WD24 postcode district
WD24, in the WD (Watford) postcode area, has 531 live and 262 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 161 roads under it.
| postcode area | WD (Watford) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 531 |
| terminated postcodes | 262 |
| sectors | 5 |
| roads listed | 161 |
| companies registered | 2,691 |
| centroid | 51.67371, -0.39812 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
531 of the district's 793 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 51.67371, -0.39812, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| WD24 4 | 131 | 105 |
| WD24 5 | 165 | 62 |
| WD24 6 | 109 | 24 |
| WD24 7 | 126 | 70 |
| WD24 9 | 0 | 1 |
Companies registered in WD24
Companies House lists 2,691 companies with a registered office in WD24; 438 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 WD24
- Watford
- Hertfordshire
- Eastern
Roads filed under WD24
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.
- Acme Road
- Acorn Place
- Almond Close
- Anglian Close
- Ashby Road
- Ash Tree Road
- Ashwell Place
- Aston Close
- Balmoral Road
- Baxter Road
- Bedford Street
- Beech Road
- Beechwood Rise
- Bermer Road
- Bradshaw Road
- Breakspeare Close
- Brett Place
- Brighton Road
- Brixton Road
- Broad Road
- Brocklesbury Close
- Bruce Grove
- Brushrise
- Buckingham Road
- Bushey Mill Crescent
- Bushey Mill Lane
- Bushey View Walk
- Byron Avenue
- Callowland Place
- Carisbrooke Avenue
- Cecil Street
- Cherry Tree Road
- Chestnut Walk
- Chilcott Road
- Chiswell Court
- Churchfields Road
- Clive Way
- Colonial Way
- Comyne Road
- Copsewood Road
- Courtlands Close
- Cowper Court
- Cromer Road
- Damson Close
- Dell Road
- Dell Side
- Desmond Road
- Devon Road
- Diamond Road
- Dodd Road
- Douglas Avenue
- Eastfield Avenue
- Ellenbrook Close
- Elm Grove
- Empire Centre
- Exeter Close
- Federal Way
- Foxhill
- Fuller Gardens
- Fuller Road
all 161 roads
- Gadeside
- Gammons Farm Close
- Gammons Lane
- Garfield Street
- Garnett Close
- Gisburne Way
- Goodwood Avenue
- Greycaine Road
- Hallam Close
- Halsey Place
- Hatfield Road
- Hazel Tree Road
- Heather Lane
- Hibbert Avenue
- Hillrise Avenue
- Howard Close
- Hudson Close
- Imperial Park
- Imperial Way
- Jubilee Road
- Judge Street
- Keele Close
- Knutsford Avenue
- Leaford Court
- Leaford Crescent
- Lea Road
- Leavesden Road
- Leggatts Close
- Leggatts Way
- Leggatts Wood Avenue
- Link Road
- Longspring
- Lowestoft Road
- Marri Street
- Maude Crescent
- Maytree Crescent
- Middle Ope
- Middle Way
- Milton Street
- Minerva Drive
- Monica Close
- Munden Drive
- Munden Grove
- Neston Road
- Nevill Grove
- Nicholas Close
- Norbury Avenue
- Norfolk Avenue
- Northfield Gardens
- North Western Avenue
- North Western Avenue Colne Way
- Oakdene Road
- Octavia Court
- Odhams Trading Estate
- Osborne Road
- Pankhurst Place
- Parker Street
- Parkgate Road
- Penn Road
- Pomeroy Crescent
- Popes Lane
- Radlett Road
- Raphael Drive
- Reeds Crescent
- Reeds Walk
- Regal Way
- Regent Street
- Rhodes Way
- Ridge Street
- Rosebriar Walk
- Ryan Way
- Salisbury Road
- Sandown Road
- Sandringham Road
- Shakespeare Street
- Silver Dell
- Southfield Avenue
- Southwold Road
- St Albans Road
- Stanmore Road
- Stephenson Way
- St George's Road
- St Pauls Way
- Sussex Road
- Tavistock Road
- The Harebreaks
- The Square
- Thrums
- Trinity Hall Close
- Tudor Avenue
- Tudor Drive
- Tudor Walk
- Victoria Road
- Ward Road
- Westfield Avenue
- Williamson Road
- Windsor Road
- Woodmere Avenue
- Woodside
- Yarmouth Road
- A412
Check an address in WD24
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=WD24" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about WD24
- What does a WD24 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the WD24 district of the WD (Watford) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Watford. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 531 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 WD24
- WD171.2 km
- WD251.7 km
- WD183.0 km
- WD53.5 km
- WD234.2 km
- WD194.8 km
- WD45.4 km
- WD76.3 km
- WD36.5 km
- AL26.6 km
- HA67.1 km
- HP38.6 km
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