ware Delivery Office
- Weston Scale Payment Delivery Office
Tourist attractions within the area
We found 12 visitor attractions within the Stevenage postcode area.
| Chicksands Priory |
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| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic Property |
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| Bancroft Mill |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
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| RSPB The Lodge Nature Reserve |
| Wildlife |
| Nature Reserve / Wetlands / Wildlife Trips |
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| Greenway Garden |
| Gardens |
| Garden |
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| Gamlingay Wood |
| Wildlife |
| Nature Reserve / Wetlands / Wildlife Trips |
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| Fairlands Valley Park |
| Country Parks |
| Country Park |
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| Ashwell Village Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Wimpole Hall and Home Farm |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Royston Cave |
| Other |
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| Docwra's Manor Garden |
| Gardens |
| Garden |
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| Shepreth Wildlife Park and Waterworld |
| Wildlife |
| Safari Park / Zoo / Aquarium / Aviary |
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Towns and villages within the area
- Abington Pigotts — village
- Albury — village
- Anstey — village
- Apsley End — village
- Ardeley — village
- Arlesey — village
- Arrington — village
- Ashwell — village
- Aspenden — village
- Aston — village
- Babbs Green — village
- Baldock — town
- Barkway — village
- Barley — village
- Barleycroft End — village
- Bassingbourn — village
- Bayford — village
- Beeston — village
- Benington — village
- Biggleswade — town
- Birch Green — village
- Blackmore End — village
- Bramfield — village
- Braughing — village
- Breachwood Green — village
- Brent Pelham — village
- Brickendon — village
- Broadoak End — village
- Broom — village
- Buckland — village
- Bull's Green — village
- Buntingford — town
- Burn's Green — village
- Bury Green — village
- Bygrave — village
- Campton — village
- Chapmore End — village
- Chicksands — village
- Chipping — village
- Chrishall — village
- Church End — village
- Clapgate — village
- Clifton — village
- Codicote — village
- Colliers End — village
- Cottered — village
- Crawley End — village
- Croydon — village
- Datchworth — village
- Dunton — village
- East Hatley — village
- Epping Green — village
- Everton — village
- Fowlmere — village
- Furneux Pelham — village
- Gamlingay — village
- Gamlingay Great Heath — village
- Gosmore — village
- Graveley — village
- Gravesend — village
- Great Amwell — village
- Great Chishill — village
- Great Gransden — village
- Great Hormead — village
- Great Offley — village
- Great Wymondley — village
- Green Tye — village
- Guilden Morden — village
- Hadham Cross — village
- Hailey — village
- Hare Street — village
- Hatley St George — village
- Haultwick — village
- Hay Green — village
- Henlow — village
- Hertford — town
- Hertford Heath — village
- Hertingfordbury — village
- Hexton — village
- Heydon — village
- High Cross — village
- Hinxworth — village
- Hitchin — town
- Hoddesdon — town
- Holwell — village
- Hunsdon — village
- Hunsdonbury — village
- Ickleford — village
- Ickwell — village
- Kelshall — village
- Kimpton — village
- Knebworth — village
- Kneesworth — village
- Langford — village
- Langley — village
- Letchworth — town
- Letty Green — village
- Litlington — village
- Little Berkhamsted — village
- Little Gransden — village
- Little Hadham — village
- Little Hormead — village
- Little Wymondley — village
- Lower Caldecote — village
- Lower Stondon — village
- Meesden — village
- Melbourn — village
- Meldreth — village
- Meppershall — village
- Much Hadham — village
- Newgate Street — village
- Newnham — village
- Northill — village
- Nuthampstead — village
- Old Knebworth — village
- Old Warden — village
- Old Wimpole — otherSettlement
- Orwell — village
- Patmore Heath — village
- Perry Green — village
- Pirton — village
- Potton — town
- Preston — village
- Puckeridge — village
- Rableyheath — village
- Radwell — village
- Reed — village
- Roe Green — village
- Royston — town
- Rushden — village
- Sacombe — village
- Sandon — village
- Sandy — town
- Shefford — town
- Shepreth — village
- Shillington — village
- South-end — village
- Southill — village
- St Ippolyts — village
- St Margarets — village
- Standon — village
- Stanford — village
- Stanstead Abbotts — village
- Stapleford — village
- Steeple Morden — village
- Stevenage — town
- Stocking Pelham — village
- Stotfold — town
- Sutton — village
- Tadlow — village
- Tempsford — village
- The Heath — village
- Therfield — village
- Thriplow — village
- Thundridge — village
- Tonwell — village
- Upper Caldecote — village
- Wadesmill — village
- Walkern — village
- Wallington — village
- Ware — town
- Wareside — village
- Waresley — village
- Waterford — village
- Watton at Stone — village
- Westmill — village
- Weston — village
- Whaddon — village
- Whitwell — village
- Widford — village
- Woolmer Green — village
- Wrestlingworth — village
- Wyddial — village