Roebuck Close Hertford

40 addresses across 1 postcode (SG13), about 160 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 12425113.

  • Sales: 124 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £538,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in East Hertfordshire cost £455,973 in August 2026 (+1.9% on a year); private rents averaged £1,550 a month.
  • Energy: 29 homes have an energy certificate (C: 20, D: 9).
  • 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, Foxholes Quarry, is 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Ware Solar Park - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage, is 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the B1502, carries 8,224 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; Band D in East Hertfordshire costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Hertford East, about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 560 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 66 to 68 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 8 of its 40 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lea Wharf Medical, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away.
  • People: About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 55 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.

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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
20251£538,000£538,000£538,000
20221£530,000£530,000£530,000
20214£442,250£335,000£475,000
20202£555,000£480,000£630,000
20191£320,000£320,000£320,000
20183£340,000£330,000£355,000
20172£430,000£430,000£430,000
20161£405,000£405,000£405,000
20152£356,500£290,000£423,000
20141£332,000£332,000£332,000
20131£250,000£250,000£250,000
20121£223,500£223,500£223,500
All 124 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
6 Feb 20251 SG13 7TEDetached£538,000
19 Jul 20061 SG13 7TEDetached£320,000
6 Dec 19961 SG13 7TEDetached£116,950New build.
1 Dec 20222 SG13 7TEDetached£530,000
19 Oct 20012 SG13 7TEDetached£194,000
19 Oct 20012 SG13 7TEDetached£193,000
25 Oct 19962 SG13 7TEDetached£110,000New build.
15 Dec 20093 SG13 7TETerraced£249,995
5 Apr 20023 SG13 7TETerraced£175,000
1 Nov 19963 SG13 7TETerraced£94,950New build.
8 Oct 20124 SG13 7TETerraced£223,500
1 Dec 20064 SG13 7TETerraced£207,000
1 Nov 19964 SG13 7TETerraced£79,950New build.
30 May 20185 SG13 7TETerraced£355,000
31 Jul 20155 SG13 7TETerraced£290,000
20 Dec 20075 SG13 7TETerraced£232,000
17 Aug 19985 SG13 7TETerraced£88,000
4 Nov 19965 SG13 7TETerraced£79,950New build.
21 Feb 20206 SG13 7TETerraced£480,000
28 May 20106 SG13 7TETerraced£280,000
10 Jul 20006 SG13 7TETerraced£149,995
28 Oct 19966 SG13 7TETerraced£94,950New build.
16 Jan 19987 SG13 7TETerraced£84,500
29 Nov 19967 SG13 7TETerraced£81,950New build.
12 Oct 20078 SG13 7TETerraced£225,000
29 Nov 20068 SG13 7TETerraced£208,000
25 Oct 19968 SG13 7TETerraced£79,950New build.
4 Mar 20119 SG13 7TETerraced£209,000
16 Jun 20009 SG13 7TETerraced£120,000
28 Oct 19969 SG13 7TETerraced£81,950New build.
22 Aug 200310 SG13 7TESemi-detached£225,000
11 May 200110 SG13 7TESemi-detached£154,000
25 Nov 199610 SG13 7TESemi-detached£93,950New build.
6 Aug 201011 SG13 7TESemi-detached£282,500
30 Sep 200311 SG13 7TESemi-detached£231,000
11 Apr 200111 SG13 7TESemi-detached£156,950
23 Mar 200111 SG13 7TESemi-detached£152,500
4 Nov 199611 SG13 7TESemi-detached£91,454New build.
27 Oct 202012 SG13 7TEDetached£630,000
2 Dec 199612 SG13 7TEDetached£116,950New build.
19 Aug 201613 SG13 7TESemi-detached£405,000
29 Jul 201113 SG13 7TESemi-detached£299,500
8 Dec 199913 SG13 7TESemi-detached£137,500
15 Jun 202114 SG13 7TESemi-detached£475,000
27 Nov 199614 SG13 7TESemi-detached£94,950New build.
19 Dec 199615 SG13 7TESemi-detached£88,950New build.
9 Dec 199616 SG13 7TESemi-detached£88,950New build.
15 Jan 201517 SG13 7TEDetached£423,000
19 Apr 200217 SG13 7TEDetached£225,000
6 Dec 199617 SG13 7TEDetached£114,950New build.
15 Nov 199618 SG13 7TETerraced£88,950New build.
9 Nov 201719 SG13 7TETerraced£430,000
30 Apr 199719 SG13 7TETerraced£89,000New build.
17 Jul 200920 SG13 7TETerraced£249,995
18 Dec 200120 SG13 7TETerraced£165,000
19 Dec 199620 SG13 7TETerraced£94,000New build.
15 Nov 202121 SG13 7TESemi-detached£442,500
1 Sep 200421 SG13 7TESemi-detached£250,000
20 Sep 199921 SG13 7TESemi-detached£127,000
29 Nov 199621 SG13 7TESemi-detached£89,000New build.
20 Oct 200622 SG13 7TESemi-detached£247,000
13 Dec 199622 SG13 7TESemi-detached£93,950New build.
13 Apr 200723 SG13 7TETerraced£225,000
26 Sep 200223 SG13 7TETerraced£164,995
20 Jul 200123 SG13 7TETerraced£123,950
16 Dec 199623 SG13 7TETerraced£83,950New build.
21 Jan 202124 SG13 7TETerraced£335,000
27 Feb 201824 SG13 7TETerraced£330,000
25 May 200724 SG13 7TETerraced£220,000
6 Oct 200024 SG13 7TETerraced£118,000
17 Dec 199624 SG13 7TETerraced£81,950New build.
16 Dec 201125 SG13 7TETerraced£232,500
20 Jun 200525 SG13 7TETerraced£191,500
10 Jul 200025 SG13 7TETerraced£124,000
13 Dec 199625 SG13 7TETerraced£79,000New build.
29 Nov 201326 SG13 7TETerraced£250,000
13 Oct 200826 SG13 7TETerraced£205,000
31 Mar 200626 SG13 7TETerraced£199,950
16 Dec 199626 SG13 7TETerraced£79,950New build.
9 Dec 201127 SG13 7TETerraced£225,000
27 Apr 200127 SG13 7TETerraced£122,500
20 Dec 199627 SG13 7TETerraced£81,950New build.
8 Apr 201128 SG13 7TETerraced£208,000
14 Jan 200428 SG13 7TETerraced£179,950
25 Jan 200228 SG13 7TETerraced£129,950
10 Feb 199728 SG13 7TETerraced£77,950New build.
15 Sep 200329 SG13 7TETerraced£179,000
11 Sep 200029 SG13 7TETerraced£112,500
20 Jul 200029 SG13 7TETerraced£110,000
31 Jan 199729 SG13 7TETerraced£77,750New build.
23 Oct 200230 SG13 7TESemi-detached£169,000
25 Feb 200030 SG13 7TESemi-detached£115,000
30 Apr 199730 SG13 7TESemi-detached£83,950New build.
29 Jun 200731 SG13 7TETerraced£272,000
23 Oct 200231 SG13 7TETerraced£209,950
12 Aug 199931 SG13 7TETerraced£125,000
27 Jan 199731 SG13 7TETerraced£92,950New build.
17 Oct 200332 SG13 7TETerraced£220,000
31 Jan 199732 SG13 7TETerraced£87,950New build.
27 Apr 202133 SG13 7TETerraced£442,000
7 Aug 201733 SG13 7TETerraced£430,000
21 Nov 201433 SG13 7TETerraced£332,000
24 Apr 200833 SG13 7TETerraced£289,950
7 Sep 200433 SG13 7TETerraced£220,000
31 Jan 199733 SG13 7TETerraced£88,950New build.
26 Feb 201834 SG13 7TETerraced£340,000
15 Mar 201134 SG13 7TETerraced£227,000
23 Jul 200434 SG13 7TETerraced£190,000
28 Feb 200334 SG13 7TETerraced£180,000
4 Aug 200034 SG13 7TETerraced£118,000
31 Jan 199734 SG13 7TETerraced£82,950New build.
15 Nov 201935 SG13 7TETerraced£320,000
26 Jun 199835 SG13 7TETerraced£85,000
31 Jan 199735 SG13 7TETerraced£79,950New build.
9 Sep 201136 SG13 7TETerraced£231,500
19 Sep 200336 SG13 7TETerraced£180,000
25 Aug 200036 SG13 7TETerraced£118,500
24 Jul 199836 SG13 7TETerraced£88,000
28 Feb 199736 SG13 7TETerraced£83,950New build.
20 Dec 199637 SG13 7TESemi-detached£88,950New build.
17 Dec 200238 SG13 7TESemi-detached£205,000
6 Jan 199638 SG13 7TESemi-detached£93,950New build.
19 Mar 200239 SG13 7TEDetached£217,950
31 Jan 199739 SG13 7TEDetached£119,950New build.

House prices and rents in East Hertfordshire

A typical home in East Hertfordshire cost £455,973 in August 2026, 1.9% more than a year before. That is 12% more than five years earlier and 21% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£878,608
Semi-detached£525,827
Terraced£415,302
Flat or maisonette£249,320
Bought by a first-time buyer£356,853

Private renters in East Hertfordshire paid £1,550 a month on average in September 2026, 4.8% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£1,097
Two bedrooms£1,397
Three bedrooms£1,692
Four or more bedrooms£2,477

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 September 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

29 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 69 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (11); House, mid-terrace (8); House, semi-detached (6). Built: 1996-2002 (18); 1991-1995 (9); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (18); rented (private) (4).

Each home's certificates and sales (29 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 8,528 kWh of it on average in 2024, 32% less than the district's 12,561 kWh, and 2,795 kWh of electricity, 33% less than the district's 4,198 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

These are all the homes on the 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 SG13.

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 East Hertfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£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 F (29% of about 770 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 neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) 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.

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

4 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Ware Solar Park - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage East Hertfordshire 3/24/1275/FUL Solar farm 24 MW Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2025 1.6 km (1 mile)
Ware Solar Park - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage East Hertfordshire 3/24/1275/FUL Battery storage 5 MW Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2025 1.6 km (1 mile)
Brazier Landfill Scheme Landfill Gas 3.9 MW Operational Dec 1997 1.9 km (1.2 miles)
Westmill Qaurry East Hertfordshire 3/0416/-19 Landfill Gas 2.6 MW Operational Jun 2000 2.7 km (1.7 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

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

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre 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 here 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 postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.

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 480 m (0.3 miles) away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Foxholes Quarry Hertford, Hertfordshire 1981 to 1983 Industrial 480 m (0.3 miles)

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 40 addresses are between 66 m and 68 m above sea level (67 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
SG13 7TE100%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 stationsHertford East 1.1 million journeys in 2024–251.4 km (0.8 miles)
Ware (Herts) 1.1 million journeys in 2024–252 km (1.2 miles)
Hertford North 1.0 million journeys in 2024–252.7 km (1.7 miles)
Bus stops7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Roebuck Close Pinehurst30 m
Bus or coach stationBus Station Hertford1.6 km (1 mile)
Car parksHertford East Station Car Park1.4 km (0.8 miles)
EV charging points1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Apcoa Charging Station1.6 km (1 mile)
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Stansted Airport STN22.1 km (14 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 surgeriesLea Wharf Medical Good Jun 20161.7 km (1 mile)
Pharmacies1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy1.3 km (0.8 miles)
NHS dentists3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hertford Dental Care460 m (0.3 miles)
HospitalHertford County Hospital Good Apr 20162.4 km (1.5 miles)
Care homesBentley House Good Jul 20222 km (1.2 miles)
Police stationHertford Police Station1.9 km (1.1 miles)
Cash machinesTesco Bank ATM1.3 km (0.8 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 garden1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,080 m²560 m (0.3 miles)
Play area7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 270 m²150 m
Playing field2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,060 m²270 m
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cromwell Road Allotments 4.3 ha430 m (0.3 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow near Gallows Plain, a scheduled monument, 480 m (0.3 miles) north-east. 12 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Bowl barrow near Gallows PlainScheduled monument480 m (0.3 miles) north-east
Balls ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west
Section of Ermine Street, N of Hertford Branch RailwayScheduled monument1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east
Gardens to Former Amwell House Including Scott's Grotto and GazeboRegistered park or garden, Grade II*1.6 km (1 mile) north-east
Iron Age cemetery, Trinity Road, Hertford HeathScheduled monument1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Ballshill GroveWood1 km (0.6 miles) south-west
The CanalLake or reservoir1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west
The CutLake or reservoir1.5 km (0.9 miles) north
Hag's DellValley1.5 km (1 mile) west
Waterford MarshWetland3.3 km (2.1 miles) north-west
Brokengall HillHill3.5 km (2.2 miles) east

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)9.24010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.4205
Particles (PM10)12.64015

All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is 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
55 to 5980
Under 553240

8 of the street's 40 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 East Hertfordshire: see them on the East Hertfordshire 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
Wheatcroft Primary SchoolPrimary3–11230 m Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 51% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 52% in 2023)
Simon Balle All-Through SchoolAll-through4–181.2 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection 84% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 33% at the higher standard (2025; 75% in 2024 and 85% in 2023)
GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 52.9 (55.4 in 2025 and 52.9 in 2024); 57.4% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B; 27.9% AAB or better; progress above average
Abel Smith SchoolPrimary3–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Outstanding (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 55% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 73% in 2023)
Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary3–111.6 km (1 mile) No published inspection 36% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 48% in 2024 and 67% in 2023)
Presdales SchoolSecondary11–181.6 km (1 mile) Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 58.7 (58.9 in 2025 and 58.8 in 2024); 70.3% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B-; 11.3% AAB or better; progress above average
Hertford Regional College16 plus16–991.7 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection None published
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.7 km (1.1 miles) No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 41% in 2023)
Richard Hale SchoolSecondary11–181.8 km (1.1 miles) Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 54.0 (56.3 in 2025 and 53.8 in 2024); 60.8% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; 11.3% AAB or better; progress below average
St Catherine's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.9 km (1.2 miles) No published inspection 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 56% in 2023)
The Chauncy SchoolSecondary11–181.9 km (1.2 miles) No published inspection GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.4 (49.5 in 2025 and 51.9 in 2024); 47.5% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B-; 20.6% AAB or better; progress average

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

8 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 230 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Play Aloud Wheatcroft SG13 7HQ Out-of-school day care 15 Not inspected yet 230 m
The Pines Pre School SG13 7SX Sessional day care 26 Good (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 500 m (0.3 miles)
Hygge Bears Nursery SG13 7NT Full day care 63 Not inspected yet 630 m (0.4 miles)
Bright Horizons Hertford Day Nursery and Preschool SG13 7NN Full day care 115 Good (Aug 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 710 m (0.4 miles)
CHIPS Summer Playscheme@Pinewood School, Ware SG12 9PB Out-of-school day care 15 Not inspected yet 1.4 km (0.8 miles)
Busy Lizzies At Simon Balle SG13 8AJ Full day care 78 Outstanding (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.4 km (0.9 miles)
Sports Ninjas SG13 8AE Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 1.5 km (0.9 miles)
The Dell@Abel Smith SG13 8AE Out-of-school day care 52 Jan 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 3 1.5 km (0.9 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
Wheatcroft Primary School \& Nursery SG13 7HQSchool/college/university230 m5 Very good28 Jun 2024
Jubilee House SG13 7SPHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises380 m5 Very good18 Apr 2024
The Hertford Pantry Pinehurst Hub SG13 7SXRetailers - other430 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good29 Jan 2026
Express Food & Wine SG13 7EQRetailers - other460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good9 Aug 2022

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.

55 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences23
Anti-social behaviour8
Other theft7
Criminal damage and arson5
Vehicle crime3
Drugs3
Other crime2
Public order2
Shoplifting1
Burglary1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Lilbourne Drive (12); On or near The Squirrels (10); On or near Vixen Drive (7); On or near Spinney Street (6); On or near Foxes Close (6).

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.

No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.

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

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the B1502, with 8,224 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 280 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
B1502 Not recorded 8,224 counted 2025 1% 280 m

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

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 Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 597 residents in 236 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 age4140
Children under 1520%17%
Aged 65 and over11%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)80%61%
Owned outright31%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented3%17%
Private rented17%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work70%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)5%6%
Retired (of adults)15%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)under 1%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)47%32%
Travel to work by car or van46%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram2%4%
By any public transport, including bus2%8%
On foot or by bicycle5%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)47%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away7%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)40%34%
No qualifications8%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification3%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)97%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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

The Copse · Stoat Close · Honeysuckle Close · Rainsborough Court · The Briars · Jasmine Drive · The Elms · Spinney Street · Lilbourne Drive · Vixen Drive · Foxes Close · Bluebell Close

All the streets in SG13 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; 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.