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On Valleyside, in Chaulden
What it's like at HP1 2LN: every home that has sold on Valleyside 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Valleyside; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 19 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, ValleysideTerraced | Mar 2019 | £365,000 | 123 m² | £2,967/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, ValleysideTerraced | Nov 2006 | £229,950 | 129 m² | £1,783/m² | 1 |
| 8, ValleysideTerraced | Feb 2025 | £455,000 | 111 m² | £4,099/m² | 2 |
| 14, ValleysideTerraced | Feb 2017 | £395,000 | 126 m² | £3,135/m² | 1 |
| 16, ValleysideDetached | Nov 2018 | £355,000 | 132 m² | £2,689/m² | 3 |
| 18, ValleysideSemi-detached | May 2022 | £388,000 | 122 m² | £3,180/m² | 2 |
| 20, ValleysideTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £412,500 | 118 m² | £3,496/m² | 2 |
| 24, ValleysideTerraced | Jan 1998 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, ValleysideSemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £215,000 | 120 m² | £1,792/m² | 1 |
| 28, ValleysideTerraced | Aug 2022 | £378,000 | 129 m² | £2,930/m² | 1 |
| 32, ValleysideTerraced | Mar 2007 | £237,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 34, ValleysideSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £140,000 | 121 m² | £1,157/m² | 1 |
| 36, ValleysideTerraced | Oct 2017 | £422,500 | 123 m² | £3,435/m² | 1 |
| 40, ValleysideSemi-detached | May 2019 | £330,000 | 166 m² | £1,988/m² | 2 |
| 42, ValleysideFlat | Feb 2019 | £180,000 | 58 m² | £3,103/m² | 2 |
| 50, ValleysideFlat | Mar 2024 | £146,000 | 44 m² | £3,318/m² | 4 |
| 52, ValleysideFlat | Jan 1997 | £43,500 | 46 m² | £946/m² | 1 |
| 54, ValleysideFlat | Oct 2025 | £160,000 | 47 m² | £3,404/m² | 1 |
| 56, ValleysideFlat | Jul 2002 | £118,950 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hemel Hempstead, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Hollybush Lane, 300 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, ML1); 10 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 38 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oakleaf Primary, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 24% 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, 600 m 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 Co-operative Food, 400 m away; J & J Butchers (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkwood Surgery (300 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, B Hairdressing is 500 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.
The Sunrise Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Tudor Rose the nearest pub (550 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 Northridge Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Outdoor Pool (1.8 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.
37 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.
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%.
22 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 2LN →
On this street: 1 of 15 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 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.