HP12 postcode district
HP12, in the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, has 489 live and 390 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 200 roads under it.
| postcode area | HP (Hemel Hempstead) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 489 |
| terminated postcodes | 390 |
| sectors | 3 |
| roads listed | 200 |
| companies registered | 2,998 |
| centroid | 51.62616, -0.77975 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
489 of the district's 879 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 51.62616, -0.77975, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| HP12 3 | 244 | 142 |
| HP12 4 | 223 | 136 |
| HP12 9 | 22 | 112 |
Companies registered in HP12
Companies House lists 2,998 companies with a registered office in HP12; 523 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.
Places OS Open Names lists for HP12
- Buckinghamshire
- South East
- High Wycombe
Roads filed under HP12
Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.
- Abbots Way
- Abercromby Avenue
- Acorn Gardens
- Albion Road
- Alford Road
- Applewick Lane
- Arundel Road
- Ash Road
- Barbers Wood Close
- Barbers Wood Road
- Barn Court
- Baronsmead Road
- Barry Close
- Bartlett Crescent
- Bartlett Place
- Beacham Road
- Bedder Road
- Beech Trees Road
- Beechwood Road
- Bevelwood Gardens
- Birches Rise
- Birchwood Close
- Birinus Close
- Blenheim Road
- Booker Common
- Bookerhill Road
- Booker Lane
- Booker Place
- Bramley Close
- Brandon Road
- Buckmaster Road
- Burnham Close
- Bushey Close
- Carisbrooke Avenue
- Carrington Road
- Carrs Drive
- Castle View Gardens
- Catkin Close
- Chairborough Road
- Challener Road
- Chapel Lane
- Chiltern Avenue
- Christie Close
- Collins Close
- Combe Rise
- Conifer Rise
- Cookshall Lane
- Copperfields
- Copy Ground Court
- Copyground Lane
- Coronation Road
- Cressex Close
- Cressex Link
- Cressex Road
- Cressex Square
- Cross Road
- Cullyn Road
- Dashwood Avenue
- Davenport Road
- Davies Court
all 200 roads
- Deacon Close
- Dean Close
- Desborough Park Road
- Dovetail Close
- Eaton Avenue
- Edmunds Close
- Edmunds Gardens
- Elia Close
- Elm Road
- Fernie Fields
- Field Road
- Fitzgeralds Way
- Five Acre Wood
- Fourways Mews
- Fowler Close
- Frances Dove Close
- Fraser Road
- Fryers Lane
- Gallows Lane
- Gibson Road
- Gilletts Lane
- Glade View
- Glenister Road
- Grafton Street
- Graham Drive
- Grenfell Avenue
- Grove Road
- Halifax Road
- Harman Walk
- Havenfield Road
- Heathfield Road
- High Beeches
- Highfield Avenue
- Highwood Avenue
- Highwood Crescent
- Hillbottom Road
- Hodges Mews
- Holmer Lane
- Holmers Farm Way
- Holmers Lane
- Hornbeam Close
- Horns Lane
- Hylton Road
- Juniper Drive
- Knights Hill
- Laburnum Road
- Lancaster Road
- Lane End Road
- Langston Court
- Lansdell Avenue
- Limmer Lane
- Lincoln Road
- Lindsay Avenue
- Link Close
- Link Road
- Linnet Close
- Little Close
- Longland Way
- Maple Close
- Maurice Mews
- Mentmore Close
- Mentmore Road
- Middle Way
- Millbrook Close
- Milldun Way
- Mill End Road
- Moonstone Court
- Mount Close
- Mulberry Close
- Neale Close
- Newmer Road
- New Road
- New Road Close
- Oak Crescent
- Ogilvie Road
- Park Farm Road
- Park View Court
- Penmoor Close
- Pettifer Way
- Pine Chase
- Pinewood Road
- Portway Drive
- Prestwood Close
- Progress Road
- Redman Road
- Robins Close
- Robins Drive
- Rosemary Close
- Rosemary Court
- Roundwood Road
- Rowliff Road
- Rupert Avenue
- Rutland Avenue
- Rydal Way
- Sabina Close
- Sandsdown Close
- Shackleton Road
- Sharrow Vale
- Shelburne Court
- Shelburne Road
- Sheridan Court
- Shrimpton Road
- Skyline Mews
- Spearing Road
- Squirrel Lane
- Stanley Road
- Stirling Road
- Sunningdale Close
- Sunters End
- Sunters Wood Close
- Sycamore Court
- Sycamore Road
- Tavistock Mews
- Templeside Gardens
- The Chimes
- The Coppice
- The Homestead
- The Laurels
- The Paddocks
- Thrush Close
- Toweridge Lane
- Turnpike Road
- Turnpike Way
- Vanguard Close
- Verney Avenue
- Walnut Tree Close
- Warwick Avenue
- Wellington Road
- Westfield Walk
- West Wycombe Road
- Whitelands Road
- Whitelands Way
- Willow Avenue
- Woodland Close
- Woodview Close
- Wychwood Gardens
- Wye Gardens
- York Way
- Youens Road
- A4010
Check an address in HP12
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=HP12" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about HP12
- What does an HP12 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the HP12 district of the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is High Wycombe. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 489 live postcodes.
Where the counts come from
- ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
- os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0
What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.
Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.
Districts nearest HP12
- HP112.4 km
- HP132.9 km
- HP145.0 km
- SL75.6 km
- HP156.0 km
- HP106.0 km
- SL87.2 km
- HP169.4 km
- HP99.8 km
- HP2711.2 km
- SL611.9 km
- HP712.5 km
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