AL5 3NB
Last sold £500,000 in May 2010
19, The Close, Harpenden
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 119m — higher than about 60% of homes in Harpenden
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Price history in context
- May 2010 — £500,000
What this home might be worth today
£858,000
Estimate range £815,000–£901,000
+71.6% since May 2010 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 68 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Wood End School 441m
- The King's School 1.3km
- Harpenden station 2.8km
- Graves Wood 1.3km
- The coast (coastline) 38.7km
- Lake 1.3km
- Pond 1.3km
- Canal 11.6km
- River Lea 1.8km
- Public Park 192m
- Play Area 335m
- Tesco Express 1.4km
- The Common (Opp) 128m
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 Harpenden, 2.8km away
- 26 min London
- 81 min Cambridge
- 97 min Oxford
- 104 min Brighton
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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3 Roundwood Park School · Secondary 0.8 miles State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 62.5 — 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 1,600 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 4% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 26 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 16, The Close, Harpenden £159,500 · 1995
- 31, The Close, Harpenden £132,000 · 1996
- 17, The Close, Harpenden £128,750 · 1996
- 39, The Close, Harpenden £206,950 · 1998
- 8, The Close, Harpenden £450,000 · 2004
- 26, The Close, Harpenden £361,000 · 2004
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) - Hip to gable loft conversion Feb 2026 source
- Undecided Demolition of existing garage and construction of new single storey dwelling with air… Mar 2026 source
- Undecided Demolition of existing conservatory and detached garage and construction of single storey… Nov 2025 source
- Undecided Demolition of existing three bedroom house and garage. Construction of two, two storey… Jan 2026 source
- Permitted Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Removal of existing conservatory approx 9sqm,… Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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