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On St Margarets, in Markyate, Flamstead & Gaddesden
What it's like at HP1 3BZ: every home that has sold on St Margarets 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on St Margarets; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 16 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, St MargaretsTerraced | Sept 2020 | £680,000 | 117 m² | £5,812/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, St MargaretsTerraced | Feb 2013 | £430,000 | 81 m² | £5,309/m² | 3 |
| 5 - 6, St MargaretsDetached | Oct 2020 | £1,075,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 9, St MargaretsSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £805,000 | 228 m² | £3,531/m² | 3 |
| 10, St MargaretsSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £591,000 | 212 m² | £2,788/m² | 2 |
| 11, St MargaretsDetached | Feb 2026 | £1,025,000 | 151 m² | £6,788/m² | 5 |
| 12, St MargaretsSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £499,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, St MargaretsSemi-detached | Feb 2004 | £610,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Brock House, St MargaretsDetached | Jan 2008 | £1,375,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Farm Cottage, St MargaretsDetached | Nov 2010 | £775,000 | 145 m² | £5,345/m² | 2 |
| Gade House, St MargaretsDetached | Oct 2012 | £1,200,000 | 300 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
| Hill View House, St MargaretsDetached | Jun 2021 | £1,500,000 | 321 m² | £4,673/m² | 1 |
| Honeybrook, St MargaretsDetached | Aug 2023 | £1,145,500 | 353 m² | £3,245/m² | 2 |
| Longford, St MargaretsDetached | Nov 2012 | £1,900,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Bungalow, St MargaretsOther | Dec 2018 | £2,650,000 | 120 m² | £22,083/m² | 1 |
| White Lady Cottage, 14, St MargaretsSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £920,000 | – | – | 2 |
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: 40% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Berkhamsted, a drive away (4.3 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (15 by car).
Central London is 42 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 83% 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, 3.8 km away; Attainment 8: 47.9 · 10.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Food, 4.3 km away, with Hemel Hempstead Garden Centre closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkwood Surgery (4.3 km), with Gadebridge Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.6 km).
For a haircut, Potten End Village Barbers is 2.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 8.0 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Amaravati Buddhist Centre is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Alford Arms the nearest pub (1.5 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 193 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Gadebridge Park, 3.8 km away; for exercise, Fives Courts (4.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 8.6 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.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St Margaret'S Farmhouse | II | 20 m |
| St Margaret'S House | II | 20 m |
| Shepherds Cottage | II | 50 m |
| Number 12 the Tudors, and Number 14 | II | 90 m |
| Farm Cottage | II | 120 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.
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%.
0 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 3BZ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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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 16 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 10 homes with certificates have solar panels, 3 a heat pump, and 10 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 | 4.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 74.7% | 87.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 10.6% | 1.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.3% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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 55 min
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