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Browning Drive, Hitchin

MyStreetCheck free street report: Browning Drive, Hitchin · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/hitchin-hertfordshire/browning-drive/

House prices, sold prices and local information for SG4 0QR.

Average price (last 12 months)
£576,875
4 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£424,768
28 sales
Price range
£250k – £888k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
17 Jul 2026
SG4 0QR

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At a glance

House prices£577k average13% above the Hitchin average CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 10 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station3 min walkHitchin station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband97% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 28 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

28 property sales on Browning Drive, Hitchin have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 4 homes sold here for an average of £576,875. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £402,731. Average sale prices rose from £344,000 in 2016 to £595,833 in 2026 (+73%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 13% above the Hitchin average of £512,005 over the same period. 8 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 8 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 93% semi-detached, 7% detached. Recorded sale prices on Browning Drive range from £250,000 to £887,500. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 124 streets in Hitchin with at least two sales in the last year, Browning Drive ranks 38th for average price.

House prices on Browning Drive compared

Browning Drive£576,875
SG4 postcode area£517,037
Hitchin£512,005
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all SG4 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £344,000 (3 sales)2016£344k2017: £360,000 (2 sales)2017£360k2018: £435,000 (3 sales)2018£435k2019: £321,250 (4 sales)2019£321k2020: £445,250 (2 sales)2020£445k2021: £456,167 (3 sales)2021£456k2022: £458,750 (4 sales)2022£459k2023: £395,000 (1 sales)2023£395k2024: £377,500 (2 sales)2024£378k2025: £520,000 (1 sales)2025£520k2026: £595,833 (3 sales)2026£596k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 28 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached26£402,73117 Jul 2026
Detached2£711,25026 Feb 2026

Sold prices on Browning Drive

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
24, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 17 Jul 2026£380,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
45, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 16 Jul 2026£520,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
33, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 26 Feb 2026£887,500 DetachedFreehold
52, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 28 Nov 2025£520,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
24, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 8 Nov 2024£330,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
42, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 26 Sep 2024£425,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
65, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 14 Jul 2023£395,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
66, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 25 Nov 2022£420,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
6, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 14 Oct 2022£405,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
61, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 16 Sep 2022£510,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
45, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 20 Apr 2022£500,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
50, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 23 Jun 2021£336,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
56, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 1 Mar 2021£642,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
45, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 19 Feb 2021£390,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
36, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 28 Aug 2020£435,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
18, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 12 Jun 2020£455,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 1 Nov 2019£250,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
42, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 5 Aug 2019£315,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
48, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 16 Jul 2019£320,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
8, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 20 Jun 2019£400,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
17, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 22 Jun 2018£385,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
1, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 14 May 2018£535,000 DetachedFreehold
52, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 19 Jan 2018£385,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
67, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 30 Nov 2017£325,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
56, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 11 Jul 2017£395,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
66, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 17 Nov 2016£330,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
61, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 24 Aug 2016£407,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
50, Browning Drive SG4 0QR 4 Apr 2016£295,000 Semi-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
24, Browning Drive £330,000 (Nov 2024) → £380,000 (Jul 2026) +15%
over 2 yrs
45, Browning Drive £390,000 (Feb 2021) → £500,000 (Apr 2022) → £520,000 (Jul 2026) +33%
over 5 yrs
52, Browning Drive £385,000 (Jan 2018) → £520,000 (Nov 2025) +35%
over 8 yrs
42, Browning Drive £315,000 (Aug 2019) → £425,000 (Sep 2024) +35%
over 5 yrs
66, Browning Drive £330,000 (Nov 2016) → £420,000 (Nov 2022) +27%
over 6 yrs
61, Browning Drive £407,000 (Aug 2016) → £510,000 (Sep 2022) +25%
over 6 yrs
50, Browning Drive £295,000 (Apr 2016) → £336,000 (Jun 2021) +14%
over 5 yrs
56, Browning Drive £395,000 (Jul 2017) → £642,500 (Mar 2021) +63%
over 4 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Browning Drive

Crime

215 crimes were reported within about a mile of Browning Drive in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences67
Anti-social behaviour55
Shoplifting28
Other theft16
Criminal damage & arson11
Vehicle crime9

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Browning Drive is in or near 2 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Ash Brook, Ippollitts Brook and River Purwell at Hitchin, Ashbrook, Little Wymondley and Graveley Flood warning area
  • River Ivel in Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Browning Drive

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 234 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.3 mi
William Ransom Primary School 419 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.4 mi
Highover Primary School 433 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.4 mi
Hitchin Girls' School 1,357 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.5 mi
Purwell Primary School 129 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.6 mi
Mary Exton Primary School 146 pupils Primary 5–11 Good Report 0.6 mi
Highbury Infant School and Nursery 195 pupils Primary 3–7 Report 0.7 mi
Whitehill Junior School 241 pupils Primary 7–11 Report 0.8 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

  • Hitchin station 0.2 mi · 3 min walk
  • Letchworth Garden City station 2.3 mi · 45 min walk
  • Baldock station 4.1 mi · 1 hr 23 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • North Herts College (adj, St Michaels Road) 2 min walk
  • Coleridge Close (opp, St Michaels Road) 2 min walk
  • Coleridge Close (nr, St Michaels Road) 2 min walk
  • North Herts College (opp, Cambridge Road) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Regal Chambers Surgery
    50 Bancroft, Hitchin · 0.7 mi
  • The Portmill Surgery
    114 Queen Street, Hitchin · 0.7 mi
  • Hertfordshire Special Allocation Scheme
    The Treatment Centre, Portmill House, Hitchin · 0.7 mi
  • Bancroft Medical Centre
    Bancroft Court, 30-35 Bancroft, Hitchin · 0.7 mi

Supermarkets

  • Sainsburys Local Sainsbury's Cambridge Road · 0.2 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Hitchin Station Lyon Express · 0.2 mi
  • Asda Express Asda Nightingale Express Petrol · 0.4 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Hitchin · 0.7 mi

Pharmacies

  • Carerx · 0.7 mi
  • Bancroft Pharmacy · 0.7 mi
  • Nu Cross Dispensing Chemist · 0.7 mi

Dentists

  • Mr N F Faryad · 0.5 mi
  • The Vernon Dental Practice · 0.7 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.7 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.

Income8 of 10
Employment9 of 10
Education and skills10 of 10
Health and disability8 of 10
Crime9 of 10
Access to housing and services10 of 10
Living environment6 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned63.7%62.5%
Private rented27.3%20.3%
Social rented9.0%17.1%
Households779

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1517.5%17.4%
Aged 15–6469.2%64.1%
Aged 65+13.4%18.6%
Residents1,700

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)97%80%
Gigabit-capable97%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 networks80%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks88%92%

Share of homes across North 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 Browning Drive

Ethnic group

HereNorth Hertfordshire
White77.8%87.6%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.2%5.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.1%3.7%
Other ethnic group3%1.1%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%2.4%

Religion

HereNorth Hertfordshire
No religion48.4%44.5%
Christian34.1%43.8%
Not answered5.7%6%
Sikh5.6%1.7%
Muslim3.2%1.6%
Hindu1.7%1.1%
Other religion1.1%0.6%
Buddhist0.1%0.5%

Country of birth

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Born in the UK79.9%88.4%
Born outside the UK20.1%11.6%

Highest qualification

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Level 4 qualifications and above50.3%41.5%
Level 3 qualifications14.9%15.5%
Level 2 qualifications12.9%13.3%
No qualifications8.3%13.6%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.3%9.3%
Apprenticeship3.7%4.5%
Other qualifications1.6%2.3%

General health

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Very good health53.8%50.6%
Good health34.5%34%
Fair health9%11.5%
Bad health2.4%3.1%
Very bad health0.3%0.8%

Cars or vans per household

HereNorth Hertfordshire
1 car or van in household52.7%42.9%
2 cars or vans in household25.8%30.6%
No cars or vans in household15.5%15.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household6%11%

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 North Hertfordshire.

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