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On Penrose Avenue, in Carpenders Park
What it's like at WD19 5AA: every home that has sold on Penrose Avenue 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Penrose Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 121 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 90, Penrose AvenueDetached | May 2000 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £660,000 | 130 m² | £5,077/m² | 2 |
| 92, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 93, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £545,000 | 114 m² | £4,781/m² | 3 |
| 96, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £174,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 98, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £102,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 99, Penrose AvenueDetached | Jan 2008 | £332,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 100, Penrose AvenueDetached | Oct 2024 | £460,000 | 66 m² | £6,970/m² | 1 |
| 101, Penrose AvenueDetached | May 2025 | £650,000 | 150 m² | £4,333/m² | 2 |
| 102, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £117,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 103, Penrose AvenueDetached | Nov 2015 | £480,000 | 94 m² | £5,106/m² | 2 |
| 104, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £226,000 | 78 m² | £2,897/m² | 1 |
| 107, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £134,950 | 110 m² | £1,227/m² | 1 |
| 108, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 1996 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 109, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £295,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 110, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £258,000 | 62 m² | £4,161/m² | 2 |
| 111, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 113, Penrose AvenueDetached | May 2015 | £554,500 | 153 m² | £3,624/m² | 2 |
| 114, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £600,000 | 128 m² | £4,688/m² | 2 |
| 115, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | May 2012 | £249,999 | 86 m² | £2,907/m² | 1 |
| 116, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £422,500 | 74 m² | £5,709/m² | 3 |
| 117, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £98,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 119, Penrose AvenueDetached | Jan 2026 | £585,000 | 77 m² | £7,597/m² | 2 |
| 120, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £189,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 121, Penrose AvenueDetached | May 2022 | £500,000 | 68 m² | £7,353/m² | 2 |
| 123, Penrose AvenueDetached | Feb 2004 | £250,000 | 122 m² | £2,049/m² | 1 |
| 125, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 128, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 1995 | £64,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 129, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2010 | £335,000 | 85 m² | £3,941/m² | 3 |
| 130, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2011 | £258,000 | 75 m² | £3,440/m² | 1 |
| 131, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £140,000 | 56 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 132, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £560,000 | 93 m² | £6,022/m² | 5 |
| 133, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £182,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 135, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2005 | £205,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 137, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £480,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 138, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £530,000 | 122 m² | £4,344/m² | 2 |
| 139, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2008 | £275,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 142, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £530,000 | 111 m² | £4,775/m² | 1 |
| 143, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £510,000 | 98 m² | £5,204/m² | 3 |
| 145, Penrose AvenueTerraced | Sept 1999 | £129,950 | – | – | 2 |
The nearest station is Carpenders Park, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Watford High Street.
The nearest bus stop is Alva Way, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 346); 6 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 22 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Meryl School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Warren Dell Primary School (0.8 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Grange Academy, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 41.3 · 7.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Watford Grammar School for Girls (3 km) and Bentley Wood High School (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (12 km) and Dr Challoner's High School (13.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 200 m away; Carpenders Park Convenience Store (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is South Oxhey Surgery (700 m), with D B Jones Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Roots is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Watford General Hospital, 3.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Shree Krishna Bhavan is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Partridge Pub the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 103 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 34% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Oxhey Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, The Centre (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 18 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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.
30 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.
South West Hertfordshire constituency: Mr Gagan Mohindra MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 4,456 (9.2%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Liberal Democrat 25%, Labour 20%, Reform UK 14%.
12 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 WD19 5AA →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 47 min
Nearest: Legoland Hill Train · 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.
On this street: 1 of 83 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.1% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 7.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 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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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 121 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.