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Orchard Road, Hitchin

MyStreetCheck free street report: Orchard Road, Hitchin · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/hitchin-hertfordshire/orchard-road/

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

Average price (last 12 months)
£441,250
4 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£423,554
31 sales
Price range
£304k – £516k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
10 Sep 2026
SG4 0BP

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At a glance

House prices£441k average14% below the Hitchin average CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station9 min walkHitchin station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 31 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 Orchard Road, Hitchin have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 4 homes sold here for an average of £441,250. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £419,430. Average sale prices rose from £359,415 in 2016 to £458,333 in 2026 (+28%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 14% below the Hitchin average of £512,005 over the same period. 9 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 9 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 87% terraced, 13% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Orchard Road range from £304,000 to £516,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 124 streets in Hitchin with at least two sales in the last year, Orchard Road ranks 71st for average price.

House prices on Orchard Road compared

Orchard Road£441,250
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: £359,415 (5 sales)2016£359k2017: £394,583 (6 sales)2017£395k2018: £431,000 (2 sales)2018£431k2019: £412,000 (1 sales)2019£412k2021: £430,000 (2 sales)2021£430k2022: £474,020 (5 sales)2022£474k2024: £449,625 (4 sales)2024£450k2025: £429,333 (3 sales)2025£429k2026: £458,333 (3 sales)2026£458k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 31 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Terraced27£419,43010 Sep 2026
Semi-detached4£451,39424 Jun 2021

Sold prices on Orchard Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
6, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 10 Sep 2026£435,000 TerracedFreehold
37, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 31 Jul 2026£500,000 TerracedFreehold
23, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 29 May 2026£440,000 TerracedFreehold
22, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 28 Nov 2025£390,000 TerracedFreehold
34, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 18 Sep 2025£500,000 TerracedFreehold
21, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 1 Aug 2025£398,000 TerracedFreehold
15, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 16 Dec 2024£471,500 TerracedFreehold
33, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 25 Oct 2024£450,000 TerracedFreehold
39, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 26 Jul 2024£425,000 TerracedFreehold
Orchard House, 11A, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 1 Mar 2024£452,000 TerracedFreehold
48, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 29 Sep 2022£465,000 TerracedFreehold
30, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 16 Sep 2022£463,100 TerracedFreehold
37, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 20 Jul 2022£476,000 TerracedFreehold
28, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 26 Jan 2022£516,000 TerracedFreehold
34, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 19 Jan 2022£450,000 TerracedFreehold
59, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 24 Jun 2021£470,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
6, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 16 Apr 2021£390,000 TerracedFreehold
26, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 29 Mar 2019£412,000 TerracedFreehold
23, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 28 Nov 2018£382,000 TerracedFreehold
68, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 19 Sep 2018£480,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
27, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 12 Dec 2017£354,000 TerracedFreehold
28, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 3 Nov 2017£435,000 TerracedFreehold
6, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 3 Nov 2017£360,000 TerracedFreehold
59, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 13 Oct 2017£435,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
3, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 28 Apr 2017£440,000 TerracedFreehold
39, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 28 Apr 2017£343,500 TerracedFreehold
26, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 17 Oct 2016£352,250 TerracedFreehold
49, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 1 Sep 2016£420,575 Semi-detachedFreehold
33, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 20 Jul 2016£350,250 TerracedFreehold
24, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 18 Mar 2016£370,000 TerracedFreehold
28, Orchard Road SG4 0BP 24 Feb 2016£304,000 TerracedFreehold

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
6, Orchard Road £360,000 (Nov 2017) → £390,000 (Apr 2021) → £435,000 (Sep 2026) +21%
over 9 yrs
37, Orchard Road £476,000 (Jul 2022) → £500,000 (Jul 2026) +5%
over 4 yrs
23, Orchard Road £382,000 (Nov 2018) → £440,000 (May 2026) +15%
over 7 yrs
34, Orchard Road £450,000 (Jan 2022) → £500,000 (Sep 2025) +11%
over 4 yrs
33, Orchard Road £350,250 (Jul 2016) → £450,000 (Oct 2024) +28%
over 8 yrs
39, Orchard Road £343,500 (Apr 2017) → £425,000 (Jul 2024) +24%
over 7 yrs
28, Orchard Road £304,000 (Feb 2016) → £435,000 (Nov 2017) → £516,000 (Jan 2022) +70%
over 6 yrs
59, Orchard Road £435,000 (Oct 2017) → £470,000 (Jun 2021) +8%
over 4 yrs
26, Orchard Road £352,250 (Oct 2016) → £412,000 (Mar 2019) +17%
over 2 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Orchard Road

Crime

106 crimes were reported within about a mile of Orchard Road in August 2026.

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

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Lower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences38
Anti-social behaviour31
Criminal damage & arson6
Other theft6
Shoplifting6
Public order5

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

Flood risk

Orchard Road 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 Orchard Road

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
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 234 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.6 mi
William Ransom Primary School 419 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.8 mi
York Road Nursery School 108 pupils Nursery 2–5 Report 0.9 mi
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School 198 pupils Primary 3–7 Report 0.9 mi
Hitchin Girls' School 1,357 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.9 mi
Our Lady Catholic Primary School 173 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 5–11 Good Report 0.9 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 0.5 mi · 9 min walk
  • Letchworth Garden City station 1.9 mi · 38 min walk
  • Baldock station 3.8 mi · 1 hr 16 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • East Close (adj, Highover Way) 2 min walk
  • Orchard Road (adj, Woolgrove Road) 2 min walk
  • Orchard Road (opp, Woolgrove Road) 2 min walk
  • Highover Way (SE-bound, Sturgeon's Way) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Regal Chambers Surgery
    50 Bancroft, Hitchin · 0.9 mi
  • Bancroft Medical Centre
    Bancroft Court, 30-35 Bancroft, Hitchin · 1.0 mi
  • The Portmill Surgery
    114 Queen Street, Hitchin · 1.0 mi
  • Hertfordshire Special Allocation Scheme
    The Treatment Centre, Portmill House, Hitchin · 1.0 mi

Supermarkets

  • Sainsburys Local Sainsbury's Cambridge Road · 0.3 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Hitchin Station Lyon Express · 0.5 mi
  • Asda Express Asda Nightingale Express Petrol · 0.6 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Hitchin · 0.9 mi

Pharmacies

  • Bancroft Pharmacy · 0.9 mi
  • Carerx · 0.9 mi
  • Bell Chemist · 1.0 mi

Dentists

  • Mr N F Faryad · 0.8 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.9 mi
  • The Vernon Dental Practice · 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 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.

Income6 of 10
Employment6 of 10
Education and skills7 of 10
Health and disability7 of 10
Crime7 of 10
Access to housing and services9 of 10
Living environment7 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned63.7%62.5%
Private rented13.8%20.3%
Social rented22.5%17.1%
Households702

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1519.3%17.4%
Aged 15–6467.9%64.1%
Aged 65+12.8%18.6%
Residents1,742

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 Orchard Road

Ethnic group

HereNorth Hertfordshire
White81.3%87.6%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.6%5.2%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.8%2.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%3.7%
Other ethnic group2.5%1.1%

Religion

HereNorth Hertfordshire
No religion51.3%44.5%
Christian34.9%43.8%
Not answered4.9%6%
Sikh3%1.7%
Muslim2.9%1.6%
Hindu1.1%1.1%
Buddhist0.8%0.5%
Other religion0.8%0.6%

Country of birth

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Born in the UK86.1%88.4%
Born outside the UK13.9%11.6%

Highest qualification

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Level 4 qualifications and above41.4%41.5%
No qualifications15.1%13.6%
Level 3 qualifications14.6%15.5%
Level 2 qualifications11.3%13.3%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%9.3%
Apprenticeship4.8%4.5%
Other qualifications2.2%2.3%

General health

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Very good health51.9%50.6%
Good health33.1%34%
Fair health11.2%11.5%
Bad health2.8%3.1%
Very bad health1%0.8%

Cars or vans per household

HereNorth Hertfordshire
1 car or van in household48.4%42.9%
2 cars or vans in household29%30.6%
No cars or vans in household14.9%15.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household7.7%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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