SG8 7XD

Royston Meridian · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Royston
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG8 7XE 95 m
SG8 7XU 112 m
SG8 7XL 191 m
SG8 7XY 214 m
SG8 7XZ 237 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG8 7XD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 7
Latitude
52.057561
Longitude
-0.008885
British National Grid easting
536,608
British National Grid northing
241,778

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Parish or community
E04004793
Westminster constituency
North East Hertfordshire · E14001393
Output area
E00169668
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 002D · E01023657
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 002 · E02004910

Postcode source versions

Explore SG8

78 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
115, Redwing Rise, Royston, SG8 7XD 16 June 2025 £450,000
113, Redwing Rise, Royston, SG8 7XD 1 November 2024 £635,000
85, Redwing Rise, Royston, SG8 7XD 4 July 2024 £480,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. King James Academy Royston

    Academy converter

    362 m
  2. Icknield Walk First School

    Community school

    736 m
  3. St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
707
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 288
  • Anti social behaviour 139
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Shoplifting 42
  • Vehicle crime 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
76

39 female, 37 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.5
SG8 7 residents
8,039

Age bands in SG8 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.5%

1,540 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

728 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

2,071 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,153 residents

Age 65 and over
22.2%

1,852 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG8 7 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • ROYSIA SURGERY

    BURNS ROAD, ROYSTON, SG8 5PT

    ODS code E82132

    872 m

  • ORCHARD SURGERY,MELBOURN

    ORCHARD SURGERY, NEW ROAD, MELBOURN, ROYSTON, SG8 6BX

    ODS code D81018

    3.3 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.

Nearby transport

  • King James Academy

    BCT · Royston

    0.3 miles
  • Fieldfare Way

    BCT · Royston

    0.3 miles
  • Roundabout

    BCT · Royston

    0.3 miles
  • Roundabout

    BCT · Royston

    0.3 miles
  • Green Street

    BCT · Royston

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 002D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,459 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

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.

Flood risk

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.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £480,000 from 5 recorded sales in SG8 7XD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Hertfordshire is £422,616 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. King James Academy Royston is the nearest published school at 362 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

707 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 288 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.