AL6 9GS
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Property report — AL6 9GS
Open-data due diligence for AL6 9GS and the area around it.
AL6 9GS in brief: 7 recorded sales (£680,000–£1,850,000) · low flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for AL6 9GS itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the AL6 9 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£679,147
Population
17,409
Crimes recorded
18
Schools
2
Flood risk
Low
Gigabit broadband
85%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in AL6 9, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (17 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-11 | £680,000 | 2 GUESSENS MEWS | Terraced |
| 2023-07-13 | £925,000 | 6 GUESSENS MEWS | Terraced |
| 2023-06-29 | £1,850,000 | 4 GUESSENS MEWS | Terraced |
| 2023-03-02 | £1,420,000 | 5 GUESSENS MEWS | Terraced |
| 2022-12-02 | £925,000 | 7 GUESSENS MEWS | Detached |
| 2022-01-31 | £745,000 | 1 GUESSENS MEWS | Terraced |
| 2021-11-08 | £945,000 | 3 GUESSENS MEWS | Terraced |
7 recorded sales on AL6 9GS. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 0.4 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Monk's Walk School | 0.8 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| Oaklands Primary School | 1.0 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Homerswood Primary and Nursery School | 1.1 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School | 1.3 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| St John's CofE Primary School | 1.5 mi | Primary | Report card → |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: BRIDGE COTTAGE SURGERY (0.1 mi) · THE GARDEN CITY PRACTICE (2.4 mi) · PEARTREE LANE SURGERY (2.5 mi)
Nearest hospitals: NEW QEII HOSPITAL CDC (3.5 mi) · NEW QE2 HOSPITAL (3.5 mi) · QUEEN ELIZABETH I I HOSPITAL (3.5 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: GUESSENS (Grade II*) (0.0 mi) · IVY COTTAGE (Grade II) (0.0 mi) · (GUESSENS) MILESTONE ON PAVEMENT ABUTTING FRONT WALL NEAR NORTH END OF RANGE (Grade II) (0.0 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: BARNES PHARMACY (0.1 mi) · KNIGHTSFIELD PHARMACY (1.2 mi) · CODICOTE PHARMACY (1.3 mi)
Nearest stations: Welwyn North (1.2 mi) · Welwyn Garden City (2.2 mi) · Knebworth (2.7 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Co-operative Knightsfield (1.3 mi) · Waitrose (2.0 mi) · Sainsbury's (2.1 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 47
- One-person households
- 27%
- Households with children
- 28%
- Households
- 7,108
Owned 75% · Social rent 11% · Private rent 10%
Census 2021 (ONS), for AL6 9.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in AL6 9 (May 24–Apr 26, average 31/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
This is an indicative band for the postcode from the Environment Agency's catchment modelling (rivers and surface water), not a property-specific assessment. A conveyancer will run an official flood search before you buy. Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictAL6 | SectorAL6 9 | PostcodeAL6 9GS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £762,362 | £679,147 | £1,070,000 |
| Population | 30,904 | 17,409 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 8/10 | 8/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 27 | 18 | — |
| Schools | 6 | 2 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 63% | 85% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 94% | 94% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (AL6 9); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 1 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Indicative due diligence compiled from public open data. Not a substitute for a regulated conveyancing or property search, a survey, or professional advice.