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Cottonmill Lane, St Albans

MyStreetCheck free street report: Cottonmill Lane, St Albans · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/st-albans/cottonmill-lane/

House prices, sold prices and local information for AL1 2EP, AL1 2EX, AL1 2BB.

Average price (last 12 months)
£585,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£600,142
46 sales
Price range
£250k – £1.3m
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
8 Jul 2026
AL1 2ET

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At a glance

House prices£600k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 70% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 10 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station11 min walkSt Albans Abbey station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold92% freeholdAcross 48 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

46 property sales on Cottonmill Lane, St Albans have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £585,000. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £612,588. 10 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 63% semi-detached, 22% terraced, 9% flat. Recorded sale prices on Cottonmill Lane range from £250,000 to £1,300,000. 92% of homes sold here were freehold and 8% leasehold.

House prices on Cottonmill Lane compared

AL1 postcode area£636,421
St Albans£641,180
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Cottonmill Lane has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all AL1 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £493,000 (6 sales)2016£493k2017: £587,625 (8 sales)2017£588k2018: £537,500 (2 sales)2018£538k2019: £467,000 (5 sales)2019£467k2020: £650,917 (6 sales)2020£651k2021: £645,000 (4 sales)2021£645k2022: £728,310 (5 sales)2022£728k2024: £572,500 (5 sales)2024£573k2025: £740,750 (4 sales)2025£741k2026: £585,000 (1 sales)2026£585k

Tenure: 92% freehold and 8% leasehold across 48 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached29£612,58816 Oct 2025
Terraced10£574,0008 Jul 2026
Flat4£279,12525 Nov 2024
Detached3£995,00010 Jun 2022

Sold prices on Cottonmill Lane

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
65, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2ET 8 Jul 2026£585,000 TerracedFreehold
69, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2ET 16 Oct 2025£865,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
27, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BT 25 Jun 2025£890,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
94, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 27 Mar 2025£578,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Laundry Cottage, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2HE 21 Feb 2025£630,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
100, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 24 Jan 2025£706,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
3, Howard Court, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BQ 25 Nov 2024£302,500 FlatLeasehold
Dhobi Lodge, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2HE 21 Oct 2024£550,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
103, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2ET 8 Jul 2024£860,000 TerracedFreehold
56, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 8 Jul 2024£550,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
62, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 15 Feb 2024£600,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
56, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 27 Apr 2023£515,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 1, Bloomsbury Court, 102, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EY 22 Nov 2022£287,000 FlatLeasehold
129, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EX 30 Sep 2022£545,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BB 10 Jun 2022£1,300,000 DetachedFreehold
147, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EX 18 Feb 2022£730,000 TerracedFreehold
30, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BB 5 Jan 2022£779,550 Semi-detachedFreehold
The Ver, Cottonmill Lane AL1 1HJ 28 Sep 2021£775,000 DetachedFreehold
50, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BB 19 Jul 2021£780,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
12, Cottonmill Lane AL1 1HN 24 Jun 2021£550,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
86, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 2 Mar 2021£475,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
120, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EZ 17 Nov 2020£535,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
147, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EX 20 Aug 2020£625,000 TerracedFreehold
25, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BT 14 Aug 2020£700,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
39, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BT 24 Jun 2020£690,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
171, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EX 1 Jun 2020£631,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
52, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BB 10 Jan 2020£724,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
149, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EX 15 Nov 2019£480,000 TerracedFreehold
Flat 1, Bloomsbury Court, 102, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EY 28 Oct 2019£250,000 FlatLeasehold
40, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BB 6 Sep 2019£710,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
62, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 11 Apr 2019£470,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
69, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2ET 28 Feb 2019£425,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
73, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2ET 26 Nov 2018£560,000 TerracedFreehold
127, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EX 6 Sep 2018£515,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
66, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 1 Dec 2017£569,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BQ 10 Oct 2017£620,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
50, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BB 30 Aug 2017£650,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
124, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EZ 24 Jul 2017£430,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
171, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EX 23 Jun 2017£675,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 3, Bloomsbury Court, 102, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EY 7 Jun 2017£277,000 FlatLeasehold
92, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 2 Jun 2017£570,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BB 24 Feb 2017£910,000 DetachedFreehold
136, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EZ 4 Nov 2016£495,000 TerracedFreehold
110, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EY 12 Jul 2016£455,000 TerracedFreehold
18, Cottonmill Lane AL1 1HN 30 Jun 2016£440,000 TerracedFreehold
92, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EP 16 Jun 2016£423,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
155, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2EX 12 May 2016£510,000 TerracedFreehold
25, Cottonmill Lane AL1 2BT 6 Jan 2016£635,000 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
69, Cottonmill Lane £425,000 (Feb 2019) → £865,000 (Oct 2025) +104%
over 7 yrs
56, Cottonmill Lane £515,000 (Apr 2023) → £550,000 (Jul 2024) +7%
over 1 yr
62, Cottonmill Lane £470,000 (Apr 2019) → £600,000 (Feb 2024) +28%
over 5 yrs
Flat 1, Bloomsbury Court, 102, Cottonmill Lane £250,000 (Oct 2019) → £287,000 (Nov 2022) +15%
over 3 yrs
28, Cottonmill Lane £910,000 (Feb 2017) → £1,300,000 (Jun 2022) +43%
over 5 yrs
147, Cottonmill Lane £625,000 (Aug 2020) → £730,000 (Feb 2022) +17%
over 1 yr
50, Cottonmill Lane £650,000 (Aug 2017) → £780,000 (Jul 2021) +20%
over 4 yrs
25, Cottonmill Lane £635,000 (Jan 2016) → £700,000 (Aug 2020) +10%
over 5 yrs
171, Cottonmill Lane £675,000 (Jun 2017) → £631,000 (Jun 2020) -7%
over 3 yrs
92, Cottonmill Lane £423,000 (Jun 2016) → £570,000 (Jun 2017) +35%
over under a year

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Schools near Cottonmill Lane

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Mandeville Primary School 340 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.3 mi
St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School 194 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Report 0.5 mi
Watling View School 115 pupils Community special school 2–19 Report 0.5 mi
St Peter's School 392 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.5 mi
St Albans Independent College 70 pupils Other independent school 14–19 Report 0.6 mi
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans 189 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
The Marlborough Science Academy 1,337 pupils Secondary 11–18 Good Report 0.7 mi
St Columba's College 822 pupils Other independent school Roman Catholic 4–19 Report 0.8 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

  • St Albans Abbey station 0.6 mi · 11 min walk
  • St Albans City station 0.8 mi · 16 min walk
  • Park Street station 1.0 mi · 21 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Abbots Avenue (SW-bound, Abbots Avenue) 1 min walk
  • Monks Close (nr, Cottonmill Lane) 2 min walk
  • Holyrood Crescent (N-bound, Holyrood Crescent) 4 min walk
  • Trumpington Drive (N-bound, Trumpington Drive) 5 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Hatfield Road Surgery
    2 The Parade, Ellis House, St. Albans · 0.6 mi
  • Maltings Surgery
    8-14 Victoria Street, St Albans · 0.9 mi
  • Harvey Group Practice
    13-15 Russell Avenue, St. Albans · 1.1 mi
  • Midway Surgery
    93 Watford Road, St. Albans · 1.1 mi

Supermarkets

  • Aldi Aldi Graham Close St Albans · 0.4 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys St Albans · 0.4 mi
  • Asda Express Asda St Albans Express Petro · 0.6 mi
  • Marks and Spencer BP M&S St Albans Mount BP · 0.8 mi

Pharmacies

  • Imed Pharmacy · 0.6 mi
  • Maltings Jade Pharmacy · 0.9 mi
  • St Albans Pharmacy · 0.9 mi

Dentists

  • Family Dental Practice · 0.5 mi
  • Family Dental Practice · 0.5 mi
  • Priory Park Dentalcare · 0.5 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
Employment10 of 10
Education and skills10 of 10
Health and disability10 of 10
Crime8 of 10
Access to housing and services10 of 10
Living environment5 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned80.9%62.5%
Private rented12.4%20.3%
Social rented6.7%17.1%
Households628

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1523.3%17.4%
Aged 15–6464.1%64.1%
Aged 65+12.6%18.6%
Residents1,622

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 networks97%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks97%92%

Share of homes across St Albans 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 Cottonmill Lane

Ethnic group

HereSt Albans
White86.5%83.6%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.2%8.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.4%4.3%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%2.1%
Other ethnic group0.3%1.8%

Religion

HereSt Albans
No religion44.7%37.1%
Christian40.9%47.4%
Not answered7.2%6.1%
Muslim3.8%4.7%
Jewish1.4%1.5%
Hindu1%1.8%
Other religion0.7%0.5%
Buddhist0.4%0.5%

Country of birth

HereSt Albans
Born in the UK83.1%83%
Born outside the UK16.9%17%

Highest qualification

HereSt Albans
Level 4 qualifications and above62.7%53%
Level 3 qualifications11.7%13.1%
Level 2 qualifications8.7%11.5%
No qualifications7.4%10.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.1%6.7%
Apprenticeship2.4%3.4%
Other qualifications0.9%2.1%

General health

HereSt Albans
Very good health61%57.5%
Good health28.6%30.3%
Fair health8.4%9.1%
Bad health1.7%2.4%
Very bad health0.4%0.6%

Cars or vans per household

HereSt Albans
1 car or van in household54.6%44.1%
2 cars or vans in household27.2%32.4%
No cars or vans in household13.3%12.8%
3 or more cars or vans in household4.9%10.7%

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 St Albans.

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