HP27 postcode district
HP27, in the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, has 445 live and 198 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 256 roads under it.
| postcode area | HP (Hemel Hempstead) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 445 |
| terminated postcodes | 198 |
| sectors | 3 |
| roads listed | 256 |
| companies registered | 1,020 |
| centroid | 51.72095, -0.83310 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
445 of the district's 643 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 51.72095, -0.83310, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| HP27 0 | 198 | 92 |
| HP27 7 | 2 | 17 |
| HP27 9 | 245 | 89 |
Companies registered in HP27
Companies House lists 1,020 companies with a registered office in HP27; 95 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 HP27
- Buckinghamshire
- South East
- Princes Risborough
- Longwick
- Speen
- Lacey Green
- Loosley Row
- Bledlow
- Whiteleaf
- Askett
- Ilmer
- Stoke Mandeville
- Saunderton
- Saunderton Lee
- Pitch Green
- Parslow's Hillock
- Owlswick
- Holly Green
- Lower Cadsden
- Green Hailey
- Horsenden
- Skittle Green
- Forty Green
- Alscot
Roads filed under HP27
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
- Abbotswood
- Almond Way
- Alscot Lane
- Angood Close
- Archway
- Ash Road
- Askett Lane
- Askett Village Lane
- Autumn Drive
- Aylesbury Road
- Bardolphs Close
- Bar Lane
- Barley Close
- Barn Road
- Beech Road
- Bell Close
- Bell Crescent
- Bell Lane
- Bell Street
- Berndene Rise
- Berryfield Road
- Binder Drive
- Blacksmiths Road
- Bledlow Ridge Road
- Bledlow Road
- Boxer Road
- Brimmers Road
- Broad Leys
- Brooke Road
- Burton Lane
- Cadsdean Road
- Cane End
- Cannon Place
- Canterbury Close
- Centenary Cottages
- Chairmakers Close
- Chapel Hill
- Chapel Lane
- Cherry Tree Close
- Chestnut Close
- Chestnut Road
- Chestnut Way
- Cheverton Avenue
- Cheverton Gardens
- Cheverton Mews
- Chiltern Close
- Chiltern View Close
- Chinnor Road
- Church End
- Church Lane
- Church Street
- Clifford Road
- Coleheath Bottom
- Cornerways
- Cottage Farm Way
- Court Close
- Courtmoor Close
- Cowslip Court
- Cradle Footpath
all 256 roads
- Crossfield Road
- Crowbrook Road
- Crown Way
- Culverton Hill
- Culverton Lane
- Dairymede
- Dorrells Road
- Dovecote Close
- Dukes Mews
- Duke Street
- Dunsmore Avenue
- Dunsmore Ride
- Eastfield Road
- Eastlands
- Elmdale Gardens
- Elm Road
- Fairway
- Farmers Way
- Flowers Bottom Lane
- Forty Green
- Foundry Lane
- Furrow Drive
- Gatensbury Place
- Golf Club Lane
- Goodacres Lane
- Goodearl Place
- Grange View
- Greenlands
- Green Lane
- Grovers Court
- Grubbins Lane
- Hambye Close
- Hampden Gate
- Hampden Road
- Harrow Road
- Hawthorn Road
- Headland End
- Hedgerow Walk
- Het's Orchard
- Highfield Road
- High Street
- Highwood Bottom
- Holly Green Lane
- Horns Lane
- Horsenden Lane
- Ilmer Lane
- Innkeepers Court
- Ivy Close
- Jacobs Meadow
- Jasmine Crescent
- Joinery Close
- Kiln Lane
- Kingsmead
- Kings Oak Close
- Kite Crescent
- Kop Hill Road
- Laidler Crescent
- Laidler Gardens
- Lammas Close
- Laurel Close
- Lee Road
- Leo Crescent
- Letter Box Lane
- Lily Bottom Lane
- Lime Road
- Little Gibbs
- Little Ham Lane
- Little Lane
- Little Orchard Close
- Little Park
- Longdown Hill
- Long Hide
- Long Meadow Close
- Longwick Road
- Loosley Hill
- Lower Icknield Way
- Lower Road
- Main Road
- Malthouse Square
- Manor Close
- Manor Park Avenue
- Manor Road
- Market Square
- Mead Acre
- Mead Close
- Meadow Drive
- Meadow Rise
- Merton Road
- Mill Lane
- Milton Gardens
- Monkton Way
- Moses Plat Lane
- Mount Way
- New Road
- Northfield Road
- Northmill
- North Mill Road
- Oak Road
- Oddley Lane
- Old Manor Close
- Old Nursery Place
- Orchard Close
- Orchard Place
- Parkfield Rise
- Park Meadow
- Park Street
- Perryfield Court
- Perry Lane
- Peters Lane
- Picts Lane
- Pilgrims Close
- Pink Hill
- Pink Road
- Place Farm Way
- Poppy Court
- Poppy Road
- Primrose Close
- Princes Gardens
- Princes Place
- Purssell Place
- Pymcombe Close
- Queens Road
- Rectory Court
- Ridge Walk
- Ridgeway Meads
- Robinson Close
- Roundlands
- Salisbury Close
- Sandpit Lane
- Sawmill Road
- Shepherd Meadow
- Shootacre Lane
- Shortborough Avenue
- Silver Birch Drive
- Skittle Green
- Slad Lane
- Smalldean Lane
- Snowdrop Close
- Southfield Road
- Sportsmans Way
- Spring Coppice Lane
- Spring Drive
- Station Approach
- Station Road
- St Dunstans Close
- Stopps Orchard
- St Peters Close
- Stratton Road
- St Teresas Close
- Studridge Lane
- Summerleys Road
- Thame Road
- The Avenue
- The Crescent
- The Green
- The Hawthorns
- The Holloway
- The Retreat
- The Willows
- Thorns Close
- Thorns Lane
- Thresher Road
- Town Farm Barns
- Trout Hollow
- Upper Icknield Way
- Violet Close
- Walkers Road
- Walnut Crescent
- Walnut Tree Lane
- Wardrobes Lane
- Water Lane
- Wayfarers End
- Wayside
- Wellington Avenue
- Westfields
- Westlands Road
- West Lane
- Westmead
- Wheelwright Road
- Whiteleaf Way
- Wickfields
- Williams Way
- Willow Way
- Windmill Hill
- Windsor Hill
- Woodbank
- Woodbine Close
- Woodfield
- Woodfield Road
- Woodlands
- Woodview Drive
- Woodway
- Wycombe Road
- A4010
- A4129
- B4444
Check an address in HP27
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=HP27" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about HP27
- What does an HP27 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the HP27 district of the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Princes Risborough. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 445 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 HP27
- OX396.1 km
- HP177.2 km
- HP147.6 km
- HP168.1 km
- HP219.5 km
- OX910.6 km
- HP2210.7 km
- HP1510.9 km
- HP1211.2 km
- HP2011.2 km
- HP1911.4 km
- HP1311.5 km
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