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Marston Close

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13 recorded sales · median £245,000 · 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

£245k

median price

7.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£245k

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.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£152,000 in 1999 → £516,000 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 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 £245,000. That's about 11.9× local earnings — around the 13.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2021 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 13 sales£245,000

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 Marston Close 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 Marston Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
1 MARSTON CLOSE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£610,000	Sep 2022
8 MARSTON CLOSE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Detached	—	—	£525,000	May 2021
1 MARSTON CLOSE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£512,500	Mar 2021
5 Marston Close	Detached	—	—	£516,000	Jan 2021
3 MARSTON CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£273,000	Oct 2008
1 MARSTON CLOSE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£305,000	Jul 2005
7 MARSTON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£245,000	Mar 2003
1 MARSTON CLOSE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£235,000	Mar 2002
4 MARSTON CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£199,000	Aug 2001
4 MARSTON CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£165,000	Nov 1999
1 MARSTON CLOSE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£139,000	May 1999
3 MARSTON CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£155,000	Dec 1998
7 MARSTON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£117,000	Apr 1996

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13 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
Saint Albert the Great Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.1 km
St Nicholas Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.3 km
The Reddings Primary School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School	Primary	—	0.4 km
SNAP Hemel	Nursery	—	0.4 km
The house that Jack built nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Longdean School	Secondary	—	0.7 km
Lime Walk Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.7 km
The Adeyfield Academy	Secondary	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Little Angels pre school	Nursery	—	0.7 km
St Barnabas Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Little Oaks Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.0 km
Leverstock Green Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.0 km
Chambersbury Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.0 km
Leverstock Green Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 km
Old MacDonald's Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.1 km
Cherry Tree Bi-Lingual Day Nursery	Nursery	Inadequate ('25)	1.1 km
Broadfield Academy	Primary	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Belswains Primary School	Primary	—	1.2 km
Flower Pots Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.2 km
Tudor Primary School	Primary	—	1.2 km
Little Fawns Preschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.2 km
Hobletts Manor Infants' School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Hobletts Manor Junior School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Fingerprints Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.3 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 0.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Bennetts End Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Leys Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Bennetts End Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	0.8 km
Bennetts End Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Everest House Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	0.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Village Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Queens Square Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Maylands Dental & Aesthetic Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Longlands Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Alexandra Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Fernville Surgery	GP	—	2.0 km
Fernville Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Lincoln House Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	2.0 km
Apsley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Fitze Clinics	Dentist	—	2.0 km
London Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Speedwell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Highfields Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Health And Wellbeing Centre	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Marlowes Health Centre	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Jupiter Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Woods Chemists	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Grove Hill Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.8 km
London Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Grove Hill Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.9 km
Byrons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Grovehill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Parkwood Surgery	GP	—	3.6 km
Gadebridge Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Woodhall Farm Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Woodhall Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Woodhall Farm Medical Ctr	GP	—	3.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Nash Chemists	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Kings Langley Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	3.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Haverfield Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	3.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Abbey Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Abbots Langley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Vine House Health Centre	GP	Good ('22)	5.1 km
Verulam Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Abbotswood Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	5.9 km
The Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Leavesden Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Sheepcot Medical Centre	GP	—	6.3 km
The Happy Smile Company	Dentist	—	6.3 km
Abbotswood Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.3 km
Chiswell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.3 km
Archway Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	6.6 km
Crown Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.7 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
Apsley Rail Station	1.3 mi	—	no direct train
Hemel Hempstead Rail Station	2.0 mi	—	no direct train
Kings Langley Rail Station	2.9 mi	—	no direct train
St Albans Abbey Rail Station	4.4 mi	—	no direct train
Bricket Wood Rail Station	4.7 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