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On Highfield Lane, in Maylands & Adeyfield
What it's like at HP2 5JF: every home that has sold on Highfield 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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3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Highfield Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 32 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 96a, Highfield LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £850,000 | 215 m² | £3,953/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96b, Highfield LaneDetached | Jun 2007 | £599,950 | 218 m² | £2,752/m² | 1 |
| 100, Highfield LaneDetached | Feb 2013 | £425,000 | 100 m² | £4,250/m² | 1 |
| 101, Highfield LaneTerraced | Aug 1998 | £74,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 102, Highfield LaneTerraced | Jul 2024 | £440,000 | 122 m² | £3,607/m² | 1 |
| 103, Highfield LaneTerraced | Aug 2022 | £425,000 | 100 m² | £4,250/m² | 1 |
| 104, Highfield LaneTerraced | Feb 2015 | £300,000 | 100 m² | £3,000/m² | 1 |
| 106, Highfield LaneTerraced | Mar 1995 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 109, Highfield LaneTerraced | Nov 2014 | £250,000 | 99 m² | £2,525/m² | 2 |
| 110, Highfield LaneTerraced | Aug 1996 | £98,000 | 118 m² | £831/m² | 1 |
| 113, Highfield LaneTerraced | Jun 2018 | £370,000 | 103 m² | £3,592/m² | 3 |
| 117, Highfield LaneTerraced | Feb 2020 | £173,000 | 106 m² | £1,632/m² | 5 |
| 119, Highfield LaneTerraced | Feb 2015 | £285,000 | 101 m² | £2,822/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Apsley, a drive away (3.5 km), with 518k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Widmore Drive, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 46); 18 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 36 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Jupiter Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 61% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Adeyfield Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 35.1 · 3.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Chesham Grammar School (12.4 km) and Dr Challoner's High School (13.7 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Budgens - the Heights, 300 m away; Freshco Foods (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Everest House Surgery (850 m), with Jupiter Chemist the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Memz Barbers is 1.3 km 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 25 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Imagine Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Hemel Hempstead Amateur RLFC the nearest pub (700 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 167 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 455 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Keen Fields, 850 m away; for exercise, Vauxhall Road (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 14 km away.
19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barn Immediately North East of Little Farmhouse | II | 70 m |
| Little Farmhouse | II | 80 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%.
30 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 HP2 5JF →
Most households own their home, 12% 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.
On this street: 1 of 25 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.3% | 86.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 1.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.0% | 9.5% | 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.
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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 32 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 46 min
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