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The Shearers

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177 recorded sales · median £410,000 · 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

67/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£410k

median price

6.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£410k

median sold price

10.7 yrs

of local pay to buy

31 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

£675,000 in 2011 → £975,000 in 2025

⌄ 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 £410,000. That's about 10.7× local earnings — around the 11.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 5 sales

Median sold price · median of all 177 sales£410,000

Full history since 1996

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 The Shearers 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 The Shearers — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
39 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£860,000	Dec 2025
74 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£975,000	Nov 2025
43 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£1,290,000	Jun 2025
84 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£1,170,000	Apr 2025
5 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£700,000	Feb 2025
16, The Shearers	Terraced	—	—	£540,000	Dec 2024
73 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£1,100,000	Feb 2023
22 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£915,000	Nov 2022
28 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£1,100,000	Mar 2022
15 THE SHEARERS	Semi-detached	—	—	£620,000	Jan 2022
26 THE SHEARERS	Detached	—	—	£780,000	Dec 2021
70 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£1,115,000	Dec 2021
3 THE SHEARERS BISHOPS STORTFORD	Detached	—	—	£700,000	Mar 2021
61, The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£855,000	Dec 2020
48, The Shearers	Semi-detached	—	—	£675,000	Sep 2020
24 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£600,000	Sep 2020
18, The Shearers	Terraced	—	—	£386,000	Sep 2020
4, The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£645,000	Mar 2020
74 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£850,000	Feb 2020
63, The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£910,000	Sep 2018
80 The Shearers	Detached	—	—	£825,000	Jan 2018
36, The Shearers	Terraced	—	—	£379,995	Jul 2017
38 THE SHEARERS	Terraced	—	—	£415,000	Feb 2017
20, The Shearers	Terraced	—	—	£627,500	Jan 2017

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

Ofsted

3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 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
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bishops Stortford St Michaels Mead	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.3 km
Manor Fields Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	0.6 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bishops Stortford Thorley Park	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Thorley Pre School	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.0 km
Richard Whittington Primary School	Primary	—	1.5 km
Blues Pre-School Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.5 km
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S	Primary	Good ('22)	1.7 km
Early Birds, Night Owls & Little Ladybirds Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	1.7 km
Stagecoach Bishops Stortford	Nursery	—	1.7 km
The Pre-School at St Joe's Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.7 km
Hillmead Primary School	Primary	—	1.7 km
Little Ladybirds & Night Owls	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.7 km
The Bishop's Stortford High School	Secondary	—	1.7 km
Thorley Hill Primary School	Primary	—	2.0 km
Sunflowers Pre School	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.0 km
Bishop's Stortford College	All-through	—	2.1 km
Windhill21	Primary	—	2.1 km
Early Birds, Night Owls & Appletree Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	2.1 km
N Family Club Bishop's Stortford	Nursery	—	2.1 km
St Mary's Catholic School	Secondary	Inspected '24 — see report	2.1 km
TLC Live Online School	Secondary	—	2.2 km
Banana Moon Nursery Bishops Stortford	Nursery	Inadequate ('25)	2.2 km
Grove Cottage	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.2 km
St Michael's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	2.2 km
Doodle Do Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	2.3 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 2.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Thorley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Allied Pharmacy Thorley	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
South Street Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.2 km
South Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Trinity Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
The Dentist	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Church Street Partnership	GP	Good ('18)	2.3 km
Smile And Wellbeing Dental	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Barrett House Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Riverside Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.6 km
The Orthodontic Practice	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Helix Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	3.0 km
Hobbs Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Je Williamson Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Much Hadham Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Much Hadham Health Centre	GP	Good ('17)	4.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Central Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	4.9 km
Dentistry 19 Ltd	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Village Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Bell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Gardens And Jacobs Medical Partnership	GP	Good ('18)	5.4 km
The Rivers Hospital	GP	Good ('19)	5.4 km
The Rivers Hospital	GP	Good ('19)	5.4 km
Chapel Hill Dental	Dentist	—	6.7 km
The Eden Surgeries	GP	Good ('19)	6.7 km
Peacock Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	6.9 km
Unit 2 Castle Maltings	Dentist	—	6.9 km
Peacock Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.9 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 31 min from Harlow Town Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Bishops Stortford Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Liverpool Street	39 min
Sawbridgeworth Rail Station	3.1 mi	London Liverpool Street	39 min
Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station	4.2 mi	London Liverpool Street	42 min
Harlow Mill Rail Station	4.5 mi	London Liverpool Street	38 min
Harlow Town Rail Station	5.4 mi	London Liverpool Street	31 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Harlow Town Rail Station (31 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