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50 recorded sales · median £495,000 · Hertsmere
Hertsmere Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 19/39 seats · 49% · OCD 2026
60/100
Mixed
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£495k
median price
8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£495k
median sold price
11.9 yrs
of local pay to buy
34 min
Manchester — fastest
3
rail stations
0
grammar schools
60
schools total
8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
298
Violence — most
12.4
NO₂ · WHO 10
3.6%
in a flood zone
278
green spaces
7.7
PM2.5 · WHO 5
212
eat & drink
66
shops
75.3%
gigabit
27
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
£497,500 in 2008 → £625,000 in 2024
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Hertsmere, 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 £495,000. That's about 11.9× local earnings — around the 13.8× five-year average.
Sold price history
2024 · 2 sales
Median sold price · median of all 50 sales£495,000
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 13.8×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership64%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,355
Hertsmere Borough Council£216
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,570
Band B£1,831
Band C£2,093
Band D (baseline)£2,355
Band E£2,878
Band F£3,401
Band G£3,924
Band H£4,709
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 Hertsmere how King Edward Place compares · from Hertsmere
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Connaught Park +34%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connaught Park | £645,000 | +34% | 148 |
| Bushey Heath | £625,000 | +27.5% | 200 |
| Potters Bar | £575,000 | +26.8% | 236 |
| Rowley Green | £430,000 | +18.6% | 64 |
| The Royds | £615,000 | +14.3% | 116 |
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 King Edward Place — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 4 Windsor House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £452,000 | Mar 2026 |
| Flat 13 King Edward House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £740,000 | Jun 2024 |
| Flat 2 King Edward House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £510,000 | Apr 2024 |
| Flat 3 King Edward House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £460,000 | Dec 2023 |
| Flat 11 King Edward House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £522,500 | Sep 2022 |
| FLAT 11 WINDSOR HOUSE KING EDWARD PLACE | Flat | — | — | £335,000 | May 2022 |
| Flat 1 Windsor House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £450,000 | Jan 2022 |
| Flat 18 Windsor House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £670,000 | Jun 2021 |
| Flat 1 Windsor House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £495,000 | Jun 2021 |
| Flat 15 Windsor House King Edward Place | Flat | — | — | £550,000 | Mar 2021 |
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 Hertsmere
Crime runs at 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 / month8
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Hertsmere
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Hertsmere 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 Hertsmere
Population107,827
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
7.1/10
Health & disability
7.3/10
Crime
6.3/10
Housing & services
6.1/10
Living environment
5.8/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Hertsmere — 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+61%
Unemployment · economically active residents5%
Degree-level (Level 4+)40%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home64%
Median age41
Born outside the UK23%
See the full Hertsmere 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushey Grove Leisure Play Scheme and Creche | Nursery | — | 0.4 km |
| Longwood School | Primary | — | 0.5 km |
| Longwood Nursery | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.5 km |
| First Place Nursery | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.6 km |
| Bournehall Primary School | Primary | Inspected '24 — see report | 0.6 km |
| Queens' School | Secondary | Inspected '25 — see report | 0.6 km |
| N Family Club Bushey | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.6 km |
| Little Acorns Montessori School | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.7 km |
| The Grange Academy | Secondary | Inspected '24 — see report | 0.7 km |
| Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall) | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.8 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
14 of 15 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attenborough Surgery | GP | Good ('23) | 0.9 km |
| Manor View Practice | GP | Good ('20) | 0.9 km |
| Abell Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.9 km |
| Bushey Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.9 km |
| Bushey Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.9 km |
| High Street (Dental Surgery) | Dentist | — | 1.0 km |
| Triangle Healthcare (Uk) Ltd | Pharmacy | — | 1.1 km |
| Caspian Dental Clinic | Dentist | — | 1.2 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 Hertsmere
5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 124 min from Watford Junction Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To Manchester | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushey Rail Station | 0.9 mi | — | no direct train |
| Watford High Street Rail Station | 1.0 mi | — | no direct train |
| Watford Junction Rail Station | 1.4 mi | Manchester Piccadilly | 124 min |
| Watford North Rail Station | 1.8 mi | — | no direct train |
| Carpenders Park Rail Station | 1.9 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold — from Watford Junction Rail Station (124 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging14 points
Per 10,000 residents1.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Hertsmere
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1003.5%
Flood zone3.6% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 3–5%)
Historic landfill142 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 buildings321
Conservation areas16
Green belt78.9%
Green spaces278
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Hertsmere
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 212 | 93% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 66 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 27 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 278 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Hertsmere
Figures for the wider Hertsmere — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5%
In work (employment rate)61.2%
Companies registered here18,431
New incorporations (12m)1,823
Property companies (SPVs)3,059
See the full Hertsmere report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district