🔍
— ACRERIGHT AREA REPORT · NEIGHBOURHOOD
Home › WatfordHolywell Estate · neighbourhood

Holywell Estate

13,205 people · median £378,500 · Watford

Watford Council · Liberal Democrat (directly-elected mayor)   32/36 seats · 89% · OCD 2026
Loading…

What does it cost? This neighbourhood

dearestcheapest
£378,500 median 3rd cheapest of 10 neighbourhoods
among 10 neighbourhoods in Watford

A typical home here sells for £378,500, up 4.1% over five years. That's about 11× local earnings — around the 11.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 141 sales
£172k£231k£290k£349k£408k2010201720252016 +27%−7%£385,000
Median sold price£378,500
5-year change+4.1%
Price per square metre£4,223 · median across AcreRight-covered districts £3,782
Full history since 1995
£12k£115k£218k£322k£425k1995201020252000 +29%−17%£385,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Semi-detached
£595k
Terraced
£450k
Flat
£305k
Typical home price compared with annual local pay11× · five-year average 11.8×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership42%

Owned outright
16%
With a mortgage
26%
Private rented
30%
Social rented
25%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,447

Watford Borough Council£309
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,631
Band B£1,903
Band C£2,175
Band D (baseline)£2,447
Band E£2,990
Band F£3,534
Band G£4,078
Band H£4,893
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

£4,223 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare. The median across districts AcreRight covers is £3,782.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by street in Holywell Estate 60 streets — this neighbourhood, broken down

StreetMedian priceSales5-year change
Whippendell Road£210,000463-3%
Scammell Way£77,225404-4.3%
Pioneer Way£90,975326-44.1%
Hagden Lane£196,000286+24.7%
Metropolitan Station Approach£255,000269-19.2%
Himalayan Way£94,475258-32.2%
Sydney Road£357,000255
Rickmansworth Road£175,000248-21.8%
Median & 5-year change use residential sales only (category-A, type D/S/T/F); the 5-year change compares the last 24 months vs the 24 months five years earlier. Each street’s sales recorded inside this area since 1995 — click a street → its full sold-price page · HM Land Registry Price Paid

Neighbourhood prices in Watford how Holywell Estate compares · from Watford

Fastest 5-yr growth: Woodside +28.4%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Woodside£460,000+28.4%48
Tudor Estate£571,000+22.2%134
Kingswood£472,500+18.8%84
Meriden£450,000+18.2%86
North Watford£415,000+16.3%506
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 Holywell Estate — sold prices

Filters
AddressTypeBedsEPCPriceDate
252 sales in 12 months — 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
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…

One short email when this area’s prices, crime and schools figures update. No accounts, no spam, one-click unsubscribe. Privacy.

Sources & dates: every figure carries its own source line with the data vintage; the full table is in Overview → "All figures, sources and dates".

Part of Watford

About  ·  Methodology  ·  Attribution  ·  Press
build 311fc11 · 2026-08-05 09:05