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The Ridings, Bishop's Stortford

MyStreetCheck free street report: The Ridings, Bishop's Stortford · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/bishops-stortford-hertfordshire/the-ridings/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CM23 4EH, CM23 4EJ.

Average price (last 12 months)
£522,500
2 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£431,726
31 sales
Price range
£203k – £660k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
27 Feb 2026
CM23 4EJ

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At a glance

House prices£523k average10% above the Bishop's Stortford average CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 90% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 10 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station21 min walkBishops Stortford station Schools3 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband78% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 32 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

31 property sales on The Ridings, Bishop's Stortford have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £522,500. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £471,675. That is 10% above the Bishop's Stortford average of £476,485 over the same period. 5 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 65% detached, 19% terraced, 16% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on The Ridings range from £202,500 to £660,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 109 streets in Bishop's Stortford with at least two sales in the last year, The Ridings ranks 32nd for average price.

House prices on The Ridings compared

The Ridings£522,500
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: £317,500 (2 sales)2016£318k2017: £369,333 (6 sales)2017£369k2018: £426,667 (3 sales)2018£427k2019: £332,500 (2 sales)2019£333k2020: £455,000 (1 sales)2020£455k2021: £378,500 (5 sales)2021£379k2022: £593,750 (2 sales)2022£594k2024: £520,000 (5 sales)2024£520k2025: £489,375 (4 sales)2025£489k2026: £495,000 (1 sales)2026£495k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 32 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached20£471,67511 Nov 2025
Terraced6£270,8337 Mar 2025
Semi-detached5£465,00027 Feb 2026

Sold prices on The Ridings

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
56, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 27 Feb 2026£495,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
12, The Ridings CM23 4EH 11 Nov 2025£550,000 DetachedFreehold
63, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 28 Mar 2025£475,000 DetachedFreehold
33, The Ridings CM23 4EH 7 Mar 2025£450,000 TerracedFreehold
17, The Ridings CM23 4EH 31 Jan 2025£482,500 DetachedFreehold
63, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 13 Dec 2024£660,000 DetachedFreehold
22, The Ridings CM23 4EH 3 Oct 2024£515,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
57, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 23 May 2024£460,000 DetachedFreehold
25, The Ridings CM23 4EH 15 May 2024£485,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
26, The Ridings CM23 4EH 25 Mar 2024£480,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
50, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 24 Feb 2023£245,000 TerracedFreehold
1, The Ridings CM23 4EH 7 Nov 2022£587,500 DetachedFreehold
48, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 1 Aug 2022£600,000 DetachedFreehold
64, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 16 Jul 2021£415,000 DetachedFreehold
58, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 18 Jun 2021£475,000 DetachedFreehold
33, The Ridings CM23 4EH 4 Jun 2021£315,000 TerracedFreehold
29, The Ridings CM23 4EH 16 Apr 2021£227,500 TerracedFreehold
45, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 24 Mar 2021£460,000 DetachedFreehold
43, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 25 Feb 2020£455,000 DetachedFreehold
49, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 17 Sep 2019£220,000 TerracedFreehold
47, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 11 Jan 2019£445,000 DetachedFreehold
24, The Ridings CM23 4EH 31 Aug 2018£415,000 DetachedFreehold
2, The Ridings CM23 4EH 29 Jun 2018£405,000 DetachedFreehold
39, The Ridings CM23 4EH 16 Mar 2018£460,000 DetachedFreehold
22, The Ridings CM23 4EH 20 Oct 2017£350,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
6, The Ridings CM23 4EH 29 Sep 2017£425,000 DetachedFreehold
11, The Ridings CM23 4EH 31 Jul 2017£426,000 DetachedFreehold
8, The Ridings CM23 4EH 21 Jul 2017£425,000 DetachedFreehold
50, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 8 Mar 2017£202,500 TerracedFreehold
61, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 17 Feb 2017£387,500 DetachedFreehold
29, The Ridings CM23 4EH 19 Dec 2016£210,000 TerracedFreehold
69, The Ridings CM23 4EJ 25 Jan 2016£425,000 DetachedFreehold

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
63, The Ridings £660,000 (Dec 2024) → £475,000 (Mar 2025) -28%
over under a year
33, The Ridings £315,000 (Jun 2021) → £450,000 (Mar 2025) +43%
over 4 yrs
22, The Ridings £350,000 (Oct 2017) → £515,000 (Oct 2024) +47%
over 7 yrs
50, The Ridings £202,500 (Mar 2017) → £245,000 (Feb 2023) +21%
over 6 yrs
29, The Ridings £210,000 (Dec 2016) → £227,500 (Apr 2021) +8%
over 4 yrs

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Schools near The Ridings

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Manor Fields Primary School 449 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.4 mi
Richard Whittington Primary School 273 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.4 mi
The Bishop's Stortford High School 1,279 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.6 mi
Thorley Hill Primary School 228 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.7 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S 436 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Good Report 0.8 mi
Windhill21 451 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 1.0 mi
St Michael's Church of England Primary School 226 pupils Primary Church of England 3–11 Good Report 1.0 mi
St Mary's Catholic School 1,106 pupils Secondary Roman Catholic 11–18 Report 1.0 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 1.1 mi · 21 min walk
  • Sawbridgeworth station 3.0 mi · 59 min walk
  • Stansted Mountfitchet station 3.9 mi · 1 hr 17 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Hipkins (opp, Villiers-Sur-Marne) 1 min walk
  • Hipkins (adj, Villiers-Sur-Marne) 2 min walk
  • The Paddock (opp, Friedburg Avenue) 3 min walk
  • The Paddock (adj, Friedburg Avenue) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • South Street Surgery
    83 South Street, Bishop's Stortford · 1.0 mi
  • Church Street Partnership
    30A Church Street, Bishop's Stortford · 1.1 mi
  • Helix Medical Centre
    Herts And Essex Hospital, Cavell Drive, Bishop's Stortford · 1.4 mi
  • The Eden Surgeries
    Broomfields, Hatfield Heath, Bishops Stortford · 3.8 mi

Supermarkets

  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Thorley · 0.2 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Havers Ln Express · 0.6 mi
  • Little Waitrose Shell Little Waitrose Shell Thorley · 0.8 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Bishop's Stortford South St Express · 1.1 mi

Pharmacies

  • Allied Pharmacy Thorley · 0.2 mi
  • Speed Service Appliance Contractors · 1.0 mi
  • Trinity Pharmacy · 1.0 mi

Dentists

  • Thorley Dental Practice · 0.2 mi
  • South Street (dental Surgery) · 1.0 mi
  • The Dentist · 1.0 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 skills9 of 10
Health and disability10 of 10
Crime10 of 10
Access to housing and services6 of 10
Living environment10 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned88.5%62.5%
Private rented10.9%20.3%
Social rented0.6%17.1%
Households503

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1518.3%17.4%
Aged 15–6467.8%64.1%
Aged 65+13.9%18.6%
Residents1,335

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)78%80%
Gigabit-capable78%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 The Ridings

Ethnic group

HereEast Hertfordshire
White90%92.3%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.8%2.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%2.8%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%1.3%
Other ethnic group0.9%0.9%

Religion

HereEast Hertfordshire
Christian52.6%49.1%
No religion35.9%41.8%
Not answered5.6%6%
Muslim3.2%1.2%
Hindu1%0.6%
Buddhist0.8%0.4%
Jewish0.5%0.4%
Sikh0.1%–

Country of birth

HereEast Hertfordshire
Born in the UK88.9%89.2%
Born outside the UK11.1%10.8%

Highest qualification

HereEast Hertfordshire
Level 4 qualifications and above37.9%38.6%
Level 3 qualifications20%16.8%
Level 2 qualifications14.6%14.4%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%9.4%
No qualifications9.9%13.8%
Apprenticeship5.8%4.7%
Other qualifications1.1%2.3%

General health

HereEast Hertfordshire
Very good health54.8%54%
Good health33.5%32.5%
Fair health9.4%10.2%
Bad health2%2.6%
Very bad health0.2%0.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereEast Hertfordshire
2 cars or vans in household39.9%33.7%
1 car or van in household36.5%40.6%
3 or more cars or vans in household16.7%13.3%
No cars or vans in household6.9%12.4%

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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