Trotters Bottom Hertsmere
4 addresses across 2 postcodes (EN5), about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 17218081.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1).
- 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 D; Band D in Hertsmere costs £2,406 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Potters Bar, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Hadley Green, is about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 91 to 97 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 4 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Old Court House Surgery, about 3 km (1.9 miles) away.
- People: About 160 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 51% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 185 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Hertsmere in 2026-27: Band D £2,406 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,604 | £1,871 | £2,139 | £2,406 | £2,940 | £3,475 | £4,010 | £4,812 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (35% of about 520 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, Hertsmere.
Listed buildings
- LODGES AND ARCHED GATEWAY TO DYRHAM PARK, grade II*
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Dancers Hill House, Dancers Lane, Barnet, EN5 4RX: up to 4 homes, not permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 25 January 2027 to 29 January 2027: HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
- 25 January 2027 to 29 January 2027: HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Finished in the last three months
- 17 September 2026 to 18 September 2026: HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EN5 4RA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EN5 4RD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 4 addresses are between 91 m and 97 m above sea level (93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EN5 4RA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| EN5 4RD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Potters Bar 2.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hadley Wood 362,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Elstree and Borehamwood 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Green Dragon PH Dancers Hill | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Parkhouse Bus Station Hatfield | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| Car parks | NCP Barnet the Spires | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Applegreen Electric Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 24.2 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Old Court House Surgery | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wilkinson Pharmacy | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Grove Dental Practice | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Barnet Hospital | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Barnet Police Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | South Mimms INT, Bignell Corner, South Mimms Cashzone | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Hadley Green 5.1 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 240 m² | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Byng Road Playing Fields 6.3 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4.0 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lodges and Arched Gateway to Dyrham Park, a listed building (Grade II*), 390 m east. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lodges and Arched Gateway to Dyrham Park | Listed building, Grade II* | 390 m east |
| Knightsland Farm House | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Wrotham Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Battle of Barnet 1471 | Registered battlefield | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ludlow's Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Bentley Heath Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Dugdale Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Crossoaks Wood | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Potters Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Deadman's Bottom | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 4 |
2 of the street's 4 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 Hertsmere: see them on the Hertsmere page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 51% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 21% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 40% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 32% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 25 January 2027 to 29 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
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.