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School Lane

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30 recorded sales · median £482,500 · St Albans

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St Albans Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 44/56 seats · 79% · OCD 2026

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

72/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£483k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£483k

median sold price

15 yrs

of local pay to buy

34 min

Manchester — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

316

Violence — most

10.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

1.4%

in a flood zone

167

green spaces

7.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

348

eat & drink

shops

86.1%

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

£178,975 in 1998 → £412,500 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 St Albans, 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 £482,500. That's about 15× local earnings — around the 16.9× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 30 sales£482,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay15× · five-year average 16.9×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership71%

Owned outright

35%

With a mortgage

36%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

12%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,334

Your band:

St Albans City and District Council£195

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£280

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,556

Band B£1,815

Band C£2,074

Band D (baseline)£2,334

Band E£2,852

Band F£3,371

Band G£3,889

Band H£4,667

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 St Albans how School Lane compares · from St Albans

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: King Harry Park +37.9%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
King Harry Park	£824,000	+37.9%	114
Batford	£600,000	+35.8%	190
Cotlandswick	£445,000	+27.1%	52
Bernards Heath	£642,500	+24.8%	140
Townsend	£707,500	+21.7%	96
The Camp	£600,000	+19.2%	78
Wood End	£995,000	+18%	62
Chiswell Green	£637,000	+17.5%	66
Marshalswick	£535,000	+10.6%	274
London Colney	£380,000	+8.1%	150
Southdown	£727,500	+7.8%	144
Milehouse	£460,000	+7%	82
Roundwood	£950,000	+6.5%	134
St Albans	£460,000	+5.9%	438
Harpenden	£698,624	+5.2%	196
Wheathampstead	£483,250	+5%	68
Redbourn	£500,000	+4.6%	82
Fleetville	£575,000	+2.6%	284
Cottonmill	£535,000	+2.5%	94
How Wood	£640,000	-1.8%	46
St Stephens	£625,000	-23.8%	50

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 School Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
10a School Lane Bricket Wood	Terraced	—	—	£425,000	Oct 2025
6, School Lane Bricket Wood	Terraced	—	—	£400,000	Oct 2025
THE OLD FOX SCHOOL LANE	Other	—	—	£800,000	Jan 2025
BRICKETT SCHOOL LANE	Detached	—	—	£775,000	Nov 2023
The Castle School Lane Bricket Wood	Detached	—	—	£750,000	Jul 2022
Woodbine Cottage School Lane	Detached	—	—	£1,200,000	Aug 2019
8, School Lane Bricket Wood	Terraced	—	—	£535,000	Mar 2018
5, School Lane Bricket Wood	Terraced	—	—	£390,000	Feb 2018
Old Fox With His Teeth Drawn School Lane Bricket Wood	Detached	—	—	£975,000	Jul 2017
Orchard End School Lane Bricket Wood	Detached	—	—	£620,000	Jul 2017
Greensleeves School Lane Bricket Wood	Detached	—	—	£737,500	Jun 2017
Rose Cottage School Lane Bricket Wood	Semi-detached	—	—	£576,000	Jan 2017
8, School Lane Bricket Wood	Terraced	—	—	£565,000	Aug 2015
BEHANA SCHOOL LANE	Detached	—	—	£495,000	Jan 2014
Woodbine Cottage School Lane	Detached	—	—	£600,000	Nov 2013
10a School Lane Bricket Wood	Terraced	—	—	£295,000	Jun 2013
PUMP COTTAGE SCHOOL LANE	Detached	—	—	£1,025,000	Apr 2013
3, School Lane Bricket Wood	Terraced	—	—	£431,500	Mar 2012
9 SCHOOL LANE	Detached	—	—	£805,000	Nov 2010
7 SCHOOL LANE	Terraced	—	—	£278,000	Jul 2010
BRICKETT SCHOOL LANE	Detached	—	—	£482,500	Jan 2010
13 SCHOOL LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£320,000	Aug 2009
BRICKETT SCHOOL LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£500,000	Aug 2007
6, School Lane Bricket Wood	Terraced	—	—	£209,000	Jun 2006

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 St Albans

Crime runs at 7 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

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

By category, 12 months from St Albans

Violence & sexual offences

316

Anti-social behaviour

226

Other theft

114

Shoplifting

102

Public order

Criminal damage & arson

Recorded crimes by category across the whole St Albans 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 St Albans

Population148,167

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 9/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 85% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 9/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 9/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 85% 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 — 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

7.9/10

Employment

8.3/10

Education & skills

8.8/10

Health & disability

8.9/10

Crime

7.5/10

Housing & services

8.3/10

Living environment

5.8/10

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

Figures for the wider St Albans — 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+)53%

Good or very good health88%

Own their home71%

Median age41.7

Born outside the UK17%

See the full St Albans 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
Coates Way JMI and Nursery School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.7 km
The House That Jack Built Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.0 km
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.2 km
St Michael's Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.3 km
The Grove Academy	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.4 km
Saint Michael's Catholic High School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.4 km
Future Academies Watford	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.6 km
Berrygrove Early Years Centre	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.6 km
Stanborough Primary School	Primary	—	1.7 km
Bright Little Stars Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	1.7 km
Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School	Primary	—	1.7 km
The Crescent Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.7 km
Canopy St. Albans	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.7 km
Parmiter's School	Secondary	Outstanding ('24)	1.9 km
Stagecoach Watford	Nursery	—	1.9 km
Stanborough Secondary School	Secondary	—	1.9 km
Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Bricket Wood	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.9 km
Orbital Pre School	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.0 km
Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School	Primary	—	2.0 km
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery	Primary	Good ('23)	2.1 km
Stagecoach Watford Partnership	Nursery	—	2.1 km
Edge Grove School	All-through	—	2.3 km
Parkgate Junior School	Primary	—	2.4 km
Kingsway Junior School	Primary	Good ('22)	2.4 km
Teddies Tots	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.4 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 1.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.0 km
NHS ODS

15 of 16 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Meriden Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Garston Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	1.7 km
Same Day Dentist	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
65 Oakwood Road (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Bricket Wood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Chemilab Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Chagcrest Limited	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Marc Friedmann And Associates	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Abbotswood Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	2.5 km
The Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Leavesden Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Tudorken Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Dillwyn And Caroline Griffiths Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Tee Kay Enterprises Ltd	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Sheepcot Medical Centre	GP	—	2.9 km
The Happy Smile Company	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Abbotswood Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Vision Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Crysalis Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Sigcare Internet Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Pyramid Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Watford Orthodontic Centre	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Ft Taylor Ltd	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
How Wood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Abbey Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Vine House Health Centre	GP	Good ('22)	3.6 km
Abbots Langley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Ora Dental Group	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Watling Street Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.8 km
The Red House Group	GP	Good ('17)	3.8 km
The Dental Clinic Ltd	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Pampard Pharmacy Limited	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Suthergrey House Medical Centre	GP	Good ('20)	3.9 km
Novocare Dental	Dentist	—	4.0 km
The Elms Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	4.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Better Care Clinic	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Watford Orthodontic Practice	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Senova Dental Studios	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Cassiobury Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Hintons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Cassiobury Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Peace Children'S Centre	Dentist	—	4.3 km
West Herts Community Health N H	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Blue Cross Dental Care	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Ground Floor Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Chiswell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Watford Health Centre	GP	—	4.4 km
Midway Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	4.9 km
Attenborough Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	5.0 km
Manor View Practice	GP	Good ('20)	5.0 km
Bridgewater Surgeries	GP	Good ('22)	5.7 km
Sas West Herts	GP	—	5.7 km
Kings Langley Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	5.9 km
Verulam Medical Group	GP	—	6.0 km
Summerfield Health Centre	GP	Good ('21)	6.0 km
Haverfield Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	6.1 km
Schopwick Surgery	GP	Outstanding ('17)	7.1 km
New Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	7.1 km
Bennetts End Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	7.8 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 St Albans

5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 124 min from Watford Junction Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To Manchester	Fastest
Garston (Herts) Rail Station	0.6 mi	—	no direct train
Bricket Wood Rail Station	1.1 mi	—	no direct train
Watford North Rail Station	1.3 mi	—	no direct train
How Wood (Herts) Rail Station	2.1 mi	—	no direct train
Watford Junction Rail Station	2.2 mi	Manchester Piccadilly	124 min

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

Work from home

53%

Drive

34%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging10 points

Per 10,000 residents0.7

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

Environment from St Albans

Air quality

NO₂

10.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.1%

Flood zone1.4% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill137 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 buildings835

Conservation areas45

Green belt81.5%

Green spaces167

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from St Albans

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	348	92% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	76	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	29	—
Green spaces & parks	167	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

86.1%

Superfast

96.1%

Ultrafast

87.8%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from St Albans

Figures for the wider St Albans — 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)62.8%

Companies registered here14,820

New incorporations (12m)1,472

Property companies (SPVs)1,626

See the full St Albans report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district