AL5 3PP
Last sold £1,250,000 in January 2017
Briar Patch, Spring Road, Harpenden
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 8 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,196 sq ft / 204 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
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Price history in context
- Jul 2014 — £880,000
- Jan 2017 — £1,250,000 · +42.0% · 29 pts ahead of the UK market
What this home might be worth today
£1,702,000
Estimate range £1,617,000–£1,787,000
+36.2% since January 2017 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 11 nearby sales within two years · 8-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Wood End School is 1.4km away.
- The King's School is 2.4km away.
- Harpenden station is 3.8km away.
- Graves Wood is 1.7km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 39.0km away.
- Lake is 136m away.
- Pond is 212m away.
- Canal is 11.2km away.
- River Ver is 1.7km away.
- Public Park is 267m away.
- Playing Field is 668m away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
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, 3.8km 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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0.8 miles State Ofsted Outstanding
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1.4 miles State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 62.5 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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1.4 miles State
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1.5 miles Independent
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1.7 miles Independent
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1.8 miles State
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2.0 miles State
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2.0 miles State Ofsted Good
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Planning
- In the green belt — new building is tightly restricted.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Among the lowest for England & Wales — 66 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
- Windrush, Spring Road, Harpenden — £1,000,000 (2013)
- Raven House, Chamberlaines, Harpenden — £650,000 (2002)
- Kestrels, Spring Road, Harpenden — £1,325,000 (2021)
- Salcombe House, Spring Road, Harpenden — £1,600,000 (2025)
- Far Corner, Chamberlaines, Harpenden — £1,999,999 (2015)
- Willows, Chamberlaines, Harpenden — £255,500 (1995)
Planning activity nearby
- Replacing existing conservatory with single storey extension and additional glass link… — Undecided, Oct 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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