HP17 postcode district
HP17, in the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, has 373 live and 530 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 223 roads under it.
| postcode area | HP (Hemel Hempstead) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 373 |
| terminated postcodes | 530 |
| sectors | 3 |
| roads listed | 223 |
| companies registered | 867 |
| centroid | 51.77575, -0.88777 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
373 of the district's 903 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 51.77575, -0.88777, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| HP17 0 | 42 | 233 |
| HP17 8 | 316 | 73 |
| HP17 9 | 15 | 224 |
Companies registered in HP17
Companies House lists 867 companies with a registered office in HP17; 32 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 HP17
- Buckinghamshire
- South East
- Haddenham
- Stone
- Little Kimble
- Dinton
- Great Kimble
- Ford
- Upton
- Ellesborough
- Butler's Cross
- Kingsey
- Bishopstone
- Kimble Wick
- Gibraltar
- Nash Lee
- Terrick
- Chalkshire
- Aston Sandford
- Aylesbury
- Coombe
- Sedrup
- Marsh
- Meadle
Roads filed under HP17
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.
- Alderson Way
- Anxey Way
- Aston Road
- Aylesbury Road
- Badgers Rise
- Baghill Lane
- Banks Road
- Barn Owl Lane
- Bayliss Meadow
- Beacon Close
- Belle Vue
- Biggs Lane
- Bishopstone
- Bishopstone Road
- Bittenham Close
- Bonnett Close
- Boot Lane
- Bridens Way
- Bridge Street
- Bristol Close
- Brogan Place
- Brook Meadow
- Brookside Lane
- Burch Mews
- Burgess Lane
- Butte Furlong
- Buttercup Crescent
- Cambridge Street
- Carwithen Close
- Chalkshire Road
- Chapel Road
- Chesterfield Close
- Chiltern Avenue
- Chiltern Close
- Church Hill
- Church Lane
- Churchway
- Cornflower Close
- Cottage Grounds
- Cottland Clay
- Cotts Field
- Coxon Close
- Crabtree Road
- Cradle Footpath
- Creslow Way
- Cricketers Way
- Croft Courtyard
- Cromhamstone
- Daisy Lane
- Darvill Road
- Dawes Lane
- Day Close
- Dollicot
- Donnington Row
- Dorset End
- Dovecote
- Dovecote Close
- Dover Lane
- Dubery Close
- Eldridge Lane
all 223 roads
- Ellesborough Road
- Elm Close
- Eythrope Road
- Fairchild End
- Fairfield Close
- Faithfull Close
- Fern Lane
- Flint Street
- Fort End
- Franklin Close
- Franklin Road
- Fraucup Close
- Furlong Crescent
- Gibson Lane
- Green Lane
- Greenway
- Griffiths Acre
- Grove Lane
- Haddenham Road
- Haggar Street
- Halifax Green
- Handley Drive
- Harts Road
- Harvard Grove
- Hedge Furlong
- Hedgehog Way
- High Street
- Hill View
- Homestead Close
- Hordern Close
- Horner Place
- Hotspur Close
- Ivin Close
- Jarvis Crescent
- Jefferies Road
- Kimble Park Road
- Kimblewick Road
- Lapwing Mews
- Lee Crescent
- Linden Way
- Long Ditch Furlong
- Long Furlong
- Long Wall
- Lovell Way
- Lower Farm Gate
- Lower Icknield Way
- Mallard Croft
- Manor Farm Close
- Marriott's Close
- Marriott's Lane
- Marriott's Way
- Mash Close
- Maslin Elms
- Mayflower Close
- Mead Furlong
- Meadoway
- Merrill Close
- Millway Furlong
- Missenden Road
- Moreton Lane
- Nash Lee Road
- New Road
- Nicholson Road
- Nursery Field
- Old Chapel Close
- Old Mill Close
- Oxford Road
- Paine Close
- Pegasus Way
- Pilots Place
- Pippin Place
- Platers Road
- Plover Furlong
- Popes Acre
- Poplars Close
- Portway Road
- Potash Close
- Printers Piece
- Quakers Mede
- Raven Forge
- Redding Court
- Ricketts Close
- Risborough Road
- Roberts Road
- Rookery Piece
- Rosemary Lane
- Rose Meadow
- Round Hill
- Roundhill Court
- Roundhill View
- Royal Mead
- Rudd's Lane
- Run Furrow
- Rushington Close
- Saffrey Mews
- School Lane
- Sedgwick Street
- Sedrup Lane
- Sheerstock
- Short Ditch
- Skylark Close
- Slave Hill
- Slingsby End
- South End
- Spicers Yard
- Spitfire Path
- Springs Close
- Springs Lane
- Stanbridge Close
- Stanbridge Road
- Stars Lane
- Station Road
- St Johns Drive
- Stockwell
- Stockwell Furlong
- Stockwell Lane
- Stokes Croft
- Stokes End
- Stokes Lane
- Stone Croft
- Stratfords Way
- Sturbridge Drive
- Tacks Lane
- Thame Road
- The Bush
- The Clays
- The Closes
- The Croft
- The Gables
- The Glebe
- The Green
- The Paddocks
- The Spiert
- Thompson Mews
- Tibbs Road
- Townside
- Upton Road
- Waggoners Court
- Warren Close
- Water Lane
- Waterslade Pens
- Wendover Road
- Westland Close
- Westlington Lane
- Westlington Lea
- Whitechurch Close
- Whitecross Road
- White Hart Lane
- Willis Road
- Willoughby Lane
- Willowmead
- Willow Rise
- Windmill Road
- Wirethorn Furlong
- Woodwards Pen
- Woodways
- Wootton Lane
- Wykeham Gate
- Wykeham Way
- Wyre Close
- Yolsum Close
- A418
- A4129
Check an address in HP17
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=HP17" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about HP17
- What does an HP17 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the HP17 district of the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Haddenham. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 373 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 HP17
- HP216.5 km
- HP196.7 km
- HP277.2 km
- HP187.4 km
- HP207.5 km
- OX97.8 km
- OX398.5 km
- HP228.9 km
- HP1414.1 km
- HP1614.2 km
- HP2315.7 km
- OX4916.0 km
- Every district
- How a British address is written
- Check any address
distance between the districts' centroids
More free tools
All free toolsNeed this at scale?
The Spaw API runs the same check with batch and bulk endpoints, monitored address lists, your own suppression list and outcome reporting — 100 free credits a month, no card required.