HP23 postcode district
HP23, in the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, has 576 live and 372 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 311 roads under it.
| postcode area | HP (Hemel Hempstead) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 576 |
| terminated postcodes | 372 |
| sectors | 4 |
| roads listed | 311 |
| companies registered | 2,153 |
| centroid | 51.79574, -0.66149 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
576 of the district's 948 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 51.79574, -0.66149, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| HP23 4 | 202 | 115 |
| HP23 5 | 204 | 129 |
| HP23 6 | 162 | 74 |
| HP23 9 | 8 | 54 |
Companies registered in HP23
Companies House lists 2,153 companies with a registered office in HP23; 458 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 HP23
- Dacorum
- Hertfordshire
- Eastern
- Tring
- Buckinghamshire
- South East
- Wigginton
- Marsworth
- Wilstone
- Aldbury
- Long Marston
- Buckland Common
- Hastoe
- Cholesbury
- Puttenham
- Cow Roast
- West Leith
- St Leonards
- Astrope
- Bulbourne
- Tringford
- Gubblecote
- Little Tring
- Wilstone Green
Roads filed under HP23
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.
- Abstacle Hill
- Acacia Walk
- Adams Way
- Akeman Street
- Albert Street
- Alnwick Drive
- Anns Close
- Ardwick Close
- Ash Road
- Astley Place
- Astrope Lane
- Aylesbury Road
- Barbers Walk
- Barton Close
- Beacon Road
- Beaconsfield Road
- Beacon Way
- Beech Grove
- Beech Park Homes
- Beech Walk
- Beechwood Drive
- Beggars Lane
- Belmers Road
- Betty's Lane
- Blaine Close
- Blainways Avenue
- Bottom House Lane
- Bottom Road
- Bridleway
- Broad Highway
- Bromley
- Brookfield Close
- Brook Street
- Broomstick Lane
- Brown's Lane
- Brown's Rise
- Buckingham Road
- Bulbourne Court
- Bulbourne Road
- Bulbourne Yard
- Bunstrux
- Bunyan Close
- Bushel Wharf
- Carman Court
- Carpenters Yard
- Carrington Place
- Chapel End Lane
- Chapel Fields
- Chapel Lane
- Chapel Road
- Chapel Street
- Chappel Meadow
- Charles Street
- Cheddington Lane
- Cherry Tree Lane
- Chesham Road
- Chiltern Hills Close
- Chiltern Way
- Cholesbury Lane
- Cholesbury Road
all 311 roads
- Christchurch Road
- Church Farm Lane
- Church Lane
- Church Road
- Church Square
- Church View
- Church Yard
- Clarke's Spring
- Clement Mews
- Cobbetts Ride
- Common Field
- Coppice Farm Park
- Cow Lane
- Crawley's Lane
- Crown Rose Court
- Damask Close
- Dancers End Lane
- Danvers Croft
- Deans Close
- Deans Furlong
- Denmark Place
- Dixon's Wharf
- Dolphin Square
- Donkey Lane
- Dorian Close
- Drayton Close
- Draytonmead Farm Road
- Drummond Ride
- Dublois Close
- Duckmore Lane
- Dundale Road
- Dunsley Place
- Dunston Hill
- Eggleton Drive
- Eight Acres
- Elizabeth Drive
- Elm Tree Walk
- Emma Rothschild Court
- Evans Way
- Fairthorn Close
- Fantail Lane
- Faversham Close
- Field End Close
- Fields End
- Fieldway
- Fox Close
- Fox Lane
- Fox Road
- Friars Walk
- Frogmore Street
- Gadmore Lane
- Gamnel Mews
- Gilbert's Hill
- Glebe Meadow
- Glovers Lane
- Goldfield Road
- Goldsworth Road
- Grange Road
- Green Path
- Gregorys Field
- Grenadine Way
- Grove Gardens
- Grove Leys
- Grove Park
- Grove Road
- Grymsdyke Road
- Gwynne Close
- Harcourt Road
- Harrow Yard
- Harvest Turn
- Harvieston Close
- Hastoe Hill
- Hastoe Lane
- Hawkwell Drive
- Hazely
- Hemp Lane
- Henry Street
- Highfield Road
- High Street
- Hill Green Lane
- Hobsons Walk
- Hollyfield
- Hollyfield Close
- Hornbeam Lane
- Hountslow Close
- Hunters Close
- Icknield Green
- Icknield Way
- Jenkins Lane
- Jenney Crescent
- Kay Close
- Kiln Road
- King Edward Gardens
- Kingsley Walk
- King Street
- Lakeside
- Langdon Street
- Leafy Lane
- Legion Field Crescent
- Lendon Grove
- Little Copse
- Little Hoo
- Little Tring Road
- Little Twye Road
- London Road
- Longbridge Close
- Longfield Gardens
- Longfield Road
- Long Marston Road
- Lower Icknield Way
- Loxley Stables
- Ludgate
- Lukes Lane
- Lukes Lea
- Malting Lane
- Manor Road
- Mansard Close
- Mansion Drive
- Marlin Hill
- Marshcroft Lane
- Marston Court
- Marsworth Wharf
- Mary Cross Close
- Mayes Close
- Meadowbrook
- Meadow Close
- Mentmore View
- Mill Gardens
- Mill View Road
- Minall Close
- Miswell Lane
- Morefields
- Mortimer Hill
- Mortimer Rise
- Mulberry Close
- Nathaniel Walk
- Netherby Close
- Newground Road
- New Road
- Nightingale Close
- Northfield Road
- Norvic Road
- Nursery Gardens
- Oak Lane
- Oddy Hill
- Okeford Close
- Okeford Drive
- Okeford End
- Okeley Lane
- Old Rectory Farm Mews
- Old Weavers Place
- Orchard Gardens
- Osborne Way
- Osmington Place
- Park Road
- Park Street
- Parrott's Lane
- Parsonage Close
- Parsonage Place
- Pavis Close
- Pheasant Close
- Plaiters Close
- Pollywick Road
- Potash Lane
- Puttenham Court
- Puttenham Road
- Queen Street
- Ravens Court
- Ridge View
- Ridgeway Gardens
- Rodwell Yard
- Rosebarn Lane
- Rosebery Way
- Rossway Lane
- Rothschild Place
- Sandbrook Lane
- Sandon Close
- Sears Drive
- Ship Lane
- Shire Lane
- Shugars Green
- Silk Mill Way
- Springhall Hill
- Stanley Gardens
- Station Road
- Stepnells
- St Francis Close
- Stocks Road
- Stoney Croft
- St Peters Hill
- Stubbings Close
- Sulgrave Crescent
- Surrey Place
- Sutton Close
- Sycamore Drive
- Tabernackle Yard
- Taylors Lane
- The Beeches
- The Bit
- The Cedars
- The Coppice
- The Crescent
- The Firs
- The Green
- The Greenway
- The Hollies
- The Holloway
- The Leys
- The Limes
- The Mill
- The Orchards
- The Twist
- Thomas Gardens
- Thorn Tree Drive
- Tinkers Lane
- Toms Hill
- Toms Hill Close
- Toms Hill Road
- Treehanger Close
- Tring Ford Road
- Tring Hill
- Tring Road
- Trooper Road
- Upper Icknield Way
- Upper Tring Park
- Vaisey Close
- Valpy Close
- Verney Close
- Vicarage Gardens
- Vicarage Road
- Watery Lane
- Weavers Road
- Western Road
- West Leith
- Westron Gardens
- Wharf Lane
- White House Gardens
- Whytingham Road
- Wick Road
- Wigginton Bottom
- Wiggles Lane
- Wilstone Wharf
- Windmill Way
- Wingrave Road
- Woodland Close
- Woodmans Close
- Woods Place
- A41
- B486
- B488
- B4635
Check an address in HP23
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=HP23" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about HP23
- What does an HP23 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the HP23 district of the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Tring. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 576 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 HP23
- HP47.1 km
- HP227.6 km
- HP59.9 km
- HP2110.0 km
- HP2010.3 km
- HP1611.1 km
- HP1911.9 km
- LU612.4 km
- LU712.5 km
- HP112.7 km
- HP613.7 km
- HP2714.4 km
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