WD17 1BU, Watford

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Average sold price

£376,669

50 recorded sales since 2016

Last 12 months

–

0 sales

Council tax (Band D)

£2,447

Watford

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Sold prices in WD17 1BU

Address	Date	Price	Type
5, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	30 Sep 2025	£455,000	Flat
46, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 Mar 2025	£350,000	Flat
13, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	31 Jan 2024	£300,000	Flat
1, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£450,000	Flat New build
5, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£550,000	Flat New build
11, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£450,000	Flat New build
16, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£450,000	Flat New build
18, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£475,000	Flat New build
26, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£475,000	Flat New build
27, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£475,000	Flat New build
28, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£325,000	Flat New build
33, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£450,000	Flat New build
34, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£475,000	Flat New build
36, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£325,000	Flat New build
35, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£475,000	Flat New build
37, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£325,000	Flat New build
40, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£325,000	Flat New build
42, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£475,000	Flat New build
43, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£475,000	Flat New build
44, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 May 2023	£325,000	Flat New build
47, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	2 Feb 2022	£330,000	Flat New build
29, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	18 Jan 2022	£295,000	Flat New build
25, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	17 Dec 2021	£399,000	Flat New build
41, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	7 Dec 2021	£400,200	Flat New build
39, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	29 Oct 2021	£304,623	Flat New build
38, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	29 Oct 2021	£304,623	Flat New build
31, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	29 Oct 2021	£304,623	Flat New build
30, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	29 Oct 2021	£304,623	Flat New build
22, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	29 Oct 2021	£304,623	Flat New build
24, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	29 Oct 2021	£304,623	Flat New build
45, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	28 Sep 2021	£300,000	Flat New build
46, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	27 Aug 2021	£320,000	Flat New build
15, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	13 Aug 2021	£281,000	Flat New build
9, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	30 Jun 2021	£323,000	Flat New build
6, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	29 Jun 2021	£510,000	Flat New build
7, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	12 Mar 2021	£320,000	Flat New build
3, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	22 Feb 2021	£527,000	Flat New build
10, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	15 Feb 2021	£285,000	Flat New build
12, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	15 Feb 2021	£295,000	Flat New build
14, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	15 Feb 2021	£285,000	Flat New build
19, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	15 Feb 2021	£295,000	Flat New build
20, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	15 Feb 2021	£295,000	Flat New build
23, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	15 Feb 2021	£295,000	Flat New build
2, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	29 Jan 2021	£541,000	Flat New build
32, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	15 Dec 2020	£340,000	Flat New build
8, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	30 Nov 2020	£323,000	Flat New build
21, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	27 Nov 2020	£336,500	Flat New build
4, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	30 Oct 2020	£530,000	Flat New build
13, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	20 Oct 2020	£335,000	Flat New build
17, Orchid Court, 1, West Street	19 Aug 2020	£440,000	Flat New build

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Tenure: 0% freehold, 100% leasehold.

Streets in WD17 1BU

West Street£280k

Schools near WD17 1BU

School	Type	Ofsted	Distance
Lanchester Primary School	Primary	–	0.3 mi
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School	Primary	–	0.3 mi
Central Primary School	Primary	Requires improvement	0.6 mi
Chater Junior School	Primary	–	0.6 mi
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School	Primary	Good	0.6 mi
Nascot Wood Junior School	Primary	Outstanding	0.7 mi

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Living in WD17 1BU

Nearest stations

Watford Junction station 0.2 mi · 4 min walk
Watford Junction station 0.2 mi · 4 min walk
Watford High Street station 0.8 mi · 16 min walk

Supermarkets

Sainsburys 0.3 mi
The Co-operative Food 0.5 mi
Marks and Spencer 0.6 mi
Tesco Express 0.6 mi

Pharmacies

Hintons Pharmacy 0.3 mi
John Davis Pharmacy 0.4 mi
Sigcare Internet Pharmacy 0.5 mi

Dentists

Ora Dental Group 0.1 mi
Novocare Dental 0.2 mi
Watford Orthodontic Practice 0.3 mi

GP surgeries

Suthergrey House Medical Centre 0.2 mi
The Elms Surgery 0.2 mi
Watford Health Centre 0.4 mi

Mobile signal

4G indoors from all four networks: 100% of homes in Watford (England & Wales 89%).

Source: Ofcom, Jul 2025.

Deprivation

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Decile 7 of 10 (10 = least deprived), English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Income	6 of 10
Employment	7 of 10
Education and skills	9 of 10
Health and disability	7 of 10
Crime	6 of 10
Access to housing and services	5 of 10
Living environment	3 of 10

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

Who lives in WD17 1BU

Ethnic group

	Here	Watford
White	67.9%	60.9%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	16.5%	24.5%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	6.9%	6.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	4.7%	4.7%
Other ethnic group	4.1%	3.6%

Religion

	Here	Watford
Christian	45.2%	44.5%
No religion	31.6%	24.8%
Hindu	8.4%	8.2%
Muslim	5.7%	13%
Not answered	5%	6.2%
Buddhist	1.2%	1%
Jewish	1%	0.9%
Sikh	1%	–

Country of birth

	Here	Watford
Born in the UK	63.3%	66%
Born outside the UK	36.7%	34%

Highest qualification

	Here	Watford
Level 4 qualifications and above	51.1%	41.1%
No qualifications	13.9%	15.9%
Level 3 qualifications	11.7%	14.4%
Level 2 qualifications	10.3%	12.3%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	6.4%	9.2%
Other qualifications	3.4%	3%
Apprenticeship	3.2%	4.1%

General health

	Here	Watford
Very good health	52.8%	52.4%
Good health	32.6%	33.5%
Fair health	10.3%	10.4%
Bad health	3.1%	2.9%
Very bad health	1.2%	0.8%

Occupation

	Here	Watford
Professional occupations	29.5%	23.2%
Managers, directors and senior officials	16.1%	12.7%
Associate professional and technical occupations	15.4%	13.5%
Elementary occupations	8.8%	10.1%
Administrative and secretarial occupations	7.9%	9.3%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations	6.9%	8.6%
Skilled trades occupations	6.6%	9.3%
Sales and customer service occupations	5%	7.1%
Process, plant and machine operatives	4%	6.1%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	Watford
1 car or van in household	47%	44.5%
No cars or vans in household	33.3%	22.4%
2 cars or vans in household	16.4%	25.3%
3 or more cars or vans in household	3.2%	7.8%

Economic activity

	Here	Watford
Economically active (excluding full-time students)	68.3%	66.7%
Economically inactive	29.6%	30.9%
Economically active and a full-time student	2.1%	2.4%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

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