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Nursery Hill, Hitchin

MyStreetCheck free street report: Nursery Hill, Hitchin · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/hitchin-hertfordshire/nursery-hill/

House prices, sold prices and local information for SG4 9GD.

Average price (last 12 months)
£385,750
2 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£493,400
20 sales
Price range
£321k – £825k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
10 Aug 2026
SG4 9GD

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At a glance

House prices£386k average25% below the Hitchin average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 7 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskNear a flood alert areaLower risk than a warning area Nearest station14 min walkHitchin station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold55% freeholdAcross 22 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

20 property sales on Nursery Hill, Hitchin have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £385,750. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £601,500. Average sale prices fell from £435,000 in 2016 to £385,750 in 2026 (-11%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 25% below the Hitchin average of £512,005 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 55% semi-detached, 40% flat, 5% terraced. Recorded sale prices on Nursery Hill range from £321,000 to £825,000. 55% of homes sold here were freehold and 45% leasehold. Of 124 streets in Hitchin with at least two sales in the last year, Nursery Hill ranks 86th for average price.

House prices on Nursery Hill compared

Nursery Hill£385,750
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: £435,000 (2 sales)2016£435k2017: £510,500 (2 sales)2017£511k2018: £450,000 (2 sales)2018£450k2019: £567,500 (1 sales)2019£568k2020: £445,000 (2 sales)2020£445k2021: £511,500 (4 sales)2021£512k2022: £339,000 (1 sales)2022£339k2023: £653,000 (1 sales)2023£653k2024: £737,500 (2 sales)2024£738k2025: £335,000 (1 sales)2025£335k2026: £385,750 (2 sales)2026£386k

Tenure: 55% freehold and 45% leasehold across 22 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached11£601,50010 Oct 2024
Flat8£364,06310 Aug 2026
Terraced1£339,00025 Nov 2022

Sold prices on Nursery Hill

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
3, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 10 Aug 2026£346,500 FlatLeasehold
1, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 31 Mar 2026£425,000 FlatLeasehold
9, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 26 Sep 2025£335,000 FlatLeasehold
15, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 10 Oct 2024£825,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
57, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 23 Aug 2024£650,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
27, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 10 Mar 2023£653,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
14, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 25 Nov 2022£339,000 TerracedLeasehold
40, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 30 Sep 2021£466,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 25 Jun 2021£405,000 FlatLeasehold
53, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 29 Apr 2021£600,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
54, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 5 Feb 2021£575,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 12 Aug 2020£530,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
6, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 25 Mar 2020£360,000 FlatLeasehold
1, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 14 Jan 2020£384,500 FlatLeasehold
30, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 13 Aug 2019£567,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 28 Jun 2019£593,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
5, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 27 Apr 2018£350,000 FlatLeasehold
30, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 25 Jan 2018£550,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
4, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 31 Oct 2017£321,000 FlatLeasehold
15, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 23 Aug 2017£700,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 2 Dec 2016£370,000 FlatLeasehold
29, Nursery Hill SG4 9GD 10 Aug 2016£500,000 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
1, Nursery Hill £384,500 (Jan 2020) → £425,000 (Mar 2026) +11%
over 6 yrs
15, Nursery Hill £700,000 (Aug 2017) → £825,000 (Oct 2024) +18%
over 7 yrs
2, Nursery Hill £370,000 (Dec 2016) → £405,000 (Jun 2021) +9%
over 5 yrs
28, Nursery Hill £593,000 (Jun 2019) → £530,000 (Aug 2020) -11%
over 1 yr
30, Nursery Hill £550,000 (Jan 2018) → £567,500 (Aug 2019) +3%
over 2 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Nursery Hill

Crime

209 crimes were reported within about a mile of Nursery Hill in August 2026.

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

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Higher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences59
Anti-social behaviour51
Shoplifting28
Other theft16
Criminal damage & arson14
Vehicle crime10

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

Flood risk

Nursery Hill is in or near 1 Environment Agency flood 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 Nursery Hill

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Highbury Infant School and Nursery 195 pupils Primary 3–7 Report 0.1 mi
Hitchin Girls' School 1,357 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.3 mi
Whitehill Junior School 241 pupils Primary 7–11 Report 0.4 mi
Hitchin Boys' School 1,364 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.4 mi
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 234 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.5 mi
Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy 234 pupils Primary 7–11 Report 0.6 mi
Samuel Lucas Primary School 416 pupils Primary 4–11 Outstanding Report 0.7 mi
William Ransom Primary School 419 pupils Primary 4–11 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

  • Hitchin station 0.7 mi · 14 min walk
  • Letchworth Garden City station 3.0 mi · 1 hr 1 min walk
  • Stevenage station 4.2 mi · 1 hr 23 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • ASDA (opp, Queen Street) 2 min walk
  • ASDA (nr, Queen Street) 2 min walk
  • Hollow Lane (SE-bound, Hollow Lane) 2 min walk
  • Hollow Lane (NW-bound, Hollow Lane) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Hertfordshire Special Allocation Scheme
    The Treatment Centre, Portmill House, Hitchin · 0.2 mi
  • The Portmill Surgery
    114 Queen Street, Hitchin · 0.2 mi
  • Bancroft Medical Centre
    Bancroft Court, 30-35 Bancroft, Hitchin · 0.4 mi
  • Regal Chambers Surgery
    50 Bancroft, Hitchin · 0.5 mi

Supermarkets

  • Asda Supermarket Asda Hitchin Supermarket · 0.1 mi
  • Marks and Spencer Simply Food M&S Hitchin SF · 0.3 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Hitchin · 0.4 mi
  • Marks and Spencer BP M&S Oakfield Hitchin BP · 0.4 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.3 mi
  • Nu Cross Dispensing Chemist · 0.3 mi
  • Bell Chemist · 0.4 mi

Dentists

  • Bucklersbury (dental Surgery) · 0.3 mi
  • The Vernon Dental Practice · 0.3 mi
  • No 1 High Street Dental Practice · 0.3 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 7 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.

Income5 of 10
Employment5 of 10
Education and skills8 of 10
Health and disability7 of 10
Crime5 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
Owned58.8%62.5%
Private rented17.9%20.3%
Social rented23.3%17.1%
Households782

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1520.8%17.4%
Aged 15–6464.2%64.1%
Aged 65+14.9%18.6%
Residents1,751

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 Nursery Hill

Ethnic group

HereNorth Hertfordshire
White85.8%87.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.5%3.7%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%5.2%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%2.4%
Other ethnic group1.2%1.1%

Religion

HereNorth Hertfordshire
No religion49.6%44.5%
Christian37.5%43.8%
Not answered7.4%6%
Muslim3.1%1.6%
Buddhist1.1%0.5%
Hindu0.6%1.1%
Other religion0.6%0.6%
Sikh0.2%1.7%

Country of birth

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Born in the UK86.6%88.4%
Born outside the UK13.4%11.6%

Highest qualification

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Level 4 qualifications and above44.2%41.5%
Level 3 qualifications14.9%15.5%
No qualifications13.6%13.6%
Level 2 qualifications11.9%13.3%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.3%9.3%
Apprenticeship5%4.5%
Other qualifications2.1%2.3%

General health

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Very good health55.6%50.6%
Good health30.1%34%
Fair health10.7%11.5%
Bad health3%3.1%
Very bad health0.6%0.8%

Cars or vans per household

HereNorth Hertfordshire
1 car or van in household51.1%42.9%
2 cars or vans in household22.7%30.6%
No cars or vans in household20.8%15.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household5.4%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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