Welwyn Hatfield
AL7 house prices in Welwyn Hatfield
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Welwyn Hatfield, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£398,500
Range £215,000–£570,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Dec 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in AL7: the typical (median) sold price is £398,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). AL7 is an active market, with about 29 recorded sales a month. By property type, 44% were terraced homes (typically £415,000) and 31% were flats (typically £240,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,452 a year: Welwyn Hatfield's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Welwyn Hatfield, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on AL7: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
AL7 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 29 sales a month, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
When selling here, most sales in AL7 fell between £215,000 and £570,000, so check where your home would sit among the recent sales before choosing a number; roughly 29 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseFor buyers, on price, AL7 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.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (734 applications on record within 500 m), whether it is freehold or leasehold and long-term flood risk; your conveyancer should look at the title too.
Next step: the free AL7 OfferCheck, which sets flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools next to these prices, with every source named.
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At a glance
AL7 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£398,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
29.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,452
A year
On the map
Where AL7 sits in Welwyn Hatfield
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in AL7
32, APPLETREE WAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Terraced · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£576,000
18, CYPRESS AVENUE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£630,000
9, AUTUMN GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Terraced · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£390,000
13 - 17, COLE GREEN LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Other · Leasehold · 10 Aug 2026
£1,250,000
11, SANDPIT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£405,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). AL7 includes the Haldens ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in AL7
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in AL7 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £625,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £240,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 17 | £625,000 | £490,900–£751,800 |
| Semi-detached | 43 | £487,500 | £388,000–£575,000 |
| Terraced | 109 | £415,000 | £330,000–£501,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 76 | £240,000 | £137,875–£302,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Dec 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in AL7
The quarterly typical price rose 10.4%, from £385,000 in Q4 2025 (36 sales) to £425,000 in Q3 2026 (32 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £385,000 | 36 |
| Q1 2026 | £380,000 | 93 |
| Q2 2026 | £405,000 | 89 |
| Q3 2026 | £425,000 | 32 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Dec 2025 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of AL7 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most AL7 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £215,000 and £570,000, around a typical £398,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Dec 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in AL7
Terraced homes were 44% of recorded sales (109 of 245). 69% of sales were freehold and 31% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached7%
- Semi-detached18%
- Terraced44%
- Flat / maisonette31%
Tenure
- Freehold69%
- Leasehold31%
See the figures
172 freehold (69%) and 78 leasehold (31%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in AL7. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Dec 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Welwyn Hatfield (AL7) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £625,000 against £240,000 for flats: about 2.6 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- 31% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 29 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 5 December 2025 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 AL7
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 AL7
£2,452
Band D a year in Welwyn Hatfield, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,635 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,907 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,180 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,452 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,997 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,542 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,087 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,905 |
These are Welwyn Hatfield's charges for 2026-27, the authority AL7 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 Welwyn Hatfield · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near AL7
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School.
All schools
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL7 3JP
223 m
Requires improvement · 2023
Ludwick Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · AL7 3RP
659 m
Outstanding · 2013
Holwell Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL7 3RP
659 m
Good · 2023
Panshanger Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL7 1QY
726 m
Good · 2023
Ridgeway Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · AL7 2AF
817 m
Requires improvement · 2023
Peartree Primary School
Primary · Academies · AL7 3XW
875 m
Good · 2016
Watchlytes Primary School
Primary · Academies · AL7 2AZ
999 m
Inadequate · 2021
Our Lady Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL7 3TF
1.1 km
Good · 2021
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 AL7 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near AL7
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 AL7
734
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 September 2026.
Recent applications
WelwynHatfield/6/2026/1360/VARUndecided
124 m
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on planning permission 6/2025/2622/HOUSE
Received 2026-08-03
WelwynHatfield/6/2026/1316/HOUSEPermitted
174 m
Erection of part single and part two storey rear extension with alterations to openings on rear elevation
Received 2026-07-27 · decided 2026-09-21
WelwynHatfield/6/2026/1158/FULLUndecided
400 m
Construction and operation of a micro energy storage project
Received 2026-07-03
WelwynHatfield/6/2026/1054/EMPermitted
441 m
Replacement of the existing Finlock guttering at both the front and rear of the property with a modern guttering system
Received 2026-06-17 · decided 2026-08-14
WelwynHatfield/6/2026/0797/HOUSEPermitted
452 m
Part two storey and part single storey rear extensions, alterations to openings and erection of detached garden room
Received 2026-05-06 · decided 2026-07-10
WelwynHatfield/6/2026/0597/HOUSEPermitted
242 m
Erection of a single storey side extension
Received 2026-04-07 · decided 2026-07-08
Applications are matched within 500 m of the AL7 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 AL7 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 734 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for AL7
Decile 5 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 AL7 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 10, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
AL7 3EQ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 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 AL7 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in AL7: 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 AL7, band by band
Welwyn Hatfield's council tax for 2026-27 set against the AL7 median sold price of £398,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearWelwyn Hatfield | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £398,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,635 | £136 | 0.41% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,907 | £159 | 0.48% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,180 | £182 | 0.55% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,452 | £204 | 0.62% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,997 | £250 | 0.75% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,542 | £295 | 0.89% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,087 | £341 | 1.03% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,905 | £409 | 1.23% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the AL7 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, Welwyn Hatfield, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in AL7 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 239 distinct addresses in the records we hold for AL7. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
32, APPLETREE WAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 2FE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£576,000
2026-08-20
18, CYPRESS AVENUE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 1HN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£630,000
2026-08-14
9, AUTUMN GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 4DB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-08-10
13 - 17, COLE GREEN LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 3PP · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,250,000
2026-08-10
11, SANDPIT ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 3TW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-08-07
24, DANIELLS, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 1QX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£401,500
2026-08-07
SALVISBERG COURT, OTTO ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 3EQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£282,500
2026-08-07
2, BEAUCHAMPS, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 1FG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£477,250
2026-08-06
11, LORDS WOOD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 2HF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-08-03
18, BENNETT CLOSE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 4JA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£735,000
2026-08-03
51, ST JOSEPHS GREEN, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 4TT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£266,000
2026-07-31
7, ROSEACRE GARDENS, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 2RG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-07-31
12, BIRKIN COURT, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 3FA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£560,000
2026-07-28
WOOLWORTH HOUSE, BESSEMER ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 1GR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-28
91, WELLINGTON DRIVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 2NE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£193,000
2026-07-24
61, ARCHERS RIDE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 4PR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-07-22
69, THISTLE GROVE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 4AF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-21
5, BEVERLEY GARDENS, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 2NG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-07-20
6, CHALK DALE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 2AP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£445,000
2026-07-17
15, NEW WOOD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 2DR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£212,000
2026-07-17
64, HOLWELL ROAD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 3RN · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£445,000
2026-07-17
35, QUEENS AVENUE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 4BZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£620,000
2026-07-14
90, LUDWICK WAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 3QE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-07-13
1, WREN WOOD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 1QF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-10
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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Postcode districts near AL7
The closest districts to AL7 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in AL8 (Welwyn Garden City) 1.2 miles
- House prices in AL6 (Welwyn) 2.5 miles
- House prices in AL10 (Hatfield) 3.2 miles
- House prices in AL9 (Hatfield) 3.7 miles
- House prices in SG14 (Hertford) 4 miles
- House prices in SG3 (Knebworth) 4.4 miles
- House prices in AL4 (St Albans) 4.9 miles
- House prices in SG13 (Hertford) 5 miles
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Data sources
Every AL7 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.