Parsonage Lane Spellbrook, East Hertfordshire
26 addresses across 2 postcodes (CM21), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) long. USRN 12413370.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2008 the median was £740,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (A: 2, B: 1, D: 1, E: 2).
- 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 East Hertfordshire costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 88% to 92% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Sawbridgeworth, about 2 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 74 to 79 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 26 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Central Surgery, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | £740,000 | £740,000 | £740,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £308,000 | £308,000 | £308,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2008 | PARSONAGE FARMHOUSE CM21 0ND | Detached | £740,000 | |
| 20 May 2003 | CRAYCOMBE CM21 0ND | Semi-detached | £308,000 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 95 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, detached (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 2012 (1); 2012 onwards (1); 2019 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (private) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in East Hertfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,909 | £2,182 | £2,455 | £3,000 | £3,546 | £4,091 | £4,910 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (41% of about 1,040 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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: yes, East Hertfordshire.
Listed buildings
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM21 0ND | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CM21 0NG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 28 addresses are between 74 m and 79 m above sea level (75 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM21 0ND | 100% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| CM21 0NG | 88% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sawbridgeworth 471,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Bishops Stortford 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Harlow Mill 279,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tednambury Farm Spellbrook | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Interchange Bishops Stortford | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Bell Street Car Park | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Central Surgery | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Village Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Capio Rivers Hospital | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Sawbridge Police Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Br Spar Gainsborough, Corringham Road | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,990 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 470 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Bullfields 1.8 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Bullfields 1.3 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Former Great Barn at Bursteads 35 Metres North East of House, a listed building (Grade II*), 560 m (0.3 miles) north. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Former Great Barn at Bursteads 35 Metres North East of House | Listed building, Grade II* | 560 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Wallbury camp | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Henley Herne Spring | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Gravel Pit Coppice | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Thorley Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Spill Timbers Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Allensgreen Wood | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Fiddlers' Brook (West Arm) | Lake or reservoir | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 26 | 4 |
2 of the street's 26 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 22 from aircraft, 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 East Hertfordshire: see them on the East Hertfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spellbrook CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Leventhorpe | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Mandeville Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Reedings Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
Nearby streets
All the streets in CM21 and across East Hertfordshire.
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.