Cassiobridge Road Watford

61 addresses across 2 postcodes (WD18), about 200 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 42403193.

  • Sales: 109 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £468,500 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Watford cost £408,659 in August 2026 (-0.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,834 a month.
  • Energy: 44 homes have an energy certificate (C: 12, D: 25, E: 7).
  • Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Rousebarn Lane, is 290 m away.
  • Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Watford costs £2,447 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Watford High Street, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Cassio Common, is about 170 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 56 to 59 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 15 of its 61 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bridgewater Surgeries, about 160 m away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 820 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 54% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 204 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 10 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious; 3 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£468,500£468,500£468,500
20254£407,500£370,000£425,000
20242£407,000£394,000£420,000
20232£464,000£458,000£470,000
20224£434,500£385,000£465,000
20213£378,000£355,000£419,000
20201£440,000£440,000£440,000
20191£355,000£355,000£355,000
20181£350,000£350,000£350,000
20174£376,750£325,000£402,000
20164£326,750£225,000£400,000
20154£300,000£168,000£305,000
All 109 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
17 Sep 20091 WD18 7QLTerraced£216,000
27 Jul 20011 WD18 7QLTerraced£129,950
7 Dec 19981 WD18 7QLTerraced£81,000
12 Sep 20072 WD18 7QLTerraced£235,000
28 Nov 20032 WD18 7QLTerraced£156,000
9 Nov 20173 WD18 7QLTerraced£325,000
18 Oct 20024 WD18 7QLTerraced£147,500
10 Apr 19954 WD18 7QLTerraced£63,000
22 Mar 20215 WD18 7QLTerraced£355,000
29 May 20256 WD18 7QLTerraced£400,000
2 Apr 20247 WD18 7QLTerraced£394,000
29 Sep 20228 WD18 7QLTerraced£422,000
12 Feb 20158 WD18 7QLTerraced£300,000
23 Sep 20028 WD18 7QLTerraced£159,950
31 Jan 20019 WD18 7QLTerraced£123,000
31 May 202410 WD18 7QLTerraced£420,000
14 Mar 201610 WD18 7QLTerraced£340,000
30 Jun 201110 WD18 7QLTerraced£217,000
31 Jan 202211 WD18 7QLTerraced£385,000
15 Nov 202212 WD18 7QLTerraced£390,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
21 Oct 202213 WD18 7QLTerraced£447,000
19 Oct 201713 WD18 7QLTerraced£402,000
30 Sep 201013 WD18 7QLTerraced£220,000
30 Sep 200213 WD18 7QLTerraced£142,500
1 Nov 201214 WD18 7QLTerraced£236,750
21 Aug 200214 WD18 7QLTerraced£149,450
24 Jul 199514 WD18 7QLTerraced£50,000
21 Jan 202615 WD18 7QLTerraced£468,500
23 Aug 202315 WD18 7QLTerraced£470,000
25 Oct 201615 WD18 7QLTerraced£400,000
3 Apr 200615 WD18 7QLTerraced£195,000
2 Sep 201516 WD18 7QLTerraced£305,000
4 Aug 199817 WD18 7QLTerraced£88,500
28 Jun 201918 WD18 7QLTerraced£355,000
1 Aug 201420 WD18 7QLTerraced£299,950
28 Jul 200420 WD18 7QLTerraced£185,000
26 Nov 200120 WD18 7QLTerraced£132,250
19 Aug 202522 WD18 7QLTerraced£425,000
29 Feb 201622 WD18 7QLTerraced£313,500
2 Oct 202023 WD18 7QLTerraced£397,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
20 Dec 200723 WD18 7QLTerraced£226,000
30 May 200224 WD18 7QLTerraced£148,000
16 Feb 199824 WD18 7QLTerraced£72,500
24 Aug 200725 WD18 7QLTerraced£235,000
26 May 200025 WD18 7QLTerraced£115,000
21 May 201026 WD18 7QLSemi-detached£239,950
6 Jan 200626 WD18 7QLSemi-detached£187,000
30 Nov 200026 WD18 7QLSemi-detached£121,000
1 Jun 200727 WD18 7QLTerraced£243,000
24 Aug 200627 WD18 7QLTerraced£192,000
20 Sep 199627 WD18 7QLTerraced£62,500
31 Jul 200928 WD18 7QLTerraced£192,000
29 Mar 199628 WD18 7QLTerraced£67,000
27 May 202231 WD18 7QLSemi-detached£465,000
25 Jun 202131 WD18 7QLSemi-detached£345,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
26 Jan 200632 WD18 7QLTerraced£186,500
6 Jul 199533 WD18 7QLTerraced£64,000
9 Nov 200734 WD18 7QLTerraced£229,000
15 May 200034 WD18 7QLTerraced£105,000
18 Nov 201135 WD18 7QLTerraced£233,500
4 Jul 200735 WD18 7QLTerraced£215,000
21 Jan 200035 WD18 7QLTerraced£110,000
31 Jul 199535 WD18 7QLTerraced£57,500
16 Jul 199836 WD18 7QLTerraced£85,000
11 Feb 202137 WD18 7QLTerraced£419,000
10 Sep 202538 WD18 7QLTerraced£370,000
3 Sep 200438 WD18 7QLTerraced£191,200
5 Jun 200338 WD18 7QLTerraced£172,500
28 Mar 200238 WD18 7QLTerraced£131,000
3 Dec 199938 WD18 7QLTerraced£101,000
6 Aug 202139 WD18 7QLTerraced£378,000
25 Aug 201740 WD18 7QLTerraced£390,000
20 Dec 201040 WD18 7QLTerraced£185,000
26 Mar 202541 WD18 7QLTerraced£415,000
30 Apr 201341 WD18 7QLTerraced£249,950
20 Aug 200441 WD18 7QLTerraced£184,000
19 Jul 200241 WD18 7QLTerraced£142,000
14 Sep 201842 WD18 7QLTerraced£350,000
27 Mar 201542 WD18 7QLTerraced£300,000
28 Feb 201443 WD18 7QLTerraced£241,000
4 Apr 200844 WD18 7QLFlat or maisonette£59,750Leasehold.
11 Apr 200344 WD18 7QLFlat or maisonette£42,500Leasehold.
26 Jul 200245 WD18 7QLTerraced£159,950
31 Mar 200045 WD18 7QLTerraced£112,000
3 Nov 201746 WD18 7QLTerraced£363,500
25 Feb 200946 WD18 7QLTerraced£190,000
18 Aug 200446 WD18 7QLTerraced£190,000
16 May 200547 WD18 7QLTerraced£180,000
26 Jul 200247 WD18 7QLTerraced£134,000
30 Jul 199947 WD18 7QLTerraced£96,000
20 Oct 199547 WD18 7QLTerraced£58,000
19 Sep 201448 WD18 7QLTerraced£285,000
12 Jun 200848 WD18 7QLTerraced£243,500
14 Aug 200048 WD18 7QLTerraced£120,000
7 Nov 202349 WD18 7QLTerraced£458,000
24 Sep 202049 WD18 7QLTerraced£440,000
31 Aug 200749 WD18 7QLTerraced£248,000
11 Jun 200149 WD18 7QLTerraced£126,950
2 Jun 199549 WD18 7QLTerraced£53,950
22 Sep 200650 WD18 7QLTerraced£199,000
25 May 200150 WD18 7QLTerraced£120,000
30 Jun 201551 WD18 7QLTerraced£168,000Leasehold.
3 Nov 200651 WD18 7QLFlat or maisonette£130,000New build. Leasehold.
16 Dec 201651A WD18 7QLFlat or maisonette£225,000Leasehold.
19 Dec 201451A WD18 7QLFlat or maisonette£170,000Leasehold.
12 Feb 201051A WD18 7QLFlat or maisonette£141,000Leasehold.
11 Aug 199951A WD18 7QLFlat or maisonette£56,000Leasehold.
17 Apr 202652 WD18 7QLTerraced£430,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
19 Dec 199752 WD18 7QLTerraced£93,500

House prices and rents in Watford

A typical home in Watford cost £408,659 in August 2026, 0.4% less than a year before. That is 6% more than five years earlier and 12% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£941,650
Semi-detached£541,069
Terraced£435,927
Flat or maisonette£265,100
Bought by a first-time buyer£355,866

Private renters in Watford paid £1,834 a month on average in September 2026, 2.1% more than a year before. That is 32% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£1,268
Two bedrooms£1,602
Three bedrooms£1,830
Four or more bedrooms£2,657

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from October 2008 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

44 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 80 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (34); House, end-terrace (5); Maisonette, semi-detached (2). Built: 1900-1929 (27); 1930-1949 (12); before 1900 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (26); rented (private) (12); rented (social) (1).

Each home's certificates and sales (44 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 11,857 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 2,770 kWh of electricity, 21% less than the district's 3,519 kWh. There are gas meters for about 96% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
WD18 7QL58 9 Economy 72,374 kWh 5810,858 kWh
WD18 7QJ141,425 kWh 118,252 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is WD18.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Watford in 2026-27: Band D £2,447 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,631£1,903£2,175£2,447£2,990£3,534£4,078£4,893

Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (43% of about 1,920 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 2 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 12 August 2026: HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
  • 10 August 2026 to 27 August 2026: CADENT GAS LIMITED, Utility asset works, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway (major works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 3 to 5%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

By postcode centre: 1 to 3% (1); 3 to 5% (2).

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 290 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Rousebarn Lane Croxley Green, Hertfordshire until 1958 Inert, special (hazardous) 290 m

Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 61 addresses are between 56 m and 59 m above sea level (58 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
WD18 7QJ100%100%100%0%
WD18 7QL100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsWatford High Street 1.4 million journeys in 2024–252.1 km (1.3 miles)
Watford Junction 6.9 million journeys in 2024–252.1 km (1.3 miles)
Bushey 1.2 million journeys in 2024–252.7 km (1.7 miles)
Underground, metro or tramWatford Underground Station620 m (0.4 miles)
Croxley Underground Station1.5 km (0.9 miles)
Bus stops8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 36 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Gade Close Watford90 m
Car parks2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Watford Station Car Park (TfL)570 m (0.4 miles)
EV charging points5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station540 m (0.3 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Heathrow Airport LHR20.4 km (13 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bridgewater Surgeries Good Aug 2022160 m
Pharmacies5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bridgewater Pharmacy160 m
NHS dentists9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery1.4 km (0.9 miles)
HospitalUrgent Care Hemel Hempstead Hospital1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Care homes7 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Chase Care Centre Good Sep 2021160 m
Police stationHertfordshire Constabulary (Watford Police Station)1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Cash machinesMorrisons Daily - Watford -Tolpits Lane Cashzone880 m (0.5 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cassio Common 7,830 m²170 m
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Cassiobury Park 76 ha280 m
Play area5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 360 m²170 m
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha750 m (0.5 miles)
AllotmentsBrightwell Allotments 2.4 ha840 m (0.5 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 81 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Cassiobury Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Cassiobury ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.6 km (1 mile) north-west
Oxhey Hall moated siteScheduled monument2 km (1.2 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Carpdell LakeLake or reservoir370 m north-west
Watford PondLake or reservoir1.6 km (1 mile) north-east
Jacotts HillHill1.7 km (1 mile) north-west
Long Valley WoodWood1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west
Hampermill LakeLake or reservoir1.8 km (1.1 miles) south
Charlotte's ValeValley2.2 km (1.4 miles) north

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)11.24010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.7205
Particles (PM10)11.94015

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 and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
60 to 6430
55 to 59120
Under 554661

15 of the street's 61 addresses are 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 Watford: see them on the Watford page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 5 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Ascot Road Primary SchoolPrimary4–11350 m Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 75% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 41% in 2024 and 42% in 2023)
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–11570 m (0.4 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 61% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 73% in 2023)
Watford Grammar School for Boys Church of EnglandSecondary11–18600 m (0.4 miles) Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Exceptional; Achievement: Exceptional; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Exceptional; Leadership and governance: Exceptional; Post-16 provision: Exceptional; Safeguarding standards: Met GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 66.3 (68.9 in 2025 and 66.5 in 2024); 84.4% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B; 26.5% AAB or better; progress average
Croxley Danes SchoolSecondary11–18670 m (0.4 miles) Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 51.6 (51.3 in 2025 and 49.7 in 2024); 61.1% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C; 5.1% AAB or better; progress average
Westfield AcademySecondary11–18740 m (0.5 miles) No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.5 (41.4 in 2025 and 40.4 in 2024); 46.9% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; 5.3% AAB or better; progress above average
Willow Tree Primary SchoolPrimary3–111 km (0.6 miles) Requires improvement (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Chater Infant SchoolPrimary3–71 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection None published
Laurance Haines SchoolPrimary3–111.2 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 66% in 2023)
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary2–71.3 km (0.8 miles) No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding None published
Chater Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.3 km (0.8 miles) No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 52% in 2023)
West Herts College16 plus16–991.3 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection A level 2025: average grade D-; 0% AAB or better; progress below average
Lanchester Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.4 km (0.9 miles) No published inspection 73% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% at the higher standard (2025; 51% in 2024 and 47% in 2023)

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 940 m (0.6 miles); the nearest is 300 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Super Steps Nursery Cortland WD18 8AZ Sessional day care 102 Not inspected yet 300 m
Kidz Zone Club - Ascot Road WD18 8AD Out-of-school day care 10 Not inspected yet 500 m (0.3 miles)
Squirrels Nursery (Watford Ascot) WD18 8AD Full day care 40 Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 500 m (0.3 miles)
Ali's Academy WD18 7JF Sessional day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 600 m (0.4 miles)
Westfield Pre School WD18 6AE Sessional day care 32 Not inspected yet 640 m (0.4 miles)
Boys & Girls Nursery (Croxley Green) Limited WD18 8YS Full day care 72 Good (Jan 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 670 m (0.4 miles)
Brightway Education WD18 7NS Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 710 m (0.4 miles)
Small World Nursery (Watford) CIC WD18 6AA Full day care 52 Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 780 m (0.5 miles)
Building Blocks Preschool Nurseries Ltd WD18 7NN Full day care 30 Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 870 m (0.5 miles)
CL Sports and Activity - Chater Infant School WD18 7RD Out-of-school day care 15 Not inspected yet 940 m (0.6 miles)

Ofsted also registers 841 childminders and 251 home childcarers (nannies) in Hertfordshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 5 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Micron's Mini Mart WD18 7QJRetailers - other110 m5 Very good29 Jan 2024
New Happy Place Chinese Takeaway WD18 7QJTakeaway/sandwich shop110 m5 Very good27 Nov 2025
The Shamrock WD18 7QJPub/bar/nightclub110 m2 Improvement necessary14 Apr 2025
Sylwia`s Bistro WD18 7QJRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen110 mAwaiting inspection
The Chase Care Centre WD18 7QRHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises150 m5 Very good25 Aug 2026
Budgens WD18 7QRRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets150 m1 Major improvement necessary20 Apr 2026
Costa Coffee WD3 1AXRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen260 m5 Very good2 May 2025
Ascot Road Community Free School WD18 8ADSchool/college/university360 m5 Very good17 Oct 2025
Bmt Catering Ltd @ Storm Technologies WD18 8YWRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen480 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good16 Feb 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

204 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences77
Anti-social behaviour53
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage and arson15
Other theft15
Public order12
Drugs4
Robbery3
Burglary3
Bicycle theft2
Other crime2
Shoplifting2

Most of these are attached to: On or near The Gateway (59); On or near Printers Avenue (36); On or near Raven Close (24); On or near Maythorne Close (24); On or near Alwin Place (17).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

10 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 9 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 3 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. 30% happened in the dark, and 40% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202220
202300
202410
202561
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
16 Dec 2025 08:30 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child Minor road, 20 mph Wet road
3 Nov 2025 18:00 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road
10 Sep 2025 07:20 Slight 1 person A412, 30 mph Daylight
5 Jul 2025 09:33 Serious 1 person: 1 cyclist A412, 30 mph Daylight
5 Jun 2025 08:53 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Wet road
19 Apr 2025 01:47 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
10 Jan 2024 13:55 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 20 mph Daylight
20 Oct 2022 21:30 Slight 1 person A412, 30 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road
18 Jan 2022 13:37 Slight 2 people A412, 30 mph Daylight
14 Nov 2021 13:40 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Daylight

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 821 residents in 289 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age3940
Children under 1516%17%
Aged 65 and over18%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)54%61%
Owned outright22%33%
Shared ownership2%1%
Social rented6%17%
Private rented38%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work60%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)5%6%
Retired (of adults)22%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)4%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)38%32%
Travel to work by car or van43%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram8%4%
By any public transport, including bus9%8%
On foot or by bicycle10%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)61%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away5%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)40%34%
No qualifications21%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification4%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)80%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all2%2%

Deprivation

The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 8 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Maythorne Close · Gade Close · The Gateway · The Gateway · Sheraton Mews · Raven Close · Queen Mary's Avenue · The Chase · Ascot Road · Whippendell Road · Observer Drive · Hugo Close

All the streets in WD18 and across Watford.

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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • 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.