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On Back Lane, in Ickleford, Great Offley & Whitwell
What it's like at SG4 7UJ: every home that has sold on Back 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Back Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Braemar, Back LaneDetached | Mar 2022 | £945,000 | 234 m² | £4,038/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brambles, Back LaneOther | Jun 2021 | £710,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Casa, Back LaneDetached | Sept 2012 | £531,000 | 206 m² | £2,578/m² | 3 |
| Greenfield, Back LaneDetached | May 2014 | £840,000 | 201 m² | £4,179/m² | 3 |
| Red Roofs, Back LaneDetached | Nov 2025 | £975,000 | 165 m² | £5,909/m² | 2 |
| Rose Bank, Back LaneDetached | Dec 2020 | £1,350,000 | 191 m² | £7,068/m² | 2 |
| The Cedars, Back LaneDetached | Mar 2024 | £1,650,000 | 377 m² | £4,377/m² | 2 |
| Tudor Cottage, Back LaneDetached | Oct 2007 | £780,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Upsall, Back LaneDetached | Aug 2024 | £725,000 | 177 m² | £4,096/m² | 2 |
| Windrush, Back LaneDetached | Nov 2020 | £965,000 | 167 m² | £5,778/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, a drive away (5.4 km), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Red Lion PH, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 88); 1 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 49 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Preston Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 27% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hitchin Girls' School, 4.7 km away; Attainment 8: 57.8 · 24.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hitchin Boys' School (3.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Supermarket, 4.4 km away, with Pilkington Farms Partnership closer still (1.4 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitwell Surgery (3.5 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (4.6 km).
For a haircut, Kerie Hoy is 4.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Lister Hospital, 6.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 20 pubs and bars.
Kings Walden Stores is the closest café or restaurant (1.8 km), and Red Lion the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 441 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 304 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Kingswalden Park (Deer Park), 1.9 km away; for exercise, Xchange Fitness (4.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 7.2 km away.
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Laburnam Lodge | II | 180 m |
| Fig Tree Cottage | II | 190 m |
| Lychgate to Churchyard of Church of St Martin | II | 190 m |
| Vine Cottage | II | 200 m |
| the Old Forge | II | 200 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%.
3 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 7UJ →
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" Back Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 8 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 7.1% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 67.2% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 18.3% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.6% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 64 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.