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On Fairfield Way, in Hitchin Walsworth
What it's like at SG4 0PU: every home that has sold on Fairfield Way 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 Fairfield Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 4 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Fairfield WaySemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £20,800 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Fairfield WaySemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £345,000 | 83 m² | £4,157/m² | 2 |
| 5, Fairfield WaySemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £240,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Fairfield WaySemi-detached | Apr 2012 | £215,000 | 82 m² | £2,622/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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hitchin, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Fairfield Way, 100 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (routes 97, 97A); 13 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 51 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Purwell Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Hitchin Girls' School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 57.8 · 24.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hitchin Boys' School (1.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys Supermarkets, 750 m away; Days of Ashwell (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Portmill Surgery (2.0 km), with Carerx the closest pharmacy (2.0 km).
For a haircut, Gents & Ladies Barbers is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Lister Hospital, 4.5 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 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Gardener's Retreat Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (1.0 km), and The Anchor pub the nearest pub (750 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 147 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Halsey Green, 1.0 km away; for exercise, North Hertfordshire College Sports Centre (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 12 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
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.
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%.
11 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 SG4 0PU →
It's highly educated: 43% 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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.8% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.7% | 11.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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 63 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 46 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 4 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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