AL7 4RL
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Property report — AL7 4RL
Open-data due diligence for AL7 4RL and the area around it.
AL7 4RL in brief: 51 recorded sales (£63,500–£475,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for AL7 4RL itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the AL7 4 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£413,483
Population
17,074
Crimes recorded
83
Schools
3
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
93%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in AL7 4, 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 (25 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | £450,000 | 135 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2025-03-28 | £377,500 | 125 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2024-09-20 | £390,000 | 137 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2021-12-20 | £475,000 | 161 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2021-05-10 | £465,000 | 181 HOWLANDS | Detached |
| 2021-02-12 | £400,000 | 107 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2019-11-21 | £450,000 | 141 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2019-11-15 | £345,000 | 173 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 2018-10-16 | £400,000 | 155 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2018-07-15 | £315,000 | 107 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2018-02-15 | £315,000 | 147 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2017-08-17 | £413,000 | 177 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 2017-03-31 | £405,000 | 155 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2017-03-10 | £440,000 | 141 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2017-02-10 | £335,500 | 143 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2017-01-06 | £455,000 | 159 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 2016-08-18 | £430,000 | 161 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2014-12-16 | £271,000 | 129 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2011-09-01 | £225,000 | 163 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 2011-06-30 | £235,000 | 103 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2011-06-30 | £185,000 | 149 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2011-05-12 | £239,000 | 139 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2010-10-15 | £247,500 | 173 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 2010-09-24 | £248,500 | 141 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2010-07-02 | £238,500 | 105 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2009-12-18 | £206,000 | 151 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2009-08-13 | £198,500 | 155 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2009-02-27 | £187,000 | 129 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2006-07-13 | £195,000 | 161 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2006-03-31 | £180,000 | 127 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2005-04-29 | £175,000 | 127 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2005-03-03 | £176,000 | 151 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2005-02-11 | £169,000 | 129 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2004-12-22 | £175,000 | 127 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2004-10-21 | £213,000 | 175 HOWLANDS | Detached |
| 2003-12-15 | £199,950 | 173 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 2003-03-03 | £165,000 | 127 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2002-08-30 | £157,000 | 119 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2002-07-10 | £137,500 | 117 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2001-08-24 | £121,500 | 129 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 2001-06-29 | £148,000 | 173 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 1999-10-08 | £119,950 | 121 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 1999-09-03 | £94,000 | 105 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 1999-06-22 | £90,000 | 129 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 1998-10-30 | £91,000 | 173 HOWLANDS | Semi-detached |
| 1998-10-28 | £88,500 | 141 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 1998-03-25 | £84,000 | 117 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 1997-08-29 | £84,000 | 151 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 1997-08-08 | £84,950 | 139 HOWLANDS | Flat |
| 1997-06-06 | £87,000 | 135 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
| 1995-12-14 | £63,500 | 127 HOWLANDS | Terraced |
51 recorded sales on AL7 4RL. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonswood Primary & Nursery School | 0.1 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Holwell Primary School | 0.9 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Creswick Academy | 0.9 mi | Primary | Requires improvement (2022) |
| Watchlytes Primary School | 1.0 mi | Primary | Inadequate (2021) |
| Our Lady Catholic Primary School | 1.0 mi | Primary | Good (2021) |
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: HALL GROVE GROUP PRACTICE (0.3 mi) · SPRING HOUSE HEALTH (0.5 mi) · PEARTREE LANE SURGERY (1.1 mi)
Nearest hospitals: NEW QEII HOSPITAL CDC (0.4 mi) · NEW QE2 HOSPITAL (0.4 mi) · QUEEN ELIZABETH I I HOSPITAL (0.4 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: LUDWICK HALL (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · HOLWELLHYDE FARMHOUSE (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · THE BEEHIVE PUBLIC HOUSE (Grade II) (0.3 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: BOOTS (0.8 mi) · GATE2PHARMA (0.9 mi) · PEARTREE PHARMACY (1.1 mi)
Nearest stations: Welwyn Garden City (1.5 mi) · Hatfield (Herts) (2.1 mi) · Welwyn North (2.7 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Co-op Food (0.8 mi) · Morrisons (1.0 mi) · Lidl (1.2 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 37
- One-person households
- 29%
- Households with children
- 35%
- Households
- 6,683
Owned 50% · Social rent 33% · Private rent 12%
Census 2021 (ONS), for AL7 4.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in AL7 4 (May 24–Apr 26, average 80/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for AL7 4RL in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — 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 | DistrictAL7 | SectorAL7 4 | PostcodeAL7 4RL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £440,493 | £413,483 | £243,938 |
| Population | 41,028 | 17,074 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 6/10 | 6/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 298 | 83 | — |
| Schools | 14 | 3 | — |
| Flood risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 92% | 93% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 97% | 96% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (AL7 4); 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 2 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
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