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On Hawridge Common, in Hyde Heath, Bellingdon & Latimer
What it's like at HP5 2UQ: every home that has sold on Hawridge Common 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.
Sales and extensions on Hawridge Common; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 25 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Field ViewDetached | Sept 2002 | £315,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GatewaysDetached | Sept 2009 | £405,000 | 132 m² | £3,068/m² | 1 |
| HighviewDetached | Jan 1996 | £135,555 | 58 m² | £2,337/m² | 1 |
| HillviewTerraced | Sept 2004 | £312,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Ivy CottageDetached | Aug 1997 | £290,000 | 142 m² | £2,042/m² | 1 |
| Kingston CottageDetached | Jun 2004 | £980,000 | – | – | 1 |
| PutnamsDetached | Apr 2008 | £550,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The CottageDetached | May 1997 | £320,000 | 77 m² | £4,156/m² | 1 |
| The Old School And School HouseDetached | May 2011 | £401,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Box Tree Cottage, Hawridge CommonDetached | May 2022 | £971,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Bracken View, Hawridge CommonTerraced | Jan 2025 | £590,000 | 92 m² | £6,413/m² | 3 |
| Crown Cottage, Hawridge CommonTerraced | Jan 2022 | £700,000 | 152 m² | £4,605/m² | 1 |
| Gateways Cottage, Hawridge CommonSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £675,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Hawthorn Cottage, Hawridge CommonTerraced | Sept 2025 | £810,000 | 152 m² | £5,329/m² | 2 |
| Hither Croft, Hawridge CommonSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £520,000 | 155 m² | £3,355/m² | 2 |
| Hither Dennets, Hawridge CommonDetached | Dec 2014 | £1,360,000 | 275 m² | £4,945/m² | 2 |
| May Cottage, Hawridge CommonSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £885,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Meadow Sweet, Hawridge CommonDetached | Mar 2025 | £1,075,000 | 187 m² | £5,749/m² | 1 |
| Oakdene, Hawridge CommonSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £575,000 | 172 m² | £3,343/m² | 2 |
| Ridge Cottage, Hawridge CommonTerraced | Mar 2017 | £520,000 | 84 m² | £6,190/m² | 3 |
| Ridgeway, Hawridge CommonDetached | Aug 2012 | £535,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Rose Cottage, Hawridge CommonTerraced | Nov 2025 | £875,000 | 152 m² | £5,757/m² | 2 |
| The Chiltern Velo Cafe, Hawridge CommonOther | Oct 2025 | £420,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Old Mission Hall, Hawridge CommonDetached | Oct 2006 | £750,000 | 227 m² | £3,304/m² | 2 |
| The Old School House, Hawridge CommonDetached | Jul 2011 | £425,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Old Smithy, Hawridge CommonDetached | Nov 2015 | £1,105,000 | 201 m² | £5,498/m² | 1 |
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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Berkhamsted, a drive away (5.2 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 73 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
Central London is 42 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 66% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Chiltern Hills Academy, 4.4 km away; Attainment 8: 40.3 · 4.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Chesham Grammar School (2.2 km) and Dr Challoner's Grammar School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 3.7 km away, with JG & BM Newman closer still (2.7 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gossoms End Surgery (4.3 km), with Chess Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.5 km).
For a haircut, Serene Beauty & Day Spa is 4.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Stoke Mandeville Hospital, 15 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 69% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Chiltern Velo Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Full Moon the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 260 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 56% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Champneys, 2.1 km away; for exercise, Sportspace (4.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Luton is 25 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mildmay, May Cottage and Mildmay Cottage | II | 20 m |
| Boxtree Cottage | II | 120 m |
| Gateway Cottage and Tudor Cottage | 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.
Mid Buckinghamshire constituency: Greg Smith MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,872 (10.9%), turnout 71%. Vote shares: Conservative 37%, Liberal Democrat 27%, Labour 17%, Reform UK 13%.
2 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 HP5 2UQ →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Hawridge Common in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 15 homes with certificates have solar panels, 3 a heat pump, and 15 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 6.1% | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 43.4% | 83.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 42.5% | 5.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.4% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.8% | 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 58 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 41 min
Nearest: Whipsnade Zoo · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.