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Desborough Close

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28 recorded sales · median £368,750 · East Hertfordshire

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East Hertfordshire Council · Green / Liberal Democrat coalition 26/50 seats · 52% · OCD 2026

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

64/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£369k

median price

6.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£369k

median sold price

10.7 yrs

of local pay to buy

38 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

6.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

326

Violence — most

8.5

NO₂ · WHO 10

10.3%

in a flood zone

165

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

357

eat & drink

shops

65.9%

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

£119,875 in 1996 → £522,500 in 2018

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider East Hertfordshire, 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 £368,750. That's about 10.7× local earnings — around the 11.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2018 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 28 sales£368,750

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.7× · five-year average 11.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership69%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

35%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

13%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,345

Your band:

East Herts Council£207

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£280

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,563

Band B£1,824

Band C£2,085

Band D (baseline)£2,345

Band E£2,866

Band F£3,388

Band G£3,909

Band H£4,690

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 East Hertfordshire how Desborough Close compares · from East Hertfordshire

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Sele Farm +19.3%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Sele Farm	£421,000	+19.3%	92
Stanstead St Margarets	£433,750	+18.2%	92
Foxholes	£452,500	+17.8%	136
St Michael's Mead	£531,000	+17%	104
Kings Hill	£455,000	+16.9%	304
Bengeo	£591,250	+16.8%	148
Horn's Mill	£475,000	+12.2%	82
Havers	£385,000	+7.2%	172
Hockerill	£425,000	+5.1%	278
Bishop's Stortford	£360,000	-0.3%	224
Ware	£340,000	-2.8%	330
Hertford	£322,750	-5.7%	232
Sawbridgeworth	£395,000	-15.2%	104

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 Desborough Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
29 Desborough Close	Detached	—	—	£780,000	Oct 2025
20, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£510,000	Jun 2023
29 Desborough Close	Detached	—	—	£773,000	Oct 2022
28 DESBOROUGH CLOSE HERTFORD	Semi-detached	—	—	£795,000	Jul 2021
5, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£512,000	Oct 2020
21, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£550,000	Jul 2018
5, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£495,000	Apr 2018
3, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£520,000	Feb 2017
24, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£615,000	Nov 2016
10, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£435,000	Oct 2015
30, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£445,000	Dec 2014
16 DESBOROUGH CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£387,500	Apr 2011
28 DESBOROUGH CLOSE HERTFORD	Semi-detached	—	—	£445,000	Feb 2011
18, Desborough Close	Detached	—	—	£495,000	Dec 2010
3, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£319,950	Oct 2007
14 DESBOROUGH CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£325,000	Apr 2007
9 DESBOROUGH CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£350,000	Jan 2007
29 Desborough Close	Detached	—	—	£320,000	May 2006
15 DESBOROUGH CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£285,000	Sep 2005
15 DESBOROUGH CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£248,950	Apr 2004
26 DESBOROUGH CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£315,000	Nov 2003
22 DESBOROUGH CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£232,000	May 2002
14 DESBOROUGH CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£213,500	Apr 2002
30, Desborough Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£205,000	Jul 2001

Show all sales ↓

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 East Hertfordshire

Crime runs at 6.8 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 / month6.8

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

By category, 12 months from East Hertfordshire

Violence & sexual offences

326

Anti-social behaviour

264

Shoplifting

Vehicle crime

Other theft

Criminal damage & arson

Recorded crimes by category across the whole East Hertfordshire 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 East Hertfordshire

Population150,158

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 8/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% 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 9 in 2019 — has worsened 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

7.5/10

Employment

8.0/10

Education & skills

7.6/10

Health & disability

9.0/10

Crime

7.3/10

Housing & services

5.7/10

Living environment

5.8/10

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

Figures for the wider East Hertfordshire — 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+63%

Unemployment · economically active residents3.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)39%

Good or very good health87%

Own their home69%

Median age42.3

Born outside the UK11%

See the full East Hertfordshire 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
Bengeo Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	0.3 km
Bengeo Playgroup	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.3 km
Duncombe School	Primary	—	0.9 km
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford)	Primary	—	1.2 km
St. Joseph's Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.2 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hertford Hartham Park	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	1.2 km
Mill Mead Primary Academy	Primary	—	1.3 km
Tiny Toes Day Nursery & Pre-School (Hertford) Limited	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.3 km
River View Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	1.6 km
Hertford St Andrew CofE Primary School	Primary	—	1.6 km
Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Hertford	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.6 km
Hollybush Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.7 km
Hertford Holiday Scheme	Nursery	—	1.7 km
The Sele School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.7 km
Tiddley Tots Nursery	Nursery	—	1.8 km
Abel Smith School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	1.9 km
Richard Hale School	Secondary	Good ('24)	2.0 km
Simon Balle All-Through School	All-through	—	2.3 km
Busy Lizzies At Simon Balle	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	2.3 km
Hertford Prep	Primary	—	2.3 km
Bright Horizons Hertford Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.4 km
Wheatcroft Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	2.4 km
Morgans Primary School & Nursery	Primary	Good ('23)	2.7 km
Mini Morgans Nursery	Nursery	—	2.7 km
The Chauncy School	Secondary	—	2.9 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 1.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

7 of 7 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Avenue Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Crescent Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Hanscombe House Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	1.6 km
Queen Anne House	Dentist	Good ('16)	1.6 km
Jade (St Andrews) Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Lea Wharf Medical	GP	Good ('16)	1.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Jade Pharmacy (Hertford)	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Hudson'S Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Jade (Sheffield) Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
The Perfect Smile Studios	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Dental Health Care	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Hertford Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Jade (Eastware) Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
New River Health	GP	Good ('16)	3.6 km
Herts Orthodontics	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Andrews Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
3 West Street	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
The Ware Centre Of Dental Excellence	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Dolphin House Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	3.9 km
Watton Place Clinic	GP	—	5.8 km
The Surgery	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Hailey View Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	6.1 km
Warecross Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	7.3 km
Rye Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.5 km
Amwell Surgery	GP	—	7.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	7.6 km
Jade Pharmacy (Hoddesdon)	Pharmacy	—	7.6 km
Dentality@Hoddesdon	Dentist	—	7.6 km
The Limes Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	7.7 km
Hoddesdon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.7 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 East Hertfordshire

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 46 min from Ware Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Hertford North Rail Station	0.8 mi	—	no direct train
Hertford East Rail Station	1.0 mi	London Liverpool Street	50 min
Ware Rail Station	2.5 mi	London Liverpool Street	46 min
Watton-At-Stone Rail Station	3.5 mi	—	no direct train
Bayford Rail Station	3.7 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Ware Rail Station (46 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

45%

Work from home

41%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging8 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

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

Environment from East Hertfordshire

Air quality

NO₂

8.5

— WHO guide

PM2.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.6%

Flood zone10.3% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill240 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 buildings3,041

Conservation areas42

Green belt34.6%

Green spaces165

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from East Hertfordshire

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	357	96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	70	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	45	—
Green spaces & parks	165	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

65.9%

Superfast

92.1%

Ultrafast

67.5%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from East Hertfordshire

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

Unemployment rate3.9%

In work (employment rate)63.2%

Companies registered here13,780

New incorporations (12m)1,410

Property companies (SPVs)1,468

See the full East Hertfordshire report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district