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Lightswood Close

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30 recorded sales · median £379,500 · Broxbourne

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Broxbourne Council · Conservative-controlled 25/30 seats · 83% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

67/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£380k

median price

8.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£380k

median sold price

10.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

23 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

8.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

258

Violence — most

11.5

NO₂ · WHO 10

12.9%

in a flood zone

green spaces

7.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

153

eat & drink

shops

80.5%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£242,498 in 1999 → £737,500 in 2021

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Broxbourne, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £379,500. That's about 10.8× local earnings — around the 11.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2021 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 30 sales£379,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.8× · five-year average 11.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership69%

Owned outright

33%

With a mortgage

36%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,306

Your band:

Borough of Broxbourne Council£168

Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858

Police & Crime Commissioner£280

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,538

Band B£1,794

Band C£2,050

Band D (baseline)£2,306

Band E£2,819

Band F£3,332

Band G£3,844

Band H£4,613

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Broxbourne how Lightswood Close compares · from Broxbourne

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Wormley +27.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Wormley	£425,000	+27.5%	75
Turnford	£380,000	+26.7%	262
Cheshunt	£410,000	+21.4%	376
High Leigh Garden Village	£390,000	+19%	131
Goffs Oak	£675,000	+16.7%	145
Churchgate	£420,000	+16.2%	403
Hoddesdon	£387,500	+13.8%	425
Broxbourne	£735,000	+13.1%	171
Hammond Street	£585,000	+12%	94
Waltham Cross	£390,000	+10.1%	234

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Lightswood Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
6, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£855,000	Sep 2025
14, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£701,000	Sep 2022
11 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE CHESHUNT	Detached	—	—	£710,000	Dec 2021
10 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE CHESHUNT	Detached	—	—	£765,000	Mar 2021
8 Lightswood Close	Detached	—	—	£760,000	Dec 2020
5, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£740,000	Oct 2020
6, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£760,000	May 2017
14, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£475,000	Aug 2014
9 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£475,000	May 2013
10 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE CHESHUNT	Detached	—	—	£477,500	Jul 2011
7 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£510,000	Mar 2007
2 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£449,995	Aug 2006
7 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£500,000	Nov 2004
3 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£439,000	May 2004
4, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£466,000	Mar 2003
12 Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£249,999	Jul 2001
14, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£249,995	Dec 2000
9 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£287,995	Apr 2000
11 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE CHESHUNT	Detached	—	—	£217,995	Apr 2000
6, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£313,995	Apr 2000
8 Lightswood Close	Detached	—	—	£249,000	Mar 2000
7 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£319,995	Mar 2000
10 LIGHTSWOOD CLOSE CHESHUNT	Detached	—	—	£280,000	Mar 2000
4, Lightswood Close Cheshunt	Detached	—	—	£299,995	Feb 2000

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24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Broxbourne

Crime runs at 8.5 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month8.5

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Broxbourne

Violence & sexual offences

258

Anti-social behaviour

197

Other theft

Shoplifting

Criminal damage & arson

Public order

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Broxbourne district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Broxbourne

Population99,009

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

5.1/10

Employment

5.6/10

Education & skills

4.5/10

Health & disability

7.3/10

Crime

5.4/10

Housing & services

4.7/10

Living environment

5.9/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Broxbourne — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.2%

Degree-level (Level 4+)27%

Good or very good health84%

Own their home69%

Median age40.2

Born outside the UK18%

See the full Broxbourne report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Rafles Nursery & Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.1 km
Tiny Tots Day Care Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.1 km
Tots Treehouse Day Nursery LTD	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.1 km
Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Fairfields Primary School and Nursery	Primary	—	1.3 km
First Steps	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Flamstead End School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.4 km
Woodside Primary School	Primary	—	1.5 km
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.7 km
Broxbourne Buttercups	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.8 km
St Paul's Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.8 km
Oakview Primary School	Primary	Requires improvement ('22)	1.8 km
Bright Sparks Pre-School And Out Of School Club Limited	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.8 km
Goffs Academy	Secondary	—	1.9 km
Little Sparrows Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	2.2 km
Bonneygrove Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	2.3 km
Cuffley Hill Preschool	Nursery	Good ('21)	2.4 km
Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School	Primary	—	2.5 km
Kindred Cheshunt	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.8 km
Goffs - Churchgate Academy	Secondary	Good ('22)	2.9 km
Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Cheshunt	Nursery	Requires improvement ('25)	2.9 km
St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)	Secondary	Good ('23)	2.9 km
Cuffley School	Primary	—	2.9 km
Burleigh Primary School	Primary	—	3.0 km
Cocospreschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.0 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.1 km
NHS ODS

10 of 12 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Goffs Oak Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Lex Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Stockwell Lodge Med.Ctr.	GP	Requires improvement ('21)	1.6 km
Flamstead End Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Cheshunt Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Cromwell Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	2.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
38 Station Road [The Dental Surgery]	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Cuffley Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Salepick Ltd	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Cuffley And Goffs Oak Medical Practice	GP	—	2.7 km
High Street Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	3.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Dubowitz And Partners	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Punni Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Whitefield Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
219 Turners Hill [Dental Practice]	Dentist	—	3.1 km
The Maples	GP	Good ('16)	3.3 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Pondental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Clayton Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Swan Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Warden Lodge Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	3.5 km
Cristals Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
The Lodge Dental Suite	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Dental Dept. First Floor	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Croft Chemist	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Spirals Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.6 km
Waltham Cross Partnership	Dentist	—	4.6 km
Coyle Chemist	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Stanhope Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	4.6 km
Niti Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
Waltham Cross Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Park Lane Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('24)	4.9 km
Bullsmoor Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Abbey Road Surgery	GP	Good ('24)	5.0 km
Broxbourne Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Petrie Tucker And Partners	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Broxbourne Dental Care	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Laxtons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.2 km
Mk Shah Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
The Ordnance Unity Centre For Health	GP	Good ('19)	5.8 km
Ordnance Unity Centre	Dentist	Good ('19)	5.8 km
Ronchetti Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
High Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	6.0 km
North House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Chase Farm Hospitals Nhs Trust	Dentist	—	6.1 km
Hoddesdon Dental Surgery Limited	Dentist	—	6.1 km
The Market Square Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.2 km
Reliance Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.3 km
Amwell Surgery	GP	—	6.4 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	6.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	6.4 km
Jade Pharmacy (Hoddesdon)	Pharmacy	—	6.4 km
The Limes Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	6.4 km
Hoddesdon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.4 km
Market Square Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	6.6 km
Reliance Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.6 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Broxbourne

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 23 min from Cheshunt Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Cuffley Rail Station	1.6 mi	—	no direct train
Cheshunt Rail Station	2.5 mi	London Liverpool Street	23 min
Theobalds Grove Rail Station	2.6 mi	London Liverpool Street	35 min
Crews Hill Rail Station	2.7 mi	—	no direct train
Bayford Rail Station	2.8 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Cheshunt Rail Station (23 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

52%

Work from home

29%

Public transport

10%

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging2 points

Per 10,000 residents0.2

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Broxbourne

Air quality

NO₂

11.5

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002.4%

Flood zone12.9% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill237 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings260

Conservation areas6

Green belt55.1%

Green spaces63

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Broxbourne

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	153	98% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	44	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	10	—
Green spaces & parks	63	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

80.5%

Superfast

97.1%

Ultrafast

83.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Broxbourne

Figures for the wider Broxbourne — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5.2%

In work (employment rate)60.8%

Companies registered here11,519

New incorporations (12m)1,327

Property companies (SPVs)1,637

See the full Broxbourne report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district