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On Fishponds Road, in Hitchin Bearton
What it's like at SG5 1NS: every home that has sold on Fishponds 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Fishponds Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 29 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 50, Fishponds RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2000 | £216,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52, Fishponds RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £495,000 | 130 m² | £3,808/m² | 2 |
| 58, Fishponds RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £850,000 | 168 m² | £5,060/m² | 3 |
| 60, Fishponds RoadSemi-detached | May 2015 | £615,000 | 140 m² | £4,393/m² | 2 |
| 62, Fishponds RoadDetached | May 2017 | £870,000 | 169 m² | £5,148/m² | 3 |
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: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hitchin, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Football Club, 200 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (routes 9D, 9B, 9A, 80); 28 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 51 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 70% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin (0.9 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Hitchin Boys' School, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 57.1 · 19.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 400 m away; Shell Hitchin (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Regal Chambers Surgery (350 m), with Bancroft Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Buccis Hair Design Centre is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Lister Hospital, 5.6 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: 21 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
The Canary Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Hitchin Town Football Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 83 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 19 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 38% flats and 9% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Butts Close, 200 m away; for exercise, Hitchin Swimming Centre (150 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 11 km away.
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 53% of adults have a degree.
61 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%.
22 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 SG5 1NS →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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" Fishponds Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 24 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 | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 72.4% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 26.9% | 11.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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 65 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 44 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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