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Chequers Hill

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13 recorded sales · median £800,000 · Dacorum

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Dacorum Council · Liberal Democrat minority — no overall control 17/51 seats · 33% · OCD 2026

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

69/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£800k

median price

7.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£800k

median sold price

11.9 yrs

of local pay to buy

29 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

7.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

422

Violence — most

9.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

1.2%

in a flood zone

602

green spaces

7.2

PM2.5 · WHO 5

291

eat & drink

shops

74.7%

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

£243,500 in 1997 → £1,012,500 in 2014

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Dacorum, 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 £800,000. That's about 11.9× local earnings — around the 13.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2014 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 13 sales£800,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.9× · five-year average 13.2×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership64%

Owned outright

31%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

14%

Social rented

21%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,381

Your band:

Dacorum Borough Council£243

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£280

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,588

Band B£1,852

Band C£2,117

Band D (baseline)£2,381

Band E£2,911

Band F£3,440

Band G£3,969

Band H£4,763

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 Dacorum how Chequers Hill compares · from Dacorum

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Woodhall Farm +69.7%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Woodhall Farm	£360,000	+69.7%	162
Leverstock Green	£592,500	+58.9%	140
Bovingdon	£560,000	+36.5%	76
Jarman Park	£375,000	+28.2%	110
Corner Hall	£420,000	+21.1%	54
Chaulden	£391,250	+20.3%	112
Kings Langley	£605,000	+19.4%	126
Adeyfield	£442,500	+17.8%	96
Gadebridge	£400,000	+17.1%	130
Old Town	£366,000	+16.2%	66
Hemel Hempstead	£270,000	+16%	184
Highfield	£345,000	+15.8%	114
Apsley	£282,000	+14.4%	134
Northchurch	£560,000	+13.5%	78
Bovingdon Green	£537,250	+13.3%	60
Ashlyns Estate	£485,000	+13.3%	58
Grovehill	£335,000	+12.9%	124
Tring	£485,000	+12.4%	270
Warners End	£425,000	+10.1%	70
Bennetts End	£425,000	+8.8%	74
Markyate	£425,000	+7.2%	118
Nash Mills	£395,000	+4.8%	170
Fields End	£390,000	+3.8%	74
Boxmoor	£460,000	-0.2%	90
Berkhamsted	£675,000	-4%	178
Chiltern Park	£545,000	-11.2%	112
Shootersway	£1,145,000	-12.4%	82

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 Chequers Hill — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Oak House Chequers Hill Flamstead	Other	—	—	£1,710,000	Sep 2024
Benet Cottage Chequers Hill Flamstead	Other	—	—	£1,750,000	Nov 2022
Oak House Chequers Hill Flamstead	Detached	—	—	£1,250,000	Oct 2018
WAYSIDE COTTAGE CHEQUERS HILL	Detached	—	—	£1,050,000	Jul 2014
Oak House Chequers Hill Flamstead	Detached	—	—	£975,000	Jan 2014
Hollyhock House Chequers Hill Flamstead	Detached	—	—	£870,000	Aug 2012
BOWLING COTTAGE CHEQUERS HILL	Detached	—	—	£975,000	Jun 2012
WAYSIDE COTTAGE CHEQUERS HILL	Detached	—	—	£1,000,000	Aug 2010
SUNNY RIDGE, 10 CHEQUERS HILL	Detached	—	—	£740,000	Oct 2006
Hollyhock House Chequers Hill Flamstead	Detached	—	—	£800,000	Nov 2005
WAYSIDE COTTAGE CHEQUERS HILL	Detached	—	—	£384,000	Dec 1998
Hill Cottage Chequers Hill Flamstead	Detached	—	—	£275,000	Nov 1997
SUNNY RIDGE, 10 CHEQUERS HILL	Detached	—	—	£212,000	Aug 1997
WELL CUTT COTTAGE CHEQUERS HILL	Detached	—	—	£254,550	Jul 1995

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14 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 Dacorum

Crime runs at 7.9 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 / month7.9

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

By category, 12 months from Dacorum

Violence & sexual offences

422

Anti-social behaviour

357

Criminal damage & arson

Other theft

Public order

Vehicle crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Dacorum 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 Dacorum

Population155,081

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 7/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% 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 7 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

6.5/10

Employment

6.8/10

Education & skills

6.6/10

Health & disability

7.6/10

Crime

6.6/10

Housing & services

6.0/10

Living environment

6.6/10

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

Figures for the wider Dacorum — 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+62%

Unemployment · economically active residents4.4%

Degree-level (Level 4+)38%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home64%

Median age40.8

Born outside the UK14%

See the full Dacorum report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 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
Appletrees Child Care Ltd	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.5 km
Flamstead Village Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.5 km
Flamstead Village School	Primary	—	0.9 km
Rising Stars (Redbourn) Limited	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.4 km
Redbourn Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.8 km
Markyate Village School and Nursery	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.1 km
Rising Stars (9 to 5) Limited	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.2 km
The Kinsbourne Common Nursery And Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.2 km
The Kinsbourne Common Nursery And Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.2 km
Wood End School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	3.3 km
Nursery on the Green (Redbourn)	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.5 km
Roundwood Park School	Secondary	Outstanding ('23)	3.8 km
Roundwood Primary School	Primary	Good ('21)	3.9 km
Gaddesden Row JMI School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.9 km
Beechwood Park School	All-through	—	3.9 km
St Hilda's School	Primary	—	4.4 km
Bright Horizons Harpenden Luton Road Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.5 km
The King's School	All-through	—	4.5 km
Brockswood Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	4.6 km
Jack in the Box at Brockswood	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	4.6 km
Highfield Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	4.8 km
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School	Primary	—	4.8 km
Playschool Nursery Harpenden	Nursery	Good ('22)	5.0 km
Harpenden Day Nursery and Pre School	Nursery	—	5.0 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.1 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 4.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 3.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 3.0 km
NHS ODS

3 of 3 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Markyate Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Pure Dentistry Limited	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Redbourn Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Crown Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Harpenden Dental Centre	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Wayside Dental Practic	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Woodhall Farm Medical Ctr	GP	—	4.6 km
Woodhall Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Woodhall Farm Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Harpenden Orthodontics Llp	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Harpenden Smiles Dental Studio	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Village Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	4.9 km
Leyton Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Dental Surgeon	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Springfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Bowers Way Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Davenport House Surgery	GP	—	5.1 km
Davenport House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Vaughan Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Topkins Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.2 km
Special Care Dental	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Elms Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	5.2 km
Grovehill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Grove Hill Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	5.8 km
Grove Hill Dental Centre	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Colosseum Dental (Southdown)	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.1 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 Dacorum

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 29 min from St Albans City Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Harpenden Rail Station	3.3 mi	London Blackfriars	35 min
Hemel Hempstead Rail Station	6.1 mi	—	no direct train
Apsley Rail Station	6.3 mi	—	no direct train
St Albans Abbey Rail Station	6.4 mi	—	no direct train
St Albans City Rail Station	6.5 mi	London Blackfriars	29 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from St Albans City Rail Station (29 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

48%

Work from home

39%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging7 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

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

Environment from Dacorum

Air quality

NO₂

9.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.2

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1004.3%

Flood zone1.2% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill97 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 buildings923

Conservation areas23

Green belt50.1%

Green spaces602

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Dacorum

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	291	94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	76	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	33	—
Green spaces & parks	602	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

74.7%

Superfast

94.6%

Ultrafast

75.4%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Dacorum

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

Unemployment rate4.4%

In work (employment rate)62.4%

Companies registered here14,760

New incorporations (12m)1,639

Property companies (SPVs)1,390

See the full Dacorum report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district