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South Approach

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33 recorded sales · median £692,000 · Three Rivers

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Three Rivers Council · Liberal Democrat minority — no overall control 18/39 seats · 46% · OCD 2026

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

65/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£692k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£692k

median sold price

10.7 yrs

of local pay to buy

124 min

Manchester — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

203

Violence — most

11.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.7%

in a flood zone

194

green spaces

7.5

PM2.5 · WHO 5

139

eat & drink

shops

83.6%

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

£263,750 in 1995 → £1,792,500 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 Three Rivers, 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 £692,000. That's about 10.7× local earnings — around the 12.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

2024 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 33 sales£692,000

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 12.3×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership71%

Owned outright

35%

With a mortgage

36%

Private rented

13%

Social rented

15%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,351

Your band:

Three Rivers District Council£213

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£280

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,567

Band B£1,828

Band C£2,090

Band D (baseline)£2,351

Band E£2,873

Band F£3,395

Band G£3,918

Band H£4,701

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 Three Rivers how South Approach compares · from Three Rivers

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Carpenders Park +19.8%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Carpenders Park	£515,000	+19.8%	154
Croxley Green	£655,000	+18.8%	246
South Oxhey	£415,000	+15.8%	260
Watford Heath	£712,500	+14%	64
Northwood	£1,125,000	+13.9%	60
Chorleywood	£795,500	+11.2%	106
Heronsgate	£697,000	+10.2%	62
Loudwater (Troutstream) Estate	£876,500	+10.1%	64
Abbotswood Park	£427,500	+9.7%	88
Hunton Bridge	£465,000	+4.5%	50
Abbots Langley	£552,500	+3%	108
Mill End	£485,000	+3%	114
Rickmansworth	£435,000	-3%	138
Holywell Estate	£605,000	-34.7%	86

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 South Approach — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Whispers South Approach	Detached	—	—	£1,250,000	Jan 2025
20, South Approach	Detached	—	—	£1,750,000	Nov 2024
6 South Approach	Detached	—	—	£1,835,000	Feb 2024
12, South Approach	Detached	—	—	£2,035,000	Mar 2022
56, South Approach	Detached	—	—	£1,350,000	Mar 2021
42, South Approach	Detached	—	—	£1,725,000	Jan 2018
26 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£1,307,500	Sep 2016
48, South Approach	Detached	—	—	£1,480,000	Aug 2015
50 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£1,180,000	May 2015
2, South Approach	Detached	—	—	£1,950,000	Nov 2014
40 South Approach	Detached	—	—	£1,100,000	Feb 2014
8 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£1,419,350	Sep 2012
4 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£1,112,500	Apr 2012
30 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£1,075,000	Dec 2010
MANSARD SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£692,000	Jul 2010
62 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£695,000	Feb 2010
34 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£1,100,000	Sep 2003
60 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£565,000	Aug 2001
48, South Approach	Detached	—	—	£380,000	Aug 1999
52 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£420,000	Aug 1999
16 South Approach	Detached	—	—	£535,000	Jul 1999
60 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£375,000	Sep 1998
76 SOUTH APPROACH	Detached	—	—	£337,500	Jul 1998
70, South Approach	Detached	—	—	£385,000	Oct 1997

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 Three Rivers

Crime runs at 6 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

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

By category, 12 months from Three Rivers

Violence & sexual offences

203

Anti-social behaviour

121

Shoplifting

Public order

Other theft

Vehicle crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Three Rivers 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 Three Rivers

Population93,771

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · little changed since 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 8 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

7.3/10

Employment

7.5/10

Education & skills

7.5/10

Health & disability

8.3/10

Crime

7.2/10

Housing & services

5.9/10

Living environment

6.7/10

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

Figures for the wider Three Rivers — 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 residents4.4%

Degree-level (Level 4+)43%

Good or very good health86%

Own their home71%

Median age42.2

Born outside the UK19%

See the full Three Rivers report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

50% of the 2 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

1 of 2 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 2 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
Wonder Kids Nursery LTD	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Eastbury Farm Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
St Martin's School	All-through	—	0.9 km
Merchant Taylors' Prep School	All-through	—	1.0 km
Merchant Taylors' School	Secondary	—	1.1 km
The Hive	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.3 km
Little Crickets Learning Centre	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.3 km
The Hall School Nursery	Nursery	—	1.3 km
St Helen's School	All-through	—	1.4 km
Free Readers Northwood	Nursery	—	1.4 km
The Little Learners Montessori Northwood	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.4 km
Wetherby House Montessori Ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.5 km
Frithwood Primary School	Primary	—	1.5 km
Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.5 km
Northwood Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	1.6 km
Chickywicks Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.7 km
Northwood College for Girls GDST	All-through	—	1.7 km
Woodlodge Montessori School	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.2 km
St John's School	All-through	—	2.3 km
Stem Den	Nursery	—	2.3 km
Willow Tree Primary School	Primary	Requires improvement ('23)	2.3 km
St Joseph Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	2.3 km
Hillside Infant School	Primary	—	2.4 km
Hillside Junior School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	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 1.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Moor Care Dental	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Loomrose Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Mountwood Surgery	GP	—	1.4 km
Medco Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Sharman'S Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Mount Vernon Dental Specialists	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Eastbury Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	1.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Dental Centre Northwood Hq	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Station Approach (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.6 km
The Dental Design Studio	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Carter Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Precision Smiles	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Greenfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Chartwell Clinic	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Croxley Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Acre Surgery	GP	—	2.6 km
Carepoint Practice	GP	Good ('18)	2.6 km
Northwood Hills Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Prestwick Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Consulting Rooms	GP	Good ('19)	2.8 km
South Oxhey Surgery	GP	—	2.8 km
New Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	2.8 km
New Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Ross Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.9 km
New Road Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Bridgewater Surgeries	GP	Good ('22)	3.0 km
Sas West Herts	GP	—	3.0 km
Bridgewater Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Agno Dental & Aesthetic	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Prestwick House	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Viks Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Dietsch Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Lex Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Orthoplus - The Orthodontic Practice - Northwood	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Riverside Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Carpenders Park Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
D B Jones Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Wilyman Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Norwich Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Berkeley Clinic	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Md Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Gade And Chorleywood Health Centres	GP	Good ('18)	3.8 km
The Colne Practice	GP	Good ('20)	3.8 km
Inspire Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Harefield Practice	GP	—	3.8 km
The Chief Cornerstone Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Delite Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Pinner Green Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Dave Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Rickmansworth Orthodontic Practice Ltd	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Arches Pharmacee	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Carters Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Caspian Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Market Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Watford Health Centre	GP	—	4.1 km
John Davis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Hatch End Medical Centre	GP	—	4.2 km
The Elms Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	4.5 km
Suthergrey House Medical Centre	GP	Good ('20)	4.5 km
Attenborough Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	4.5 km
Manor View Practice	GP	Good ('20)	4.5 km
The Pinn Medical Centre	GP	—	4.7 km
The Pinn Unregistered Wic	GP	—	4.7 km
Ladygate Lane Medical Practice	GP	—	5.0 km
Elliott Hall Medical Ctr.	GP	Outstanding ('17)	5.0 km
St Martins Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	5.3 km
Southcote Clinic	GP	Good ('24)	5.4 km
The Abbotsbury Practice	GP	Good ('16)	5.6 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 Three Rivers

5 nearest stations.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To Manchester	Fastest
Carpenders Park Rail Station	1.9 mi	—	no direct train
Rickmansworth Rail Station	2.1 mi	—	no direct train
Bushey Rail Station	2.4 mi	—	no direct train
Watford High Street Rail Station	2.5 mi	—	no direct train
Hatch End Rail Station	2.9 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

45%

Work from home

42%

Public transport

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging3 points

Per 10,000 residents0.3

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

Environment from Three Rivers

Air quality

NO₂

11.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.4%

Flood zone3.7% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill140 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 buildings350

Conservation areas19

Green belt75.6%

Green spaces194

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Three Rivers

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	139	96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	36	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	14	—
Green spaces & parks	194	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

83.6%

Superfast

95.4%

Ultrafast

85.2%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Three Rivers

Figures for the wider Three Rivers — 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)62.6%

Companies registered here11,114

New incorporations (12m)1,166

Property companies (SPVs)1,822

See the full Three Rivers report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district