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Lychgate Cottages

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20 recorded sales · median £224,000 · 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

67/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£224k

median price

7.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£224k

median sold price

11.9 yrs

of local pay to buy

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.

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Sold price trend

£152,500 in 1998 → £211,750 in 2005

⌄ 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 £224,000. That's about 11.9× local earnings — around the 13.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2005 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 20 sales£224,000

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 Lychgate Cottages 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 Lychgate Cottages — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
2 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Detached	—	—	£450,000	May 2022
1 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Terraced	—	—	£529,950	Apr 2021
4 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Flat	—	—	£267,500	Jul 2020
2 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Detached	—	—	£435,000	Mar 2017
5 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Terraced	—	—	£295,000	Oct 2015
7 Lychgate Cottages Vicarage Lane Bovingdon	Terraced	—	—	£260,000	Nov 2012
7 Lychgate Cottages Vicarage Lane Bovingdon	Semi-detached	—	—	£245,000	May 2009
6 LYCHGATE COTTAGES	Detached	—	—	£375,000	Dec 2007
7 Lychgate Cottages Vicarage Lane Bovingdon	Semi-detached	—	—	£218,500	Jul 2005
4 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Flat	—	—	£205,000	Apr 2005
4 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Flat	—	—	£193,000	Aug 2003
5 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Terraced	—	—	£185,000	Oct 2002
6 LYCHGATE COTTAGES	Detached	—	—	£250,000	Sep 2001
6 LYCHGATE COTTAGES	Detached	—	—	£182,950	Sep 1998
5 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Terraced	—	—	£118,000	Jul 1998
9 Lychgate Cottages Vicarage Lane Bovingdon	Detached	—	—	£152,500	Jul 1998
4 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Flat	—	—	£78,000	Mar 1996
5 Lychgate Cottages Church Lane Bovingdon	Terraced	—	—	£79,000	Oct 1995

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18 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 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

5 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
Bovingdon Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('23)	0.1 km
Bovingdon Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.2 km
Little Seeds Montessori	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	0.3 km
Old Macdonald's Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	0.6 km
Westbrook Hay	All-through	—	2.0 km
Partou Bourne Explorers Day Nursery & Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.7 km
Kindred Hemel Hempstead	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.9 km
The Thomas Coram Church of England School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.0 km
St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chipperfield	Primary	—	3.4 km
Chipperfield Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.4 km
Pixies Hill Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.5 km
Flower Pots Day Nursery (Chaulden)	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.5 km
Oakleaf Primary	Primary	—	3.7 km
St Rose's Catholic Infant School	Primary	—	3.8 km
Footsteps Nursery & Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.8 km
Flower Pots Day Nursery (Boxmoor)	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.9 km
Fledglings Nursery & Preschool	Nursery	Good ('25)	4.0 km
Two Waters Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	4.1 km
Ashlyns School	Secondary	Good ('23)	4.1 km
Boxmoor Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	4.1 km
Boxmoor Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.1 km
Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery	Primary	—	4.1 km
Little Ladybird Club	Nursery	—	4.1 km
IQ Plus	Nursery	—	4.4 km
Berkhamsted Prep and Pre-Prep School	Primary	—	4.4 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 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

9 of 9 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.1 km
Archway Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	0.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
The Mount (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Nash Chemists	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.7 km
London Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Byrons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Parkwood Surgery	GP	—	4.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Hubert Figg Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Lincoln House Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	4.5 km
Apsley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Fitze Clinics	Dentist	—	4.5 km
London Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Speedwell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
The Manor Street Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	4.5 km
Admiral House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.6 km
22 Kings Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Acorn Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Mydentist	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Fernville Surgery	GP	—	5.3 km
Fernville Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Health And Wellbeing Centre	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Marlowes Health Centre	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Alexandra Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Gadebridge Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Haverfield Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	5.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Gossoms End Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	5.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Kings Langley Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	5.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
Bennetts End Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	5.9 km
Bennetts End Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Leys Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Bennetts End Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Queens Square Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.5 km
Woods Chemists	Pharmacy	—	6.6 km
Everest House Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	6.6 km
Longlands Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.6 km
Highfields Dental Practice	Dentist	—	7.0 km
Jupiter Chemist	Pharmacy	—	7.0 km
Grove Hill Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	7.4 km
Grovehill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.5 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.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Hemel Hempstead Rail Station	2.1 mi	—	no direct train
Apsley Rail Station	2.9 mi	—	no direct train
Berkhamsted Rail Station	3.1 mi	—	no direct train
Kings Langley Rail Station	4.1 mi	—	no direct train
Chorleywood Rail Station	4.8 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold · 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