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Grovelands Avenue, Hitchin

MyStreetCheck free street report: Grovelands Avenue, Hitchin · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/hitchin-hertfordshire/grovelands-avenue/

House prices, sold prices and local information for SG4 0QU, SG4 0QT, SG4 0QZ.

Average price (last 12 months)
£518,600
5 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£475,150
40 sales
Price range
£321k – £675k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
3 Jul 2026
SG4 0QU

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At a glance

House prices£519k averageAbout the Hitchin average CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 90% 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 station14 min walkHitchin station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 41 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

40 property sales on Grovelands Avenue, Hitchin have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 5 homes sold here for an average of £518,600. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £470,194. Average sale prices rose from £411,999 in 2016 to £518,600 in 2026 (+26%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. 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 90% semi-detached, 10% detached. Recorded sale prices on Grovelands Avenue range from £320,500 to £675,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 124 streets in Hitchin with at least two sales in the last year, Grovelands Avenue ranks 52nd for average price.

House prices on Grovelands Avenue compared

Grovelands Avenue£518,600
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: £411,999 (5 sales)2016£412k2017: £456,833 (3 sales)2017£457k2018: £463,333 (3 sales)2018£463k2019: £379,167 (3 sales)2019£379k2020: £437,000 (3 sales)2020£437k2022: £475,000 (1 sales)2022£475k2023: £559,000 (6 sales)2023£559k2024: £468,125 (8 sales)2024£468k2025: £523,333 (3 sales)2025£523k2026: £518,600 (5 sales)2026£519k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 41 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached36£470,1943 Jul 2026
Detached4£519,75028 Feb 2023

Sold prices on Grovelands Avenue

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
35, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 3 Jul 2026£535,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
31, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 16 Jun 2026£635,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
38, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 15 May 2026£475,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
13, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 27 Apr 2026£450,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
17, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 23 Feb 2026£498,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
60, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 22 Aug 2025£550,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
43, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 28 Mar 2025£460,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
69, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 6 Mar 2025£560,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 22 Nov 2024£450,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
59, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 19 Nov 2024£410,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
52, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 4 Oct 2024£510,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
50, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 23 Aug 2024£455,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
67, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 2 Aug 2024£520,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
84, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QZ 3 Jun 2024£445,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2A, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 30 Apr 2024£465,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
45, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 4 Apr 2024£490,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
23, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 11 Oct 2023£485,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
16, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 25 Aug 2023£550,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
57, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 9 Jun 2023£480,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
48, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 26 May 2023£525,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
24, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 28 Feb 2023£639,000 DetachedFreehold
87, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0RA 9 Feb 2023£675,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
11, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 29 Jul 2022£475,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
54, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 10 Dec 2020£506,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
18, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 6 Nov 2020£415,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
60, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 23 Jan 2020£390,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
14, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 18 Oct 2019£440,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
23, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 28 Jun 2019£320,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
76, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QZ 18 Jan 2019£377,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
70, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QZ 6 Dec 2018£350,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
49, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 15 Aug 2018£565,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
85, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0RA 12 Feb 2018£475,000 DetachedFreehold
6, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 12 Oct 2017£399,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
42, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 3 Oct 2017£225,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
27, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 3 Apr 2017£446,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
1, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 22 Feb 2017£525,000 DetachedFreehold
16, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 15 Dec 2016£433,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
46, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 14 Nov 2016£396,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
20, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 26 Sep 2016£450,995 Semi-detachedFreehold
8, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QT 26 Feb 2016£440,000 DetachedFreehold
54, Grovelands Avenue SG4 0QU 1 Feb 2016£340,000 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
60, Grovelands Avenue £390,000 (Jan 2020) → £550,000 (Aug 2025) +41%
over 6 yrs
23, Grovelands Avenue £320,500 (Jun 2019) → £485,000 (Oct 2023) +51%
over 4 yrs
16, Grovelands Avenue £433,000 (Dec 2016) → £550,000 (Aug 2023) +27%
over 7 yrs
54, Grovelands Avenue £340,000 (Feb 2016) → £506,000 (Dec 2020) +49%
over 5 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Grovelands Avenue

Crime

98 crimes were reported within about a mile of Grovelands Avenue in August 2026.

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

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Lower crime than about 90% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences39
Anti-social behaviour28
Criminal damage & arson7
Shoplifting6
Drugs4
Other crime4

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

Flood risk

Grovelands Avenue 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 Grovelands Avenue

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Highover Primary School 433 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.2 mi
Purwell Primary School 129 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.6 mi
North Herts Education Support Centre 4 pupils Pupil referral unit 5–16 Report 0.7 mi
The Highfield School 937 pupils Secondary 11–18 Good Report 0.7 mi
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School 221 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Good Report 0.8 mi
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 234 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.9 mi
William Ransom Primary School 419 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 1.0 mi
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School 198 pupils Primary 3–7 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

  • Hitchin station 0.7 mi · 14 min walk
  • Letchworth Garden City station 1.6 mi · 33 min walk
  • Baldock station 3.6 mi · 1 hr 11 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Queenswood Drive (opp, Cambridge Road) 4 min walk
  • Queenswood Drive (nr, Cambridge Road) 4 min walk
  • Highover Way (SE-bound, Sturgeon's Way) 5 min walk
  • Hampden Road (opp, Queenswood Drive) 6 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Regal Chambers Surgery
    50 Bancroft, Hitchin · 1.1 mi
  • Bancroft Medical Centre
    Bancroft Court, 30-35 Bancroft, Hitchin · 1.2 mi
  • The Portmill Surgery
    114 Queen Street, Hitchin · 1.3 mi
  • Hertfordshire Special Allocation Scheme
    The Treatment Centre, Portmill House, Hitchin · 1.3 mi

Supermarkets

  • Sainsburys Local Sainsbury's Cambridge Road · 0.5 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Hitchin Station Lyon Express · 0.8 mi
  • Asda Express Asda Nightingale Express Petrol · 0.8 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Hitchin · 1.2 mi

Pharmacies

  • Bancroft Pharmacy · 1.2 mi
  • Carerx · 1.2 mi
  • Bell Chemist · 1.3 mi

Dentists

  • Mr N F Faryad · 1.1 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 1.2 mi
  • The Vernon Dental Practice · 1.2 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
Employment9 of 10
Education and skills9 of 10
Health and disability10 of 10
Crime10 of 10
Access to housing and services9 of 10
Living environment8 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned87.3%62.5%
Private rented7.2%20.3%
Social rented5.4%17.1%
Households624

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1518.9%17.4%
Aged 15–6457.2%64.1%
Aged 65+23.8%18.6%
Residents1,564

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%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 Grovelands Avenue

Ethnic group

HereNorth Hertfordshire
White84%87.6%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.9%5.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.1%3.7%
Other ethnic group2.2%1.1%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%2.4%

Religion

HereNorth Hertfordshire
No religion41.7%44.5%
Christian41.7%43.8%
Not answered7.3%6%
Sikh5.1%1.7%
Muslim2.1%1.6%
Hindu1%1.1%
Other religion0.6%0.6%
Buddhist0.3%0.5%

Country of birth

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Born in the UK87.6%88.4%
Born outside the UK12.4%11.6%

Highest qualification

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Level 4 qualifications and above46.7%41.5%
No qualifications14.4%13.6%
Level 3 qualifications13.6%15.5%
Level 2 qualifications10.9%13.3%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.3%9.3%
Apprenticeship4.5%4.5%
Other qualifications2.6%2.3%

General health

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Very good health51.9%50.6%
Good health34.5%34%
Fair health11.3%11.5%
Bad health2.1%3.1%
Very bad health0.2%0.8%

Cars or vans per household

HereNorth Hertfordshire
1 car or van in household46%42.9%
2 cars or vans in household35%30.6%
3 or more cars or vans in household11%11%
No cars or vans in household8%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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