East Hertfordshire
AL6 house prices in East Hertfordshire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for East Hertfordshire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£730,000
Range £380,000–£1,314,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2024 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in AL6: the typical (median) sold price is £730,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). AL6 is a quiet market, with about 12 recorded sales a month. By property type, 51% were detached homes (typically £890,000) and 24% were semi-detached homes (typically £610,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,455 a year: East Hertfordshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, East Hertfordshire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on AL6: a quiet market, so take your time
AL6 has seen just 250 sales since October 2024, which gives us little to generalise from, so read the middle figure with caution and the individual sales with interest.
If you are selling, most AL6 sales sit between £380,000 and £1,314,000, which makes £730,000 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; cash buyers typically offer around 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote), which only makes sense if certainty is worth that much to you.
Sell houseIf you are buying, on price, AL6 is well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Before an offer goes in on any AL6 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (22 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,455 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
With averages this broad, the free AL6 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
AL6 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£730,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
11.6
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,455
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in AL6
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in AL6 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £890,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £267,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 123 | £890,000 | £675,000–£1,590,000 |
| Semi-detached | 59 | £610,000 | £442,000–£892,000 |
| Terraced | 40 | £468,000 | £374,500–£693,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 20 | £267,000 | £197,900–£838,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2024 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in AL6
The quarterly typical price fell 7.2%, from £695,000 in Q4 2024 (26 sales) to £645,000 in Q3 2026 (10 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £695,000 | 26 |
| Q1 2025 | £758,311 | 58 |
| Q2 2025 | £755,000 | 21 |
| Q3 2025 | £844,250 | 32 |
| Q4 2025 | £702,500 | 46 |
| Q1 2026 | £693,000 | 31 |
| Q2 2026 | £715,000 | 26 |
| Q3 2026 | £645,000 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2024 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of AL6 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most AL6 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £380,000 and £1,314,000, around a typical £730,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2024 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in AL6
Detached homes were 51% of recorded sales (123 of 242). 92% of sales were freehold and 8% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached51%
- Semi-detached24%
- Terraced17%
- Flat / maisonette8%
Tenure
- Freehold92%
- Leasehold8%
See the figures
230 freehold (92%) and 20 leasehold (8%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in AL6, including 4 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2024 and 20 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
1, WHETSTONE CLOSE, WELWYN
£505,000 (2025)£850,000 (2026)+68.3% over 0.6 yrs (+146.3%/yr)
TEWIN WATER HOUSE, TEWIN WATER, WELWYN
£870,000 (2025)£835,000 (2025)-4% over 0.8 yrs (-5.3%/yr)
7, HARVEST COURT, WELWYN
£320,000 (2024)£399,950 (2025)+25% over 0.9 yrs (+29.5%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where AL6 sits in East Hertfordshire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in AL6
14, FIRWAY CLOSE, WELWYN
Detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£820,500
19, MORNINGTON, WELWYN
Detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£955,000
18, CODICOTE ROAD, WELWYN
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£415,000
59, UPPER GREEN, WELWYN
Detached · Freehold · 23 Jul 2026
£500,000
22, CODICOTE ROAD, WELWYN
Terraced · Freehold · 16 Jul 2026
£440,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). AL6 includes the Aston, Datchworth & Walkern ward.
In plain English
What the East Hertfordshire (AL6) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £890,000 against £267,000 for flats: about 3.3 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £380,000 and £1,314,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (92%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 12 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 31 October 2024 and 20 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on AL6
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in AL6
£2,455
Band D a year in East Hertfordshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 |
These are East Hertfordshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority AL6 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for East Hertfordshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near AL6
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Sherrardswood School.
All schools
Sherrardswood School
Independent schools · AL6 0BJ
636 m
Not graded
Oaklands Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL6 0PX
1.0 km
Good · 2023
Tenterfield Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · AL6 9JF
1.2 km
Outstanding · 2017
Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL6 9DJ
1.3 km
Outstanding · 2013
Knightsfield School
Academies · AL8 7LW
1.3 km
Outstanding · 2014
Monk's Walk School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · AL8 7NL
1.6 km
Good · 2014
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL8 7RF
1.7 km
Good · 2019
St John's CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL6 0BX
1.7 km
Good · 2013
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the AL6 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near AL6
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around AL6
22
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 20 October 2026.
Recent applications
WelwynHatfield/6/2025/1723/VARPermitted
436 m
Variation of condition 1 (External materials) & condition 5 (Approved plans) on planning permission 6/2023/0905/FULL
Received 2025-08-13 · decided 2025-10-28
WelwynHatfield/6/2023/0905/FULLPermitted
440 m
Erection of a farm storage/welfare building
Received 2023-04-27 · decided 2024-01-05
WelwynHatfield/6/2020/2652/FULLRejected
76 m
Increase the height of the existing telecommunications mast by 5 metres.
Received 2020-10-13 · decided 2021-03-03
WelwynHatfield/6/2018/0227/LBPermitted
40 m
Internal alterations in relation to the change of use from play room/meeting room (B1) to a 1-bedroom self-catered holiday let.
Received 2018-01-23 · decided 2018-03-21
WelwynHatfield/6/2018/0245/PN3Permitted
402 m
Prior approval for the erection of an agricultural building measuring 4.5m in length, 12.71 in breadth, 5.1m to the eaves and 6.6m to the ridge.
Received 2018-01-19 · decided 2018-02-15
WelwynHatfield/6/2018/0050/FULLPermitted
40 m
Change of use from play room/meeting room (Sui Generis) to a 1-bedroom self-catered holiday let.
Received 2018-01-05 · decided 2018-03-21
Applications are matched within 500 m of the AL6 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for AL6 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 22 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 20 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for AL6
Decile 8 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled AL6 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
AL6 9NQ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so AL6 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in AL6: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in AL6, band by band
East Hertfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the AL6 median sold price of £730,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearEast Hertfordshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £730,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 | £136 | 0.22% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 | £159 | 0.26% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 | £182 | 0.30% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 | £205 | 0.34% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 | £250 | 0.41% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 | £296 | 0.49% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 | £341 | 0.56% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 | £409 | 0.67% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the AL6 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, East Hertfordshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in AL6 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 245 distinct addresses in the records we hold for AL6. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
14, FIRWAY CLOSE, WELWYN
AL6 0RE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£820,500
2026-08-20
19, MORNINGTON, WELWYN
AL6 0AJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£955,000
2026-08-20
18, CODICOTE ROAD, WELWYN
AL6 9NQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-07
59, UPPER GREEN, WELWYN
AL6 0LX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-07-23
22, CODICOTE ROAD, WELWYN
AL6 9NQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-07-16
49, LONDON ROAD, WELWYN
AL6 9HY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-07-10
9, CANONSFIELD, WELWYN
AL6 0QB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£791,339
2026-07-10
36, CANONSFIELD ROAD, WELWYN
AL6 0QA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,200,000
2026-07-10
2, THE LIMBERLOST, WELWYN
AL6 9TS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£710,000
2026-07-03
5, TUDOR ROAD, WELWYN
AL6 9JU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-07-03
7, BECKET GARDENS, WELWYN
AL6 9JE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-06-30
20, ROMAN WAY, WELWYN
AL6 9RJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£780,000
2026-06-26
17, ROBBERY BOTTOM LANE, WELWYN
AL6 0UL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£775,000
2026-06-19
18, WELWYN HALL GARDENS, WELWYN
AL6 9LF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£607,500
2026-06-19
8, HAMMOND CLOSE, WELWYN
AL6 9FH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£412,000
2026-06-19
15, THE CHASE, WELWYN
AL6 0QT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£630,000
2026-06-08
3, HIGH STREET, WELWYN
AL6 9EE · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-06-05
1, VERA LANE, WELWYN
AL6 0EW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,895,000
2026-06-02
1, WHETSTONE CLOSE, WELWYN
AL6 0QW · Detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£850,000
2026-06-02
TEWIN WATER FARM, HERTFORD ROAD, WELWYN
AL6 0BH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£835,000
2026-05-29
26, CANONSFIELD, WELWYN
AL6 0QD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£700,000
2026-05-28
34, BUTTERWICK WAY, WELWYN
AL6 9GH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£730,000
2026-05-28
18, MIMRAM ROAD, WELWYN
AL6 9HA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£435,000
2026-05-28
2, WOODSIDE ROAD, WELWYN
AL6 0DR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£271,000
2026-05-25
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Nearby
Postcode districts near AL6
The closest districts to AL6 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in AL8 (Welwyn Garden City) 2 miles
- House prices in SG3 (Knebworth) 2.1 miles
- House prices in AL7 (Welwyn Garden City) 2.5 miles
- House prices in SG2 (Stevenage) 4.7 miles
- House prices in SG14 (Hertford) 4.8 miles
- House prices in AL10 (Hatfield) 5.2 miles
- House prices in SG1 (Stevenage) 5.6 miles
- House prices in AL4 (St Albans) 5.7 miles
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Data sources
Every AL6 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.