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Elm Road, Bishop's Stortford

MyStreetCheck free street report: Elm Road, Bishop's Stortford · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/bishops-stortford-hertfordshire/elm-road/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CM23 2SS.

Average price (last 12 months)
£508,333
3 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£445,043
23 sales
Price range
£250k – £735k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
22 May 2026
CM23 2SS

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At a glance

House prices£508k average7% above the Bishop's Stortford average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 10 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station15 min walkBishops Stortford station Schools3 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband87% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 25 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

23 property sales on Elm Road, Bishop's Stortford have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 3 homes sold here for an average of £508,333. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £435,308. That is 7% above the Bishop's Stortford average of £476,485 over the same period. 4 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 57% semi-detached, 26% terraced, 17% detached. Recorded sale prices on Elm Road range from £250,000 to £735,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 109 streets in Bishop's Stortford with at least two sales in the last year, Elm Road ranks 36th for average price.

House prices on Elm Road compared

Elm Road£508,333
CM23 postcode area£483,025
Bishop's Stortford£476,485
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all CM23 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £350,000 (1 sales)2016£350k2017: £328,750 (4 sales)2017£329k2018: £472,000 (2 sales)2018£472k2019: £362,500 (2 sales)2019£363k2020: £425,000 (3 sales)2020£425k2021: £421,750 (4 sales)2021£422k2023: £562,500 (2 sales)2023£563k2024: £645,000 (2 sales)2024£645k2026: £508,333 (3 sales)2026£508k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 25 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached13£435,30822 May 2026
Terraced6£397,83327 Feb 2026
Detached4£547,50030 Apr 2026

Sold prices on Elm Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
32, Elm Road CM23 2SS 22 May 2026£575,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
5, Elm Road CM23 2SS 30 Apr 2026£565,000 DetachedFreehold
4, Elm Road CM23 2SS 27 Feb 2026£385,000 TerracedFreehold
43, Elm Road CM23 2SS 20 Sep 2024£735,000 DetachedFreehold
7, Elm Road CM23 2SS 14 Mar 2024£555,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
5, Elm Road CM23 2SS 22 Nov 2023£450,000 DetachedFreehold
34, Elm Road CM23 2SS 18 Apr 2023£525,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Garages At, Elm Road CM23 2SS 13 Mar 2023£36,000 OtherFreehold
35A, Elm Road CM23 2SS 30 Jan 2023£600,000 DetachedFreehold
44, Elm Road CM23 2SS 25 Jun 2021£407,000 TerracedFreehold
28, Elm Road CM23 2SS 19 Apr 2021£465,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
22, Elm Road CM23 2SS 19 Mar 2021£415,000 TerracedFreehold
8, Elm Road CM23 2SS 3 Mar 2021£400,000 TerracedFreehold
7, Elm Road CM23 2SS 29 Oct 2020£500,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
9B, Elm Road CM23 2SS 28 Aug 2020£335,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
23, Elm Road CM23 2SS 22 Jun 2020£440,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
34, Elm Road CM23 2SS 28 Jun 2019£435,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
21, Elm Road CM23 2SS 11 Jan 2019£290,000 DetachedFreehold
36, Elm Road CM23 2SS 21 Aug 2018£430,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
35, Elm Road CM23 2SS 2 Mar 2018£514,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Elm Road CM23 2SS 15 Dec 2017£385,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
12, Elm Road CM23 2SS 13 Jun 2017£430,000 TerracedFreehold
7A, Elm Road CM23 2SS 20 Jan 2017£250,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
7, Elm Road CM23 2SS 12 Jan 2017£250,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
18, Elm Road CM23 2SS 5 Feb 2016£350,000 TerracedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
5, Elm Road £450,000 (Nov 2023) → £565,000 (Apr 2026) +26%
over 2 yrs
7, Elm Road £250,000 (Jan 2017) → £500,000 (Oct 2020) → £555,000 (Mar 2024) +122%
over 7 yrs
34, Elm Road £435,000 (Jun 2019) → £525,000 (Apr 2023) +21%
over 4 yrs
28, Elm Road £385,000 (Dec 2017) → £465,000 (Apr 2021) +21%
over 3 yrs

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Schools near Elm Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Northgate Primary School 455 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.3 mi
St Mary's Catholic School 1,106 pupils Secondary Roman Catholic 11–18 Report 0.4 mi
Bishop's Stortford College 1,241 pupils Other independent school 3–18 Report 0.4 mi
St Michael's Church of England Primary School 226 pupils Primary Church of England 3–11 Good Report 0.5 mi
Windhill21 451 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.5 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S 436 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
Avanti Grange Secondary School 660 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.7 mi
White Trees Independent School 76 pupils Other independent special school 11–18 Report 0.7 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Bishops Stortford station 0.8 mi · 15 min walk
  • Stansted Mountfitchet station 2.6 mi · 51 min walk
  • Sawbridgeworth station 4.3 mi · 1 hr 25 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Bryan Road (nr, Rye Street) 3 min walk
  • Bryan Road (opp, Rye Street) 3 min walk
  • Grange Paddocks Swimming Pool (nr, Rye Street) 4 min walk
  • Grange Paddocks Swimming Pool (opp, Rye Street) 4 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Church Street Partnership
    30A Church Street, Bishop's Stortford · 0.4 mi
  • South Street Surgery
    83 South Street, Bishop's Stortford · 0.7 mi
  • Helix Medical Centre
    Herts And Essex Hospital, Cavell Drive, Bishop's Stortford · 1.1 mi
  • Peacock Surgery
    1St Floor Castle Maltings, Lower Street, Stansted · 2.6 mi

Supermarkets

  • Waitrose Waitrose Bishop's Stortford · 0.3 mi
  • Cook Cook Bishop's Stortford · 0.3 mi
  • Spar Spar - Bishops Storford · 0.4 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Bishops Stortford · 0.5 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.4 mi
  • Speed Service Appliance Contractors · 0.7 mi
  • Trinity Pharmacy · 0.7 mi

Dentists

  • Barrett House Dental Centre · 0.3 mi
  • Smile And Wellbeing Dental · 0.5 mi
  • Riverside Dental Practice · 0.5 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 10 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income10 of 10
Employment10 of 10
Education and skills10 of 10
Health and disability10 of 10
Crime5 of 10
Access to housing and services10 of 10
Living environment4 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned75.1%62.5%
Private rented23.2%20.3%
Social rented1.7%17.1%
Households746

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1516.8%17.4%
Aged 15–6464.5%64.1%
Aged 65+18.7%18.6%
Residents1,818

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)87%80%
Gigabit-capable87%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks85%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network99%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks99%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks90%92%

Share of homes across East Hertfordshire with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Elm Road

Ethnic group

HereEast Hertfordshire
White92.4%92.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%2.8%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.5%2.7%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.2%1.3%
Other ethnic group0.8%0.9%

Religion

HereEast Hertfordshire
Christian52%49.1%
No religion38.9%41.8%
Not answered6.5%6%
Muslim0.9%1.2%
Hindu0.6%0.6%
Buddhist0.5%0.4%
Other religion0.3%0.4%
Jewish0.2%0.4%

Country of birth

HereEast Hertfordshire
Born in the UK82.8%89.2%
Born outside the UK17.2%10.8%

Highest qualification

HereEast Hertfordshire
Level 4 qualifications and above48.3%38.6%
Level 2 qualifications14.7%14.4%
Level 3 qualifications14.7%16.8%
No qualifications9.7%13.8%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%9.4%
Apprenticeship3.5%4.7%
Other qualifications1.5%2.3%

General health

HereEast Hertfordshire
Very good health59.2%54%
Good health30.1%32.5%
Fair health8.7%10.2%
Bad health1.4%2.6%
Very bad health0.6%0.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereEast Hertfordshire
1 car or van in household47.1%40.6%
2 cars or vans in household29.4%33.7%
No cars or vans in household14.6%12.4%
3 or more cars or vans in household9%13.3%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of East Hertfordshire.

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