SG8 8HR

Ermine · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Royston
Ward
Ermine
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG8 8HW 59 m
SG8 8HZ 71 m
SG8 8HX 79 m
SG8 8HY 81 m
SG8 8FE 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG8 8HR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 8
Latitude
52.028611
Longitude
0.038693
British National Grid easting
539,960
British National Grid northing
238,649

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Electoral ward
Ermine · E05015759
Parish or community
E04004769
Westminster constituency
North East Hertfordshire · E14001393
Output area
E00119843
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 016C · E01023597
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 016 · E02007088

Postcode source versions

Explore SG8

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lower Farm Barns, 1, High Street, Barley, Royston, SG8 8HR 14 September 2022 £750,000
Lower Farm Barns, 1, High Street, Barley, Royston, SG8 8HR 9 August 2013 £480,000
Lower Farm Barns, 3, High Street, Barley, Royston, SG8 8HR 31 May 2013 £682,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. Barley (VA) Church of England First School

    Voluntary aided school

    250 m
  2. Barkway VA Church of England First School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.5 km
  3. Studlands Rise First School

    Community school

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
23
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Burglary 5
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

3 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
SG8 8 residents
3,389

Age bands in SG8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

550 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

288 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

680 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

1,060 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

896 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG8 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Drayton's Garage

    BCT · Barley

    0.1 miles
  • Drayton's Garage

    BCT · Barley

    0.1 miles
  • Richmond's Garage

    BCT · Barley

    0.1 miles
  • St Margaret of Antioch Church

    BCT · Barley

    0.2 miles
  • St Margaret of Antioch Church

    BCT · Barley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 016C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,838 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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 £750,000 from 1 recorded sale in SG8 8HR. 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Barley (VA) Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 250 m.

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

Recorded crime

23 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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