Last sold £223,000 in August 2014

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• Aug 2014 — £223,000 · +36.0% · 16 pts ahead of the UK market
• Dec 2005 — £164,000

The life around it

• Mary Exton Primary School 13-min walk
• St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 12-min walk crosses a major road
• Hitchin station 8-min walk crosses a major road
• Woodland 4.2km
• The coast (coastline) 46.4km
• Blue Lagoon 4.4km
• Pond 277m
• River Ivel Navigation 10.6km
• River Purwell 287m
• Public Park 291m
• Walsworth Common 283m
• Tesco Express 259m
• North Herts College (Adj) 109m

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, 127m 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

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,580 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 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 77 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

• 6, Byron Close, Hitchin £328,500 · 2016
• 8, Byron Close, Hitchin £245,000 · 2015
• 9, Byron Close, Hitchin £335,000 · 2023
• 4, Byron Close, Hitchin £357,000 · 2022
• 3, Byron Close, Hitchin £295,000 · 2020
• 2, Byron Close, Hitchin £381,000 · 2026

Planning activity nearby

• Undecided Two storey side extension and alterations to existing fenestration. Installation of… Jun 2026 source
• Conditions Change of use from Sui Generis Car Sales to Class E(d) Indoor Sports, Recreation or… Jan 2026 source
• Permitted Installation of 1no. 300mm dish on new offset support bracket on existing mast and link… Mar 2026 source
• Permitted Installation of 1 no. 300mm dish on support bracket to existing mast. Link equipment… Apr 2026 source
• Conditions Raising roof height of existing rear detached garage, alterations to fenestration… Feb 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.