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On Bowyer Drive, in Letchworth East
What it's like at SG6 1FX: every home that has sold on Bowyer Drive 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Bowyer Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 39 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Jul 2021 | £445,000 | 125 m² | £3,560/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Bowyer DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2010 | £320,192 | 138 m² | £2,320/m² | 1 |
| 3, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Mar 2013 | £284,995 | 119 m² | £2,395/m² | 1 |
| 4, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Feb 2020 | £425,000 | 134 m² | £3,172/m² | 3 |
| 5, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Feb 2013 | £289,995 | 125 m² | £2,320/m² | 1 |
| 7, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Oct 2016 | £395,000 | 123 m² | £3,211/m² | 2 |
| 8, Bowyer DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £450,000 | 145 m² | £3,103/m² | 3 |
| 9, Bowyer DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2012 | £339,995 | 138 m² | £2,464/m² | 1 |
| 10, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Aug 2010 | £294,995 | 125 m² | £2,360/m² | 1 |
| 12, Bowyer DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £261,000 | 86 m² | £3,035/m² | 2 |
| 15, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Mar 2019 | £372,000 | 113 m² | £3,292/m² | 2 |
| 16, Bowyer DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £279,995 | 113 m² | £2,478/m² | 1 |
| 17, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Jun 2020 | £382,000 | 113 m² | £3,381/m² | 2 |
| 18, Bowyer DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £279,995 | 113 m² | £2,478/m² | 1 |
| 19, Bowyer DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2011 | £248,000 | 113 m² | £2,195/m² | 1 |
| 20, Bowyer DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £550,000 | 151 m² | £3,642/m² | 3 |
| 21, Bowyer DriveTerraced | Jul 2022 | £440,000 | 109 m² | £4,037/m² | 4 |
| 23, Bowyer DriveFlat | Oct 2018 | £180,000 | 66 m² | £2,727/m² | 2 |
| 25, Bowyer DriveFlat | Mar 2019 | £220,000 | 61 m² | £3,607/m² | 3 |
| 27, Bowyer DriveFlat | Jul 2011 | £160,995 | 61 m² | £2,639/m² | 1 |
| 29, Bowyer DriveFlat | Mar 2016 | £161,000 | 47 m² | £3,426/m² | 2 |
| 31, Bowyer DriveFlat | Dec 2015 | £220,000 | 62 m² | £3,548/m² | 2 |
| 33, Bowyer DriveFlat | Jun 2015 | £190,000 | 61 m² | £3,115/m² | 1 |
| 35, Bowyer DriveFlat | Sept 2021 | £189,000 | 48 m² | £3,938/m² | 3 |
| 37, Bowyer DriveFlat | Jun 2023 | £255,000 | 61 m² | £4,180/m² | 3 |
| 39, Bowyer DriveFlat | Apr 2026 | £215,000 | 59 m² | £3,644/m² | 2 |
| 41, Bowyer DriveFlat | Apr 2021 | £205,000 | 60 m² | £3,417/m² | 2 |
| 43, Bowyer DriveFlat | Nov 2016 | £233,000 | 61 m² | £3,820/m² | 2 |
| 45, Bowyer DriveFlat | Sept 2021 | £186,000 | 47 m² | £3,957/m² | 3 |
| 47, Bowyer DriveFlat | Mar 2016 | £213,000 | 61 m² | £3,492/m² | 1 |
| 49, Bowyer DriveFlat | Oct 2022 | £192,500 | 46 m² | £4,185/m² | 3 |
| 51, Bowyer DriveFlat | Jul 2011 | £128,995 | 54 m² | £2,389/m² | 1 |
| 53, Bowyer DriveFlat | Oct 2024 | £250,000 | 68 m² | £3,676/m² | 3 |
| 55, Bowyer DriveFlat | Oct 2022 | £226,555 | 61 m² | £3,714/m² | 1 |
| 57, Bowyer DriveFlat | Apr 2026 | £195,000 | 40 m² | £4,875/m² | 5 |
| 59, Bowyer DriveFlat | Dec 2022 | £196,000 | 53 m² | £3,698/m² | 2 |
| 61, Bowyer DriveFlat | Oct 2020 | £208,000 | 68 m² | £3,059/m² | 3 |
| 63, Bowyer DriveFlat | Jul 2015 | £184,000 | 60 m² | £3,067/m² | 2 |
| 65, Bowyer DriveFlat | Feb 2025 | £207,500 | 66 m² | £3,144/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Letchworth Garden City, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 1.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is Phoenix Park, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 91); 11 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 53 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Hillshott Infant School and Nursery, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Knights Templar School, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 16% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hitchin Boys' School (5.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 400 m away; Space Sweets (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Garden City Surgery (850 m), with Birch Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Smart Gents is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Lister Hospital, 6.5 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Teamworks Karting is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Letchworth Rugby Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 99 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 33% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Letchworth).
There are 28 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 24% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Howard Park and Gardens, 750 m away; for exercise, TeamWorks Karting Letchworth (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 16 km away.
Most households own their home, 14% 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.
24 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.
North East Hertfordshire constituency: Chris Hinchliff MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,923 (3.7%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 31%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
8 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 SG6 1FX →
On this street: 0 of 30 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% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.2% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.7% | 11.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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 63 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 53 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in North Hertfordshire since 2011.
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 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.