SG5 1QN
Last sold £138,000 in January 1999
11, Convent Close, Hitchin
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 65m — higher than about 40% of homes in Hitchin
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Price history in context
- Jan 1999 — £138,000
What this home might be worth today
£556,000
Estimate range £528,000–£584,000
+302.7% since January 1999 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 170 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School 19-min walk crosses a major road
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 7-min walk
- Hitchin station 10-min walk
- Woodland 3.9km
- The coast (coastline) 46.8km
- Blue Lagoon 4.6km
- River Hiz 492m
- River Ivel Navigation 10.5km
- River Hiz 157m
- Pinehill Park 565m
- Bancroft Recreation Ground 157m
- Nisa Local 128m
- Convent Close (Nr) 89m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Hitchin, 560m away
- 28 min London
- 35 min Cambridge
- 97 min Oxford
- 106 min Nottingham
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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1 St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin · Primary · Church of England 0.3 miles State
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2 Hitchin Girls' School · Secondary · Girls 0.3 miles State Attainment 8: 57.8 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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3 Hitchin Boys' School · Secondary · Boys 0.3 miles State Attainment 8: 56.3 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,590 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 278 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 30, Convent Close, Hitchin £100,250 · 1995
- 26, Convent Close, Hitchin £109,200 · 1995
- 20, Convent Close, Hitchin £149,500 · 1999
- 33, Convent Close, Hitchin £177,000 · 2001
- 5, Convent Close, Hitchin £185,000 · 2002
- 18, Convent Close, Hitchin £225,000 · 2002
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided T1: Holm Oak - Repollard approx. 1m further back from the previous pruning points. Jun 2026 source
- Permitted The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as… May 2026 source
- Permitted Ash - Fell to ground level May 2026 source
- Permitted Details reserved by condition 15 (External Lighting) of planning permission reference… Dec 2025 source
- Undecided Details reserved by condition 9 (Contamination Report) of planning permission reference… Nov 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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