AL5 1BZ
Last sold £1,100,000 in July 2008
2, Beech Close, Harpenden
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 6 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,260 sq ft / 210 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 123m — higher than about 70% of homes in Harpenden
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Price history in context
- Jul 2008 — £1,100,000
What this home might be worth today
£1,793,000
Estimate range £1,703,000–£1,883,000
+63.0% since July 2008 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 35 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- The Grove Infant and Nursery School 22-min walk
- The Grove Junior School 21-min walk
- Harpenden station 1.8km
- Pudlers/Well Woods 1.7km
- The coast (coastline) 34.9km
- Lake 2.7km
- Pond 425m
- Canal 10.8km
- River Lea 2.4km
- East Common 99m
- Playing Field 436m
- Co-Op Food 907m
- Burnsall Place (Adj) 408m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
- 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, 1.8km 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
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: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- In the Harpenden conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 39 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- Grosvenor, East Common, Harpenden £1,396,000 · 2019
- Eastmoor Lodge, East Common, Harpenden £1,800,000 · 2014
- Robin Cottage, East Common, Harpenden £583,500 · 2004
- Hamilton House, East Common, Harpenden £650,000 · 2004
- The Grange, East Common, Harpenden £1,665,000 · 2007
- Red Roofs, East Common, Harpenden £1,110,000 · 2010
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted The Thuja hedge along the edge of the drive shared by numbers 1,2 and 3 Beech Close and… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Removal of Fir tree in the back garden that is dying. Feb 2026 source
- Undecided T1 - Pine - This tree is dead and needs to be felled to the ground level. T2 - Atlas… Nov 2025 source
- Undecided T3 Cypress ( Lawson) - fell to combat subsidence damage to 1 Cross Lane, Harpenden AL5 1BX Mar 2026 source
- Permitted The oak tree located in the rear garden is a mature specimen that has become… Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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