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On New Road, in Shenley & South Mimms
What it's like at WD7 9DZ: every home that has sold on New 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on New Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 48 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, New RoadTerraced | Jun 2022 | £910,000 | 145 m² | £6,276/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, New RoadDetached | Feb 2016 | £482,500 | 155 m² | £3,113/m² | 2 |
| 5, New RoadSemi-detached | May 2022 | £514,000 | 84 m² | £6,119/m² | 2 |
| 9, New RoadDetached | Feb 2017 | £550,000 | 107 m² | £5,140/m² | 1 |
| 13, New RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £490,000 | 57 m² | £8,596/m² | 3 |
| 15, New RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £417,000 | 61 m² | £6,836/m² | 4 |
| 17, New RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £540,000 | 58 m² | £9,310/m² | 2 |
| 19, New RoadDetached | Dec 2011 | £447,500 | 84 m² | £5,327/m² | 2 |
| 21, New RoadDetached | Oct 2025 | £675,000 | 82 m² | £8,232/m² | 4 |
| 25, New RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £460,000 | 77 m² | £5,974/m² | 3 |
| 27, New RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £553,000 | 108 m² | £5,120/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: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Radlett, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is White Horse PH, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 357, 358); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 41 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
Central London is 23 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Shenley Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 31% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hertswood Academy, 2.6 km away; Attainment 8: 38.3 · 5.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Dame Alice Owen's School (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (5.5 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (10.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 750 m away, with Shenley Convenience closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Red House Group (2.8 km), with Crown Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Jennifer's Nails is 2.8 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Barnet General Hospital, 5.9 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 70% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 18 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Litaliana is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The White Horse the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 124 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 80 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Shenley Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Farm Padel (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.0 µg/m³).
12 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| the White Horse Public House | II | 100 m |
| Church of St Martin | II | 150 m |
| Thatched Cottages | II | 170 m |
| Thatched Cottage | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Hertsmere constituency: Sir Oliver Dowden MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 7,992 (16.6%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 45%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 14%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
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 WD7 9DZ →
For holidays, London Luton is 21 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Hertsmere 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 48 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 41 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 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.5% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.9% | 87.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 9.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.7% | 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 45 min
Nearest: Epping Ongar Railway · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.