Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead, St Albans

MyStreetCheck free street report: Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead, St Albans · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/st-albans/gustard-wood/

House prices, sold prices and local information for AL4 8RP, AL4 8RR, AL4 8LA.

Average price (last 12 months)

£1,037,500

3 sales

Average price (since 2016)

£1,054,611

18 sales

Price range

£400k – £3.43m

lowest to highest sale

Last sale

8 May 2026

AL4 8RR

Free, no sign-up. Other sites charge up to £25.

At a glance

House prices£1.04m average62% above the St Albans average CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 90% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 10 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station50 min walkHarpenden station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband20% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 20 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

18 property sales on Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead, St Albans have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 3 homes sold here for an average of £1,037,500. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £622,063. That is 62% above the St Albans average of £641,180 over the same period. 3 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 3 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 44% terraced, 28% detached, 28% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Gustard Wood range from £400,000 to £3,425,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 280 streets in St Albans with at least two sales in the last year, Gustard Wood ranks 24th for average price, putting it in the top 10%.

House prices on Gustard Wood compared

Gustard Wood£1,037,500

AL4 postcode area£681,531

St Albans£641,180

England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all AL4 house prices.

Average sale price by year

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 20 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

Type	Sales	Average price	Last sold
Terraced	8	£622,063	8 May 2026
Detached	5	£1,797,200	28 Sep 2022
Semi-detached	5	£1,004,100	8 Apr 2026

Sold prices on Gustard Wood

Address	Date	Price	Type	Tenure
30, Gustard Wood AL4 8RR	8 May 2026	£712,000	Terraced	Freehold
25, Gustard Wood AL4 8RR	8 Apr 2026	£1,100,500	Semi-detached	Freehold
Applethwaite, Gustard Wood AL4 8LA	2 Apr 2026	£1,300,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
20, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	25 Oct 2024	£530,000	Terraced	Freehold
10, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	10 Sep 2024	£1,125,000	Terraced	Freehold
36, Gustard Wood AL4 8RR	16 Aug 2024	£849,000	Terraced	Freehold
11, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	29 Jul 2024	£465,000	Terraced	Freehold
24, Gustard Wood AL4 8RR	20 Oct 2023	£950,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
1, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	28 Sep 2022	£3,425,000	Detached	Freehold
Hunters Lodge, 17, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	3 Aug 2022	£3,471,021	Detached	Freehold
Cherry Tree Cottage, Gustard Wood AL4 8LA	26 Apr 2022	£1,531,000	Detached	Freehold
Dapplewood House, Gustard Wood AL4 8LA	1 Apr 2021	£1,380,000	Detached	Freehold
Applethwaite, Gustard Wood AL4 8LA	5 Mar 2021	£1,000,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
6, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	4 Jul 2019	£1,200,000	Detached	Freehold
24, Gustard Wood AL4 8RR	24 Aug 2018	£670,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
20, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	3 May 2018	£470,500	Terraced	Freehold
33, Gustard Wood AL4 8RR	13 Mar 2018	£1,400,000	Other	Freehold
21, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	1 Dec 2017	£425,000	Terraced	Freehold
2, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	2 Feb 2017	£1,450,000	Detached	Freehold
20, Gustard Wood AL4 8RP	18 May 2016	£400,000	Terraced	Freehold

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

Address	Sales	Change
Applethwaite, Gustard Wood	£1,000,000 (Mar 2021) → £1,300,000 (Apr 2026)	+30% over 5 yrs
20, Gustard Wood	£400,000 (May 2016) → £470,500 (May 2018) → £530,000 (Oct 2024)	+33% over 8 yrs
24, Gustard Wood	£670,000 (Aug 2018) → £950,000 (Oct 2023)	+42% over 5 yrs

Buying on Gustard Wood?

Schools near Gustard Wood

School	Type	Ages	Ofsted	Distance
Kimpton Primary School 133 pupils	Primary	3–11	Good Report	1.3 mi
Katherine Warington School 1,113 pupils	Secondary	11–19	Good Report	1.5 mi
Batford Nursery School 72 pupils	Nursery	3–5	Report	1.6 mi
Sauncey Wood Primary School 147 pupils	Primary	4–11	Report	1.6 mi
St Helen's Church of England Primary School 184 pupils	Primary Church of England	4–11	Report	1.6 mi
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery 171 pupils	Primary	3–11	Good Report	1.8 mi
Aldwickbury School 333 pupils	Other independent school	3–13	Report	1.9 mi
High Beeches Primary School 420 pupils	Primary	5–11	Report	2.0 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

Harpenden station 2.5 mi · 50 min walk
Welwyn Garden City station 4.7 mi · 1 hr 34 min walk
Welwyn North station 4.7 mi · 1 hr 34 min walk

Nearest bus stops

The Slype (nr, Kimpton Road) 2 min walk
The Slype (opp, Lamer Lane) 3 min walk
The Broadway (opp, Kimpton Road) 4 min walk
The Broadway (adj, Kimpton Road) 4 min walk

GP surgeries

Elms Medical Practice
5 Stewart Road, Harpenden · 2.4 mi
Davenport House Surgery
Davenport House, Bowers Way, Harpenden · 2.6 mi
Village Surgery
Amenbury Lane, Harpenden · 2.7 mi
Whitwell Surgery
60 High Street, Whitwell, Hitchin · 3.1 mi

Supermarkets

Budgens Budgens Kimpton · 1.3 mi
Tesco Express Tesco Wheathampstead Express · 1.4 mi
Tesco Express Esso Tesco Harpenden Esso Express · 1.8 mi
The Co-operative Food Co-op Batford · 1.8 mi

Pharmacies

Manor Pharmacy · 1.4 mi
Manor Pharmacy · 2.5 mi

Dentists

Dental Surgery · 1.4 mi
Marford Road Dental Surgery · 1.6 mi
Special Care Dental · 2.4 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

12345678910

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.

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

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

Homes

	Here	Eng & Wales
Owned	86.0%	62.5%
Private rented	8.6%	20.3%
Social rented	5.4%	17.1%
Households	559

People

	Here	Eng & Wales
Under 15	16.1%	17.4%
Aged 15–64	54.6%	64.1%
Aged 65+	29.3%	18.6%
Residents	1,404

Broadband

	Here	UK
Superfast (30Mbit+)	75%	95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)	20%	80%
Gigabit-capable	20%	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

	Here	Eng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks	97%	89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network	100%	100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks	100%	99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks	97%	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.

Energy ratings and home sizes on Gustard Wood

Loading energy certificates…

Who lives around Gustard Wood

Ethnic group

	Here	St Albans
White	94.2%	83.6%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	2.8%	8.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.4%	4.3%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	0.6%	2.1%
Other ethnic group	0%	1.8%

Religion

	Here	St Albans
Christian	58.1%	47.4%
No religion	32.3%	37.1%
Not answered	5.3%	6.1%
Jewish	1.6%	1.5%
Muslim	1.1%	4.7%
Hindu	0.9%	1.8%
Buddhist	0.4%	0.5%
Other religion	0.3%	0.5%

Country of birth

	Here	St Albans
Born in the UK	91.7%	83%
Born outside the UK	8.3%	17%

Highest qualification

	Here	St Albans
Level 4 qualifications and above	55.7%	53%
Level 2 qualifications	13.3%	11.5%
Level 3 qualifications	13.1%	13.1%
No qualifications	7.1%	10.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	5.6%	6.7%
Other qualifications	2.8%	2.1%
Apprenticeship	2.4%	3.4%

General health

	Here	St Albans
Very good health	55.2%	57.5%
Good health	33.3%	30.3%
Fair health	9.4%	9.1%
Bad health	1.7%	2.4%
Very bad health	0.4%	0.6%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	St Albans
2 cars or vans in household	43.8%	32.4%
1 car or van in household	27%	44.1%
3 or more cars or vans in household	23.6%	10.7%
No cars or vans in household	5.7%	12.8%

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.

Planning and heritage near Gustard Wood

Checking conservation areas, listed buildings and other designations…

Noise, radon and ground hazards

Checking…

Planning applications near Gustard Wood

Recent planning applications around Gustard Wood from the council's planning register. Choose how far to look:

Checking recent planning applications…

Thinking of selling on Gustard Wood?

What's my home worth?

Get an instant estimate from what you paid and how prices in St Albans have moved since.

Estimate my home's value

Council tax here

St Albans Band D is £2,419 a year (Band A £1,613). See every band.

What's it like living on Gustard Wood?

No reviews yet. Live here, or used to? Be the first to say what it's like.

Write a review of Gustard Wood

Nearby streets in AL4

See all streets in St Albans All streets in AL4