AL5 4QT
Last sold £455,000 in September 2004
2, Barton Close, Harpenden
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 107m — higher than about 20% of homes in Harpenden
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Price history in context
- Sep 2004 — £455,000 · +152.8% · 45 pts ahead of the UK market
- Mar 1999 — £179,950
What this home might be worth today
£884,000
Estimate range £839,000–£928,000
+94.2% since September 2004 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 183 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Sir John Lawes School 2-min walk
- Manland Primary School 10-min walk
- Harpenden station 17-min walk
- Westfield Wood 1.1km
- The coast (coastline) 37.4km
- Lake 2.1km
- Pond 500m
- Canal 12.4km
- River Lea 359m
- Batford Springs Local Nature Reserve 336m
- Marquis Lane Play Area 498m
- Tesco Express 1.4km
- Sir John Lawes School (O/S) 174m
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, 914m 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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1 Sir John Lawes School · Secondary 88m State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 62.3 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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3 St George's School · Secondary · Christian 0.4 miles State Attainment 8: 64.2 — 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 1,620 hours a year — sunnier than 70% 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 — 64 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 3, Barton Close, Harpenden £680,000 · 2010
- 6, Barton Close, Harpenden £1,028,000 · 2021
- 8, Barton Close, Harpenden £1,000,000 · 2023
- 16, Manland Way, Harpenden £1,000,000 · 2022
- 18, Manland Way, Harpenden £1,040,000 · 2018
- 6, Walnut Close, Harpenden £1,700,000 · 2019
Planning activity nearby
- Rejected Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension 3m in height x 6m in depth and 2.7m in… Dec 2025 source
- Withdrawn Proposed unification of 6m larger homes application with single and two storey rear… Jan 2026 source
- Undecided Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3.0m in height x 6.0m in depth with… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension 3m in height x 6m in depth and 2.7m in… Oct 2025 source
- Conditions Part single, part two storey front and rear extensions and two storey side extension with… Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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