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Ash Close

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11 recorded sales · median £650,000 · Welwyn Hatfield

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Welwyn Hatfield Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 31/48 seats · 65% · OCD 2026

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

69/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£650k

median price

8.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£650k

median sold price

9.2 yrs

of local pay to buy

33 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

8.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

365

Violence — most

11.1

NO₂ · WHO 10

1.1%

in a flood zone

214

green spaces

7.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

221

eat & drink

shops

72%

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

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Welwyn Hatfield, 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 £650,000. That's about 9.2× local earnings — around the 10.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 11 sales£650,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.2× · five-year average 10.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership57%

Owned outright

28%

With a mortgage

29%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

25%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,390

Your band:

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council£252

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£280

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,593

Band B£1,859

Band C£2,125

Band D (baseline)£2,390

Band E£2,921

Band F£3,453

Band G£3,984

Band H£4,780

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 Welwyn Hatfield how Ash Close compares · from Welwyn Hatfield

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Brookmans Park +30.6%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Brookmans Park	£1,060,000	+30.6%	42
Hatfield	£322,500	+23.6%	116
Hall Grove	£435,000	+22.8%	130
Roe Green	£325,000	+20.4%	62
Hilltop	£297,500	+18.6%	64
Oxlease	£355,000	+14.7%	70
Haldens	£364,250	+13.4%	60
Welwyn	£693,000	+13.2%	42
Peartree	£310,000	+10.3%	250
Knightsfield	£448,000	+9.5%	90
Oaklands	£725,000	+8.8%	68
Panshanger	£390,000	+8%	206
Hatfield Hyde	£395,000	+6.7%	142
Birchwood	£391,000	+5.4%	116
Cuffley	£850,000	+0%	94
Salisbury Village	£390,000	-0.2%	46
South Hatfield	£335,000	-1.3%	82
Handside	£562,000	-4.1%	122
Welwyn Garden City	£461,250	-16.4%	76

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 Ash Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
5, Ash Close Brookmans Park	Detached	—	—	£860,000	Aug 2018
5, Ash Close Brookmans Park	Detached	—	—	£440,000	Dec 2016
4, Ash Close Brookmans Park	Detached	—	—	£865,000	May 2016
6, Ash Close Brookmans Park	Detached	—	—	£865,000	Jan 2016
3, Ash Close Brookmans Park	Detached	—	—	£860,000	Sep 2013
2 ASH CLOSE BROOKMANS PARK	Semi-detached	—	—	£650,000	Oct 2010
2 ASH CLOSE BROOKMANS PARK	Semi-detached	—	—	£500,000	Jul 2009
3, Ash Close Brookmans Park	Detached	—	—	£725,000	Mar 2004
1 ASH CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£490,000	May 2001
4, Ash Close Brookmans Park	Detached	—	—	£350,000	Aug 1998
3, Ash Close Brookmans Park	Detached	—	—	£297,950	Oct 1997

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11 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 Welwyn Hatfield

Crime runs at 8.9 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 / month8.9

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

By category, 12 months from Welwyn Hatfield

Violence & sexual offences

365

Anti-social behaviour

218

Shoplifting

116

Other theft

Criminal damage & arson

Public order

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Welwyn Hatfield 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 Welwyn Hatfield

Population119,836

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 — around the national average (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

5.9/10

Employment

6.4/10

Education & skills

6.2/10

Health & disability

6.7/10

Crime

5.9/10

Housing & services

6.0/10

Living environment

7.2/10

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

Figures for the wider Welwyn Hatfield — 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+60%

Unemployment · economically active residents6.1%

Degree-level (Level 4+)37%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home57%

Median age37.6

Born outside the UK22%

See the full Welwyn Hatfield report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

67% 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

2 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
Chancellor's School	Secondary	—	0.2 km
Brookmans Park Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 km
Brookmans Bears Preschool	Nursery	—	1.4 km
Brookmans Bears Day Nursery	Nursery	—	1.7 km
Queenswood School	Secondary	—	2.0 km
Willowbrook Nursery	Nursery	—	2.4 km
Apple Daycare Ltd Wild Hill	Nursery	—	2.4 km
Lochinver House School	All-through	—	2.5 km
St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.5 km
Sunshine Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	2.5 km
Little Heath Primary School	Primary	—	2.6 km
Little Heath Nursery Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.7 km
Gracewood Academy	Secondary	Requires improvement ('22)	2.8 km
Tilbury Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.8 km
De Havilland Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	2.9 km
De Havilland Pre School	Nursery	Good ('21)	2.9 km
Stormont School	Primary	—	3.2 km
Cranborne Primary School	Primary	—	3.3 km
Brooklands Cove	Nursery	—	3.3 km
Starjumps Nursery, Creche and Out of School Provision	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.3 km
Little Elms Montessori Nursery	Nursery	—	3.3 km
Alpha Bears Day Care Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.4 km
Canopy Nurseries Potters Bar	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.4 km
Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School	Primary	—	3.6 km
The Wroxham School	Primary	Good ('24)	3.6 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 1.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS

6 of 6 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Brookmans Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
The Brookmans Park Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Potterells Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	1.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Kean Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Greenleaves Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Orchard Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Annandale Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	3.4 km
Highview Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	3.4 km
Elms Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Leighton House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Questmoor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Parkfield Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	3.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Baker Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Jade Pharmacy (South Hatfield)	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Hilltop Way (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Aj Dental Care	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Burvill House Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	4.6 km
Queensway Health Centre	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Hatfield Dental Centre	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Jade Pharmacy (Hatfield)	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Robin Hood Lane - Jade Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Lister House Surgery	GP	Good ('24)	4.9 km
Wrafton House Surgery	GP	—	5.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Cuffley And Goffs Oak Medical Practice	GP	—	5.6 km
Salepick Ltd	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
38 Station Road [The Dental Surgery]	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Cuffley Dental Centre	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Distinctly Dental	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 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 Welwyn Hatfield

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 33 min from Potters Bar Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Brookmans Park Rail Station	0.9 mi	—	no direct train
Welham Green Rail Station	1.2 mi	—	no direct train
Potters Bar Rail Station	2.2 mi	London Blackfriars	33 min
Hatfield (Herts) Rail Station	2.8 mi	London Blackfriars	40 min
Cuffley Rail Station	3.6 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Potters Bar Rail Station (33 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

45%

Work from home

36%

Walk or cycle

10%

Public transport

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 Welwyn Hatfield

Air quality

NO₂

11.1

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002.1%

Flood zone1.1% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill72 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 buildings429

Conservation areas8

Green belt76.6%

Green spaces214

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Welwyn Hatfield

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	221	95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	68	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	17	—
Green spaces & parks	214	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

72%

Superfast

94.7%

Ultrafast

73.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Welwyn Hatfield

Figures for the wider Welwyn Hatfield — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate6.1%

In work (employment rate)59.6%

Companies registered here9,594

New incorporations (12m)1,215

Property companies (SPVs)1,126

See the full Welwyn Hatfield report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district