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On Benslow Lane, in Hitchin Highbury
What it's like at SG4 9RD: every home that has sold on Benslow 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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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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Benslow Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 93 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 51, Benslow LaneDetached | Sept 1997 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55, Benslow LaneDetached | Dec 2025 | £900,000 | 119 m² | £7,563/m² | 2 |
| 57, Benslow LaneDetached | Aug 2018 | £925,000 | 145 m² | £6,379/m² | 2 |
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 Hitchin, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Hitchin Railway Station, 300 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 88); 11 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 50 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 68% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Hitchin Girls' School, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 57.8 · 24.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hitchin Boys' School (1.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 250 m away; Phgura General Store (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Portmill Surgery (700 m), with Carerx the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Le Golden Touch is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Lister Hospital, 4.4 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 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Ronans is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and AnX Bar the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Halsey Green, 600 m away; for exercise, North Hertfordshire College Sports Centre (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 11 km away.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 53% 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.
41 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%.
17 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 9RD →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Benslow Lane in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 60 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 43 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: 2 of 75 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 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.1% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.2% | 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.
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