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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}<br />
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{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=AL}}<br />
The '''AL postcode area''', also known as the '''St Albans postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of ten postcode districts in [[England]], within five [[post town]]s. These cover central [[Hertfordshire]], including [[St Albans]], [[Harpenden]], [[Welwyn]], [[Welwyn Garden City]] and [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]].<br />
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Mail for this area is processed at the Home Counties North Mail Centre in [[Hemel Hempstead]], and is delivered from offices at St Albans (Brick Knoll Park AL1), Harpenden (Station Road AL5), and Hatfield (Town Centre AL10). The area covered includes most of the [[St Albans City and District|St Albans]] and [[Welwyn Hatfield]] districts, plus the northeastern part of the [[Dacorum]] district and very small parts of the [[Hertsmere]], [[North Hertfordshire]] and [[East Hertfordshire]] districts.<br />
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==Coverage==<br />
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:<br />
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|-<br />
! AL1<br />
| ST ALBANS<br />
| [[St Albans]] (centre)<br />
| [[St Albans City and District|St Albans]]<br />
|-<br />
! AL2<br />
| ST ALBANS<br />
| St Albans (south), [[Bricket Wood]], [[Colney Street]], [[Frogmore, Hertfordshire|Frogmore]], [[London Colney]], [[Napsbury]], [[Park Street, Hertfordshire|Park Street]], [[Potters Crouch]], [[Chiswell Green]] <br />
| St Albans, [[Hertsmere]]<br />
|-<br />
! AL3<br />
| ST ALBANS<br />
| St Albans (west), [[Childwickbury]], [[Flamstead]], [[Gorhambury]], [[Markyate]], [[New Greens]], [[Porters Wood]], [[Redbourn]], [[Sandridge]]<br />
| St Albans, [[Dacorum]]<br />
|-<br />
! AL4<br />
| ST ALBANS<br />
| St Albans (east), Blackmore End, [[Colney Heath]], [[Jersey Farm]], [[Marshalswick]], [[Oaklands College|Oaklands]], Sandridge, Smallford, [[Tyttenhanger]], [[Wheathampstead]]<br />
| St Albans, Hertsmere, [[North Hertfordshire]]<br />
|-<br />
! AL5<br />
| HARPENDEN<br />
| [[Harpenden]], [[Kinsbourne Green]]<br />
| St Albans<br />
|-<br />
! AL6<br />
| WELWYN<br />
| [[Welwyn]], [[Ayot St Peter]], [[Ayot St Lawrence]], [[Digswell]], [[Rabley Heath]], [[Tewin]]<br />
| [[Welwyn Hatfield]], [[East Hertfordshire]], North Hertfordshire<br />
|-<br />
! AL7<br />
| WELWYN GARDEN CITY<br />
| [[Welwyn Garden City]] (east)<br />
| Welwyn Hatfield<br />
|-<br />
! AL8<br />
| WELWYN GARDEN CITY<br />
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| Welwyn Garden City (west), [[Lemsford]]<br />
| Welwyn Hatfield<br />
|-<br />
! AL9<br />
| HATFIELD<br />
| [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]] ([[Old Hatfield]]), [[Brookmans Park]], [[Essendon, Hertfordshire|Essendon]], [[North Mymms]], [[Welham Green]]<br />
| Welwyn Hatfield<br />
|-<br />
! AL10<br />
| HATFIELD<br />
| Hatfield (new town)<br />
| Welwyn Hatfield<br />
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==Map==<br />
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=AL postcode area|size=400x320px}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Postcode Address File]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]<br />
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{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}<br />
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[[Category:St Albans]]<br />
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the East of England]]<br />
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