SG8 9SA

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG8 9SS 629 m
SG8 9NP 1.2 km
SG8 9NN 1.2 km
SG8 9SD 1.4 km
SG8 9NS 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG8 9SA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 9
Latitude
52.024659
Longitude
-0.079322
British National Grid easting
531,876
British National Grid northing
237,989

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
E04004780
Westminster constituency
North East Hertfordshire · E14001393
Output area
E00119845
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 016D · E01023598
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 016 · E02007088

Postcode source versions

Explore SG8

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Upper Coombe Cottage, Coombe Road, Kelshall, Royston, SG8 9SA 23 November 2022 £455,000
Upper Coombe House, Coombe Road, Kelshall, Royston, SG8 9SA 23 November 2022 £1,100,000
Upper Coombe Farm, Kelshall, Royston, SG8 9SA 11 December 2020 £1,575,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Therfield First School

    Community school

    1.9 km
  2. Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Community school

    3.7 km
  3. Tannery Drift School

    Community school

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

4 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
SG8 9 residents
5,807

Age bands in SG8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

937 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

506 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.1%

1,545 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

1,513 residents

Age 65 and over
21.2%

1,208 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG8 9 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+
0%
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

  • Fox Hall

    BCT · Kelshall

    1.0 miles
  • Fox Hall

    BCT · Kelshall

    1.0 miles
  • Fox and Duck PH

    BCT · Therfield

    1.2 miles
  • Fox and Duck PH

    BCT · Therfield

    1.2 miles
  • Manor Farm

    BCT · Kelshall

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 016D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,850 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £777,500 from 2 recorded sales in SG8 9SA. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Therfield First School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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