Windmill Road Dacorum
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (LU1), about 910 m (0.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 10313530.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £455,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 2, F: 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 G; Band D in Dacorum costs £2,409 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Luton Airport Parkway, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 142 to 163 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Caddington Surgery, about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 160 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £455,000 | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £465,000 | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 2025 | THE BARN LU1 4LQ | Detached | £455,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2023 | DOONE BRAE FARM LU1 4LQ | Other | £900,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Jun 2018 | DOONE BRAE FARM LU1 4LQ | Other | £400,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Dec 2017 | WOODSTOCK LU1 4LQ | Other | £148,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 26 Sep 2000 | IVY FARM LU1 4LQ | Detached | £465,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 138 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1900-1929 (2); before 1900 (1); 2019 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Dacorum in 2026-27: Band D £2,409 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,606 | £1,873 | £2,141 | £2,409 | £2,944 | £3,479 | £4,014 | £4,817 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (26% of about 530 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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, Dacorum.
Listed buildings
- BARN AT PEPSALAND FARM ON NORTH OF YARD ENTRANCE, grade II
- PEPSAL END MANOR, grade II
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
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 142 m and 163 m above sea level (155 m on average); the ground rises about 21 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LU1 4LH | 40% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LU1 4LQ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Luton Airport Parkway 4.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Luton 3.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Harpenden 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Luton Station Interchange Luton Town Centre | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Car parks | APH Parking | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| EV charging points | bp Pulse | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Caddington Surgery | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Markyate Pharmacy | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Pure Dentistry Limited | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Harpenden Hospital | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Police station | Bedfordshire Police | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Nisa Cashzone | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Play area | Crawley Playground 1,350 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.6 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Front Street Allotments 1.6 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bonners, a listed building (Grade II*), 510 m (0.3 miles) south-west. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bonners | Listed building, Grade II* | 510 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Markyatecell Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Luton Hoo | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Limekiln Plantation | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Birchin Grove | Wood | 710 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Chalk Wood | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Broomhill Leys Wood | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Harps Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Farley Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
4 of the street's 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 7 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 Dacorum: see them on the Dacorum page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slip End Village School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speirs Farms Ltd LU1 4LH | Farmers/growers | 300 m | 4 Good | 22 Apr 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (bedfordshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 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 | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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.
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.
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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.