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On Pixies Hill Crescent, in Chaulden
What it's like at HP1 2BU: every home that has sold on Pixies Hill Crescent 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 Pixies Hill Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £595,000 | 114 m² | £5,219/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £490,000 | 109 m² | £4,495/m² | 2 |
| 4, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £114,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £555,000 | 87 m² | £6,379/m² | 2 |
| 12, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £480,000 | 86 m² | £5,581/m² | 1 |
| 14, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £312,000 | 86 m² | £3,628/m² | 2 |
| 15, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £550,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £269,950 | 120 m² | £2,250/m² | 2 |
| 24, Pixies Hill CrescentTerraced | Jun 2018 | £365,000 | 80 m² | £4,563/m² | 1 |
| 26, Pixies Hill CrescentTerraced | Sept 2001 | £123,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Pixies Hill CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £425,000 | 79 m² | £5,380/m² | 3 |
| 32, Pixies Hill CrescentTerraced | Oct 2022 | £390,000 | 82 m² | £4,756/m² | 1 |
| 34, Pixies Hill CrescentTerraced | Aug 2015 | £318,000 | 80 m² | £3,975/m² | 2 |
| 36, Pixies Hill CrescentTerraced | May 2024 | £525,000 | 92 m² | £5,707/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hemel Hempstead, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Chaulden Terrace, 150 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 3, ML1); 7 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 38 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Pixies Hill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 66% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is John F Kennedy Catholic School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 47.9 · 10.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Chesham Grammar School (8.3 km) and Dr Challoner's High School (10.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-op, 250 m away; Nash Chemists (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkwood Surgery (950 m), with Nash Chemists the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Ambers is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Watford General Hospital, 13 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Community Lunch is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Camelot R U F Club the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Fishery Moor, 600 m away; for exercise, Hemel Hempstead Sports Centre (Everyone active) (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 16 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
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.
27 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tower in Former Stableyard of Chaulden House | II | 190 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.
Hemel Hempstead constituency: David Taylor MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,857 (11.0%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 12%.
24 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 HP1 2BU →
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.9% | 87.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.7% | 1.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.2% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.7% | 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 49 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 31 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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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 14 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.