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On Cross Lane, in Harpenden Common
What it's like at AL5 1BT: every home that has sold on Cross Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Cross Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 5 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Cross LaneDetached | Apr 2011 | £2,425,000 | 469 m² | £5,171/m² | 2 |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 61% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Harpenden, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 2.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Cross Lane, 450 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (route 321).
Central London is 36 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is The Grove Infant and Nursery School, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Townsend Church of England School, 2.7 km away; Attainment 8: 46.7 · 13% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Sir John Lawes School (2.3 km) and Roundwood Park School (2.7 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 2.2 km away, with Co-op Food Harpenden closer still (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Village Surgery (2.1 km), with Manor Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Studio 117 is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 14 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Common Clubhouse is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Harpenden Cricket Club the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 10 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Harpenden Common, 750 m away; for exercise, Gym and Juice (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 8.2 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 59% of adults have a degree.
3 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency: Victoria Collins MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 10,708 (19.7%), turnout 75%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 50%, Conservative 31%, Reform UK 8%, Labour 8%.
7 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near AL5 1BT →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Cross Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 5 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.9% | 89.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.9% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 56 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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