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On Hertford Road, in Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell
What it's like at AL6 0BU: every home that has sold on Hertford Road 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 Hertford Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 55 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 57, Hertford RoadDetached | Oct 2012 | £875,000 | 220 m² | £3,977/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63, Hertford RoadTerraced | Aug 1998 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 65, Hertford RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £480,000 | 75 m² | £6,400/m² | 2 |
| 81, Hertford RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £645,000 | 101 m² | £6,386/m² | 3 |
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: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Welwyn North, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 387k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is Nursery Hill, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 388, 204).
Central London is 37 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St John's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Monk's Walk School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 50.8 · 20.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative Food, 1.0 km away, with Nisa Local closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Moor's Walk Surgery (2.2 km), with Knightsfield Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Beautyworks is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Lister Hospital, 9.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 47% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Aspens Services Ltd@Waterside Academy is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Sheldan Inn the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 23 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 63% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 20% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Haldens Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Gosling Sports Park (3.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 13 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
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.
17 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alder Cottage | II | 120 m |
| Digswell Farm House and Attached Garage | II | 160 m |
| Quatermans | II | 180 m |
| Maran Cottage | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Welwyn Hatfield constituency: Andrew Lewin MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,799 (7.8%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 6%.
5 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 AL6 0BU →
On this street: 0 of 39 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.6% | 89.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.8% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.0% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.5% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Welwyn Hatfield since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 55 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 53 min
Nearest: Epping Ongar Railway · about 45 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.