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On Hillside Road, in Clifton, Meppershall & Stondon
What it's like at SG16 6LQ: every home that has sold on Hillside Road 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.
Sales and extensions on Hillside Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Hillside RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £225,000 | 77 m² | £2,922/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Hillside RoadTerraced | Sept 2024 | £312,000 | 93 m² | £3,355/m² | 2 |
| 6, Hillside RoadTerraced | May 2014 | £188,000 | 76 m² | £2,474/m² | 3 |
| 15, Hillside RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £184,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Hillside RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £242,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Hillside RoadFlat | Aug 2021 | £251,000 | 73 m² | £3,438/m² | 4 |
| 21, Hillside RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £222,500 | 66 m² | £3,371/m² | 4 |
| 23, Hillside RoadTerraced | Aug 2021 | £433,000 | 103 m² | £4,204/m² | 2 |
| 25, Hillside RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1995 | £74,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Hillside RoadTerraced | Sept 2023 | £440,000 | 120 m² | £3,667/m² | 1 |
| 29, Hillside RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1997 | £99,950 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Arlesey, a drive away (4.6 km), with 688k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Stondon Lower School, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 89); 1 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 58 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Stondon Lower School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Samuel Whitbread Academy, 4.0 km away; Attainment 8: 46.7 · 9.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Budgens of Meppershall, 2.2 km away, with Stondon Local closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Carragher And Neal And Akhtar (800 m), with Henlow Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Back in Style is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Lister Hospital, 12 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 47% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Views and Brews is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Bird in Hand the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 35 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 912 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Arlesey Recreation Ground, 4.3 km away; for exercise, Bannatyne's (5.0 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
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.
9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 19a, Station Road | II | 100 m |
| Mount Pleasant Farmhouse | II | 150 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.
Hitchin constituency: Alistair Strathern MP (Labour), since October 2023. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,109 (15.4%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
9 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 SG16 6LQ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Hillside Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 73 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 45 min
Nearest: Shepreth Wildlife Park · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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 | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.3% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.6% | 88.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.7% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.3% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.1% | 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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