A1(M) Stevenage
1 address across 1 postcode (SG1), about 330 m long, classed as a motorway. USRN 81800537.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Stevenage costs £2,392 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Stevenage, about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Knebworth Country Park, is about 680 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 97 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is King George & Manor House Surgeries, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 20% of households owned their home and 48% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Stevenage in 2026-27: Band D £2,392 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,595 | £1,860 | £2,126 | £2,392 | £2,924 | £3,455 | £3,987 | £4,784 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (71% of about 930 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Six Hills Way Stevenage SG1 2DH, Stevenage.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 97 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG1 2DH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Stevenage 4.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Knebworth 437,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Watton-At-Stone 168,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Leyden Road Stevenage | 290 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Stevenage | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Asda Stevenage Car Park | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gridserve Charging Station | 200 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 11.2 km (7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | King George & Manor House Surgeries | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Market Place (Dental Surgery) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | The Lister Hospital | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Stevenage Police Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Knebworth Country Park 143 ha | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,230 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.9 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,570 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 143 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Six Hills Roman barrows, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) north. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Six Hills Roman barrows | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Whomerley Wood moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Knebworth | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Homewood | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Watery Grove | Wood | 430 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Warren Spring | Wood | 570 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Parson's Grove | Wood | 610 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Norton Green Common Pond | Lake or reservoir | 720 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Langley Valley | Valley | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Almond's Hill | Hill | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Stevenage: see them on the Stevenage page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hertfordshire College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Roebuck Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Broom Barns Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Peartree Way Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asda Express PFS Stevenage SG1 2GX | Retailers - other | 160 m | 5 Very good | 12 Dec 2024 |
| Subway SG1 2FS | Other catering premises | 270 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jun 2025 |
| Starbucks SG1 2GX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Hellenic Deli SG1 2GX | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 300 m | 5 Very good | 28 Mar 2024 |
| Greggs SG1 2GX | Other catering premises | 310 m | 5 Very good | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Stevenage Asda On The Move SG1 2GX | Other catering premises | 310 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Smiths News PLC SG1 2BH | Distributors/Transporters | 450 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (hertfordshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 20% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 45% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 29% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 85% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 10% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 13% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 48% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 80% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- SG1 2DH: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.