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Drovers Way, Pirton, Hitchin

MyStreetCheck free street report: Drovers Way, Pirton, Hitchin · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/hitchin-hertfordshire/drovers-way/

House prices, sold prices and local information for SG5 3EQ.

Average price (last 12 months)
£915,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2019)
£732,432
30 sales
Price range
£83k – £925k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
10 Aug 2026
SG5 3EQ

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At a glance

House prices£732k averageSince 2019 (few recent sales) CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 70% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station1 hr walkHitchin station SchoolsNo recent Good/Outstanding gradesMany schools now get report cards instead Ultrafast broadband95% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold91% freeholdAcross 33 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

30 property sales on Drovers Way, Pirton, Hitchin have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2019. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £915,000. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £773,748. 3 homes here have sold more than once since 2019; 3 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 93% detached, 3% semi-detached, 3% flat. Recorded sale prices on Drovers Way range from £83,000 to £924,950. 91% of homes sold here were freehold and 9% leasehold.

House prices on Drovers Way compared

SG5 postcode area£474,840
Hitchin£512,005
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Drovers Way has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all SG5 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2019: £684,960 (5 sales)2019£685k2020: £729,542 (12 sales)2020£730k2021: £868,956 (8 sales)2021£869k2022: £495,000 (2 sales)2022£495k2023: £83,000 (1 sales)2023£83k2025: £854,000 (1 sales)2025£854k2026: £915,000 (1 sales)2026£915k

Tenure: 91% freehold and 9% leasehold across 33 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached28£773,74810 Aug 2026
Semi-detached1£225,00018 Feb 2022
Flat1£83,0009 Dec 2023

Sold prices on Drovers Way

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
82, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 10 Aug 2026£915,000 DetachedFreehold
26, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 10 Mar 2025£854,000 DetachedFreehold
42, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 9 Dec 2023£83,000 FlatLeasehold
2, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 16 Dec 2022£140,000 OtherLeasehold
11, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 8 Sep 2022£765,000 DetachedFreehold
18, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 18 Feb 2022£225,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
24, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 21 Aug 2021£679,950 Detached New buildFreehold
1, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 30 Jun 2021£924,950 Detached New buildFreehold
29, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 16 Jun 2021£881,950 Detached New buildFreehold
31, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 28 May 2021£889,950 Detached New buildFreehold
27, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 6 May 2021£899,950 Detached New buildFreehold
84, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 29 Mar 2021£880,000 Detached New buildFreehold
80, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 26 Mar 2021£894,950 Detached New buildFreehold
82, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 20 Jan 2021£899,950 Detached New buildFreehold
78, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 30 Oct 2020£899,950 Detached New buildFreehold
25, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 28 Oct 2020£857,000 Detached New buildFreehold
19, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 19 Oct 2020£879,950 Detached New buildFreehold
17, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 7 Sep 2020£899,950 Detached New buildFreehold
21, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 28 Aug 2020£724,950 Detached New buildFreehold
23, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 21 Aug 2020£724,950 Detached New buildFreehold
11, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 11 Aug 2020£621,953 Detached New buildFreehold
3, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 31 Jul 2020£746,000 Detached New buildFreehold
26, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 28 Mar 2020£624,950 Detached New buildFreehold
9, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 26 Mar 2020£649,950 Detached New buildFreehold
13, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 20 Mar 2020£489,950 Detached New buildFreehold
28, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 28 Feb 2020£634,950 Detached New buildFreehold
32, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 20 Dec 2019£699,950 Detached New buildFreehold
36, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 20 Dec 2019£849,950 Detached New buildFreehold
15, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 19 Dec 2019£475,000 Detached New buildFreehold
30, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 18 Dec 2019£699,950 Detached New buildFreehold
34, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 18 Dec 2019£699,950 Detached New buildFreehold
54, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 10 Jun 2019£674,760 OtherFreehold
38, Drovers Way SG5 3EQ 2 Apr 2019£449,840 OtherFreehold

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
82, Drovers Way £899,950 (Jan 2021) → £915,000 (Aug 2026) +2%
over 6 yrs
26, Drovers Way £624,950 (Mar 2020) → £854,000 (Mar 2025) +37%
over 5 yrs
11, Drovers Way £621,953 (Aug 2020) → £765,000 (Sep 2022) +23%
over 2 yrs

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Schools near Drovers Way

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Pirton School 136 pupils Primary 4–11 Requires improvement Report 0.3 mi
Oughton Primary and Nursery School 195 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 1.9 mi
Stondon Lower School 136 pupils Primary 5–9 Report 2.0 mi
The Priory School 1,221 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 2.0 mi
Ickleford Primary School 213 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 2.1 mi
Our Lady Catholic Primary School 173 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 5–11 Good Report 2.2 mi
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School 198 pupils Primary 3–7 Report 2.2 mi
Samuel Lucas Primary School 416 pupils Primary 4–11 Outstanding Report 2.3 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 3.0 mi · 1 hr walk
  • Letchworth Garden City station 4.1 mi · 1 hr 23 min walk
  • Arlesey station 4.4 mi · 1 hr 29 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Royal Oak Lane (adj, Holwell Road) 3 min walk
  • Royal Oak Lane (opp, Holwell Road) 3 min walk
  • High Street (NE-bound, Royal Oak Lane) 3 min walk
  • High Street (SW-bound, Royal Oak Lane) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Lower Stondon Surgery
    109 Station Road, Lower Stondon, Henlow · 2.4 mi
  • Regal Chambers Surgery
    50 Bancroft, Hitchin · 2.6 mi
  • Bancroft Medical Centre
    Bancroft Court, 30-35 Bancroft, Hitchin · 2.6 mi
  • Hertfordshire Special Allocation Scheme
    The Treatment Centre, Portmill House, Hitchin · 2.8 mi

Supermarkets

  • Waitrose Waitrose Hitchin · 2.5 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Hitchin · 2.7 mi
  • Marks and Spencer Simply Food M&S Hitchin SF · 2.7 mi
  • Asda Express Asda Nightingale Express Petrol · 2.8 mi

Pharmacies

  • Cross Chemist · 2.1 mi

Dentists

  • North Hertfordshire And Stevenag · 2.4 mi
  • Old Park Dental Surgery · 2.5 mi
  • Hitchin Dental Care · 2.6 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 8 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.

Income7 of 10
Employment9 of 10
Education and skills8 of 10
Health and disability10 of 10
Crime8 of 10
Access to housing and services3 of 10
Living environment5 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned71.0%62.5%
Private rented10.7%20.3%
Social rented18.3%17.1%
Households1,042

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1517.5%17.4%
Aged 15–6462.7%64.1%
Aged 65+19.8%18.6%
Residents2,538

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)95%80%
Gigabit-capable95%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 Drovers Way

Ethnic group

HereNorth Hertfordshire
White93.5%87.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%3.7%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2%5.2%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%2.4%
Other ethnic group0.3%1.1%

Religion

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Christian48.1%43.8%
No religion43.2%44.5%
Not answered6.1%6%
Hindu0.7%1.1%
Muslim0.5%1.6%
Buddhist0.4%0.5%
Sikh0.4%1.7%
Jewish0.3%–

Country of birth

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Born in the UK92.5%88.4%
Born outside the UK7.5%11.6%

Highest qualification

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Level 4 qualifications and above42.1%41.5%
Level 3 qualifications15.4%15.5%
Level 2 qualifications14.1%13.3%
No qualifications12.8%13.6%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.4%9.3%
Apprenticeship5.2%4.5%
Other qualifications2%2.3%

General health

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Very good health54.7%50.6%
Good health32.2%34%
Fair health9.8%11.5%
Bad health2.5%3.1%
Very bad health0.7%0.8%

Cars or vans per household

HereNorth Hertfordshire
2 cars or vans in household39.6%30.6%
1 car or van in household34.5%42.9%
3 or more cars or vans in household17.8%11%
No cars or vans in household8.1%15.5%

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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