East Hertfordshire
SG3 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
£467,500
Range £234,300–£846,850 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Nov 2024 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SG3: the typical (median) sold price is £467,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SG3 is a quiet market, with about 12 recorded sales a month. By property type, 34% were semi-detached homes (typically £510,000) and 25% were terraced homes (typically £384,000).
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 SG3: a quiet market, so take your time
SG3 sees just 12 sales a month, which gives us little to generalise from, so read the middle figure with caution and the individual sales with interest.
If you are thinking of selling, with detached homes at £705,000 and flats at £245,000, the £234,300 to £846,850 spread is really several markets, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; a quick cash sale buys certainty at a cost, usually about 70–85% of market value as a rough guide, not a quote, so weigh it carefully.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in SG3 sit 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 SG3 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (399 applications on record within 500 m), whether a new-build premium is baked into the price and flood risk over the long term, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
With averages this broad, the free SG3 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
SG3 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£467,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
11.8
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,455
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SG3
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SG3 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £705,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £245,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 50 | £705,000 | £529,500–£1,160,000 |
| Semi-detached | 83 | £510,000 | £412,600–£664,000 |
| Terraced | 60 | £384,000 | £270,000–£527,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 50 | £245,000 | £175,000–£330,296 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Nov 2024 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SG3
The quarterly typical price rose 22.2%, from £450,000 in Q4 2024 (30 sales) to £550,000 in Q3 2026 (15 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £450,000 | 30 |
| Q1 2025 | £460,000 | 46 |
| Q2 2025 | £490,000 | 37 |
| Q3 2025 | £482,500 | 46 |
| Q4 2025 | £457,500 | 29 |
| Q1 2026 | £452,000 | 21 |
| Q2 2026 | £407,500 | 26 |
| Q3 2026 | £550,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Nov 2024 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SG3 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SG3 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £234,300 and £846,850, around a typical £467,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Nov 2024 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SG3
Semi-detached homes were 34% of recorded sales (83 of 243). 79% of sales were freehold and 21% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached21%
- Semi-detached34%
- Terraced25%
- Flat / maisonette21%
Tenure
- Freehold79%
- Leasehold21%
See the figures
197 freehold (79%) and 53 leasehold (21%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SG3, including 41 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Nov 2024 and 14 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.
PARK LANE COURT, 2, PARK LANE, KNEBWORTH
£535,000 (2025)£285,000 (2026)-46.7% over 1.5 yrs (-34.4%/yr)
79, DUNNOCK CLOSE, KNEBWORTH
£535,000 (2025)£550,000 (2026)+2.8% over 1.2 yrs (+2.4%/yr)
20, PONDCROFT ROAD, KNEBWORTH
£465,000 (2025)£485,000 (2026)+4.3% over 0.8 yrs (+5.7%/yr)
ROBERT ELLIS COURT, ST MARTINS ROAD, KNEBWORTH
£300,000 (2025)£415,000 (2026)+38.3% over 0.7 yrs (+54.9%/yr)
FLORENCE COURT, PARK LANE, KNEBWORTH
£320,000 (2024)£285,000 (2025)-10.9% over 1 yrs (-11.5%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SG3 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 SG3
84, LONDON ROAD, KNEBWORTH
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£292,000
OLD LANE HOUSE, OLD LANE, KNEBWORTH
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£875,000
19, HAY WAINS, KNEBWORTH
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£590,000
92, PONDCROFT ROAD, KNEBWORTH
Semi-detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£677,000
8, CONSTANCE PLACE, KNEBWORTH
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 30 Jul 2026
£290,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SG3 includes the Aston, Datchworth & Walkern ward.
In plain English
What the East Hertfordshire (SG3) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £705,000 against £245,000 for flats: about 2.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £234,300 and £846,850, so the median says little about any one home.
- 16% of these sales were new builds, which often sell at a premium the first time around and can lift the median above what resale homes make.
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 8 November 2024 and 14 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 SG3
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 SG3
£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 SG3 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 SG3
6
open schools within 3 km, nearest Knebworth Primary and Nursery School.
All schools
Knebworth Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG3 6AA
464 m
Good · 2013
St Michael's Woolmer Green CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG3 6JP
965 m
Good · 2011
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Datchworth
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG3 6RE
1.3 km
Good · 2014
Oaklands Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · AL6 0PX
2.3 km
Good · 2023
Shephalbury Park Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG2 8AX
2.6 km
Good · 2022
Longmeadow Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG2 8LT
2.7 km
Requires improvement · 2023
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 SG3 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 6 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SG3
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 SG3
399
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
NorthHertfordshire/26/01555/FPHUndecided
325 m
Single storey side and rear extensions with car port following removal of existing detached rear garage and shed.
Received 2026-07-06
NorthHertfordshire/26/01548/ADJPermitted
157 m
Outline application for residential development of up to 25 dwellings and open space with all matters reserved except access. NORTH HERTS DISTRICT COUNCIL: ADJACENT AUTHORITY : CONSULTEE ONLY.
Received 2026-06-16 · decided 2026-07-14
NorthHertfordshire/26/01554/LDCPUndecided
325 m
Insertion of L shaped rear dormer with Juliet balcony and 3 no. front roof lights to facilitate loft conversion to habitable space
Received 2026-06-16
NorthHertfordshire/26/01385/FPHConditions
139 m
Erection of attached single storey garage to side elevation following demolition of existing detached side single storey shed.
Received 2026-05-27 · decided 2026-07-14
NorthHertfordshire/26/01329/SUUndecided
52 m
Erection of two single storey rear extensions.
Received 2026-05-20
NorthHertfordshire/26/00208/FPHConditions
282 m
Two storey rear extension with Juliet balcony, front porch and addition of pitched roof to existing garage and replace garage door with a window to facilitate conversion of garage into habitable accommodation following removal of existing porch. (renewal of previously approved planning permission 22/01469/FPH granted 26.07.2022)
Received 2026-03-16 · decided 2026-05-07
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SG3 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 SG3 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 399 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SG3
Decile 9 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 SG3 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 7 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SG3 6HW, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 9 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 SG3 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SG3: 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 SG3, band by band
East Hertfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SG3 median sold price of £467,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearEast Hertfordshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £467,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 | £136 | 0.35% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 | £159 | 0.41% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 | £182 | 0.47% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 | £205 | 0.53% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 | £250 | 0.64% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 | £296 | 0.76% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 | £341 | 0.88% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 | £409 | 1.05% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SG3 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 SG3 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 239 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SG3. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
84, LONDON ROAD, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6HB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£292,000
2026-08-14
OLD LANE HOUSE, OLD LANE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6AE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£875,000
2026-08-14
19, HAY WAINS, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6HW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£590,000
2026-08-14
92, PONDCROFT ROAD, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6DE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£677,000
2026-07-31
8, CONSTANCE PLACE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6EE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-07-30
13, ABBOTS CLOSE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6TA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£640,000
2026-07-28
49, BROOKBRIDGE LANE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6SZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£550,000
2026-07-28
HOLLY HOUSE, 8, SWANGLEYS LANE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6AA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,500,000
2026-07-24
84, WADNALL WAY, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6DX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£217,500
2026-07-24
MEADOW VIEW, GIPSY LANE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6DJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£710,000
2026-07-23
26, ORCHARD WAY, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6BU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£472,500
2026-07-22
18, CARVERS CROFT, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6LX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-07-10
PARK LANE COURT, 2, PARK LANE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6EW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£285,000
2026-07-03
96, WADNALL WAY, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6DX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£130,000
2026-07-03
26, NEW CLOSE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6NU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£665,000
2026-07-01
79, DUNNOCK CLOSE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6FR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£550,000
2026-06-29
29, CARVERS CROFT, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6LX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-06-26
23, GUN ROAD GARDENS, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6ED · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-06-26
WORDSWORTH COURT, 1, PARK LANE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6DY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£234,500
2026-06-26
9, GREAT LAWNE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6SX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-06-19
10, LOWE HOUSE, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6EU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-06-12
48, WOODSTOCK, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6EA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-06-05
61, CARVERS CROFT, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6LX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-06-05
16, OAK ROAD, KNEBWORTH
SG3 6LS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£462,500
2026-06-05
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 SG3
The closest districts to SG3 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in AL6 (Welwyn) 2.1 miles
- House prices in SG2 (Stevenage) 2.7 miles
- House prices in SG1 (Stevenage) 3.7 miles
- House prices in AL8 (Welwyn Garden City) 4.1 miles
- House prices in AL7 (Welwyn Garden City) 4.4 miles
- House prices in SG14 (Hertford) 5.2 miles
- House prices in SG4 (Hitchin) 5.2 miles
- House prices in SG13 (Hertford) 6.9 miles
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Data sources
Every SG3 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.