8 Bedford Close, Shillington, Hitchin SG5 3PL

Detached house · Built 1991-1995 · 83 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,285
per year at grade D
£850
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £896 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 October 2015£325,000
19 April 1996£86,000

Estimated today: £461,842 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bedford Close: 30 sales since 1995 · £382,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shillington Lower SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Gravenhurst AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
Meppershall Church of England AcademyPrimary1.2 mi
Samuel Whitbread AcademySecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Henlow Church of England AcademySecondary4.2 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
The Priory SchoolSecondary4.5 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

9.2
crimes a month
92
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017444, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bedford Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
66.1
average score
D
most common grade
-4.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.