Hitchin Bearton · North Hertfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester Cottages, 3, Nightingale Road, Hitchin, SG5 1RN | 22 June 2021 | £327,000 |
| Leicester Cottages, 4, Nightingale Road, Hitchin, SG5 1RN | 11 August 2017 | £380,000 |
| Leicester Cottages, 2, Nightingale Road, Hitchin, SG5 1RN | 27 May 2016 | £322,500 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin
Voluntary aided school
Hitchin Girls' School
Academy converter
York Road Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
4 female, 5 male
1,384 residents
663 residents
2,817 residents
2,002 residents
1,268 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG5 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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within 5 km
50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL
ODS code E82075
596 m
BANCROFT COURT, 30-35 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LH
ODS code E82053
706 m
114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH
ODS code E82044
737 m
THE TREATMENT CENTRE, PORTMILL HOUSE, PORTMILL LANE, HITCHIN, SG5 1DJ
ODS code Y06095
785 m
NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4TS
ODS code E82008
4.0 km
59 STATION ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 3BJ
ODS code E82661
4.1 km
232-240 NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4UB
ODS code E82082
4.3 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Hitchin Railway Station
BCT · Hitchin
Hitchin Railway Station
BCT · Hitchin
Hitchin Railway Station
BCT · Hitchin
Hitchin Railway Station
BCT · Hitchin
Hitchin Railway Station
BCT · Hitchin
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 010A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
8 of 10
Overall England rank
24,977 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
33 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin is the nearest published school at 373 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
1,979 published events cover 12 months, averaging 164.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 687 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.