# SG5 1LS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 51.949327, -0.277215
- **Open Location Code:** 9C3XWPXF+P4
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO91uw
- **Qibla:** 119.2°
- **Grid reference:** TL 18498 29271
- **UTM:** 30U 687114 5758904
- **Elevation:** 64m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** East of England (E12000006)
- **Admin district:** North Hertfordshire (E07000099)
- **Ward:** Hitchin Priory (E05015765)
- **Constituency:** Hitchin (E14001289)
- **County:** Hertfordshire (E10000015)
- **Parish code:** E43000232
- **Travel to work area:** E30000272
- **Police force area:** E23000027
- **Built-up area:** E63011149
- **County electoral division:** E58000642
- **European electoral region:** East of England (E15000006)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01023616
- **2021 MSOA:** Hitchin Town & West (E02004920)
- **2021 output area:** E00169665
- **2011 LSOA:** E01023616
- **2011 MSOA:** E02004920
- **2011 output area:** E00169665
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33024930
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Cosmopolitans (2C1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 27942
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000013
- **ICB location:** E38000049
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000065
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000035

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Hitchin | 1085 |
| Hospital | Pinehill Hospital | 982 |
| GP | The Hearing Clinic - Hitchin | 136 |
| School | Hitchin Boys' School | 222 |
| Airport | London Luton Airport | 10389 |
| Bus stop | Bancroft | 19 |
| Food bank | Letchworth | 1555 |
| Defibrillator | Marks & Spencer Hitchin Sf | 4 |
| Pharmacy | Nu-Cross Pharmacy | 71 |
| Post office | Hitchin Post Office | 281 |
| Library | Hitchin Library | 329 |
| Coast | — | 70608 |
| Central London | — | 50206 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** UK Power Networks (region A, MPAN 10)
- **Water:** Affinity Water
- **Sewerage:** Anglian Water
- **Broadband:** 71.4% gigabit, 92.9% superfast, 71.4% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [SG5 1JQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/SG5%201JQ)
- [SG5 1DG](https://openpostcodes.uk/SG5%201DG)
- [SG5 1LT](https://openpostcodes.uk/SG5%201LT)
- [SG5 1EN](https://openpostcodes.uk/SG5%201EN)
- [SG5 1HP](https://openpostcodes.uk/SG5%201HP)
- [SG5 1EU](https://openpostcodes.uk/SG5%201EU)

## Boundary

A MultiPolygon boundary polygon is available in the [JSON format](https://openpostcodes.uk/SG5%201LS.json).

## Data

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