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On Penrose Avenue, in Carpenders Park
What it's like at WD19 5AD: 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.
11 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.
| 4, Penrose AvenueDetached | Dec 2023 | £676,000 | 65 m² | £10,400/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | May 2017 | £424,000 | 60 m² | £7,067/m² | 2 |
| 13, Penrose AvenueDetached | Jan 2022 | £468,000 | 70 m² | £6,686/m² | 1 |
| 15, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £141,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £439,950 | 65 m² | £6,768/m² | 2 |
| 17, Penrose AvenueDetached | Mar 2016 | £505,000 | 192 m² | £2,630/m² | 1 |
| 19, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £377,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | May 1998 | £111,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £230,000 | 74 m² | £3,108/m² | 1 |
| 23, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £420,000 | 81 m² | £5,185/m² | 1 |
| 25, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2008 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £146,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £415,000 | 60 m² | £6,917/m² | 1 |
| 29, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £580,000 | 101 m² | £5,743/m² | 2 |
| 31, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 32, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £562,000 | 111 m² | £5,063/m² | 3 |
| 33, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £609,950 | 136 m² | £4,485/m² | 2 |
| 35, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £379,950 | 97 m² | £3,917/m² | 2 |
| 36, Penrose AvenueDetached | Mar 2022 | £600,000 | 124 m² | £4,839/m² | 2 |
| 37, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £515,000 | 86 m² | £5,988/m² | 1 |
| 38, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 1999 | £153,400 | 95 m² | £1,615/m² | 1 |
| 40, Penrose AvenueDetached | Nov 2024 | £550,000 | 84 m² | £6,548/m² | 1 |
| 41, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £498,000 | 68 m² | £7,324/m² | 1 |
| 42, Penrose AvenueDetached | Nov 2013 | £367,000 | 85 m² | £4,318/m² | 1 |
| 43, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2004 | £223,298 | 93 m² | £2,401/m² | 1 |
| 45, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | May 2013 | £350,000 | 99 m² | £3,535/m² | 1 |
| 46, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £390,000 | 71 m² | £5,493/m² | 1 |
| 48, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £410,000 | 143 m² | £2,867/m² | 3 |
| 49, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £447,910 | 84 m² | £5,332/m² | 3 |
| 51, Penrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £560,000 | 82 m² | £6,829/m² | 4 |
| 53, Penrose AvenueDetached | Feb 2010 | £480,000 | 118 m² | £4,068/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Carpenders Park, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Watford High Street.
The nearest bus stop is Upper Hitch, 300 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 346); 2 departures an hour from the 2 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 (250 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, 1.8 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, 550 m away; Carpenders Park Convenience Store (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is South Oxhey Surgery (1.1 km), with D B Jones Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Roots is 550 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 (550 m), and The Partridge Pub the nearest pub (600 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 Bushey Rose Garden, 1.9 km away; for exercise, The Centre (1.2 km).
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.
13 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%.
18 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 5AD →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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