St Albans
WD5 house prices in St Albans
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for St Albans, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£450,000
Range £239,500–£859,040 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2024 and 24 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WD5: the typical (median) sold price is £450,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WD5 is a quiet market, with about 11 recorded sales a month. By property type, 37% were terraced homes (typically £425,000) and 26% were semi-detached homes (typically £561,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,419 a year: St Albans's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, St Albans, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WD5: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
WD5 is a thin market, at roughly 11 sales a month, so no single figure here should carry much weight, and the individual sold homes are the better guide.
When selling here, the spread in WD5 is wide, with most sales between £239,500 and £859,040, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; with so few sales, allow extra time and a local agent’s view; if certainty matters more than price, a quick cash sale usually means accepting about 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote).
Sell houseFor buyers, typical prices in WD5 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.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (1,306 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,419 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
Averages only go so far, so the free WD5 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
WD5 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£450,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
11.4
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,419
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in WD5
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WD5 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £921,250, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £246,250.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 40 | £921,250 | £602,000–£1,300,000 |
| Semi-detached | 64 | £561,000 | £431,750–£750,000 |
| Terraced | 92 | £425,000 | £302,300–£549,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 52 | £246,250 | £156,400–£324,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2024 and 24 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WD5
The quarterly typical price rose 10.9%, from £416,000 in Q4 2024 (32 sales) to £461,250 in Q3 2026 (10 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £416,000 | 32 |
| Q1 2025 | £445,585 | 50 |
| Q2 2025 | £500,000 | 23 |
| Q3 2025 | £445,000 | 46 |
| Q4 2025 | £425,000 | 37 |
| Q1 2026 | £402,000 | 23 |
| Q2 2026 | £487,000 | 29 |
| Q3 2026 | £461,250 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2024 and 24 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WD5 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WD5 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £239,500 and £859,040, around a typical £450,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2024 and 24 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WD5
Terraced homes were 37% of recorded sales (92 of 248). 79% of sales were freehold and 21% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached16%
- Semi-detached26%
- Terraced37%
- Flat / maisonette21%
Tenure
- Freehold79%
- Leasehold21%
See the figures
197 freehold (79%) and 53 leasehold (21%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WD5. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2024 and 24 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.
8, MARLIN SQUARE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
£326,500 (2025)£447,500 (2026)+37.1% over 1 yrs (+37.9%/yr)
65, BALMORAL ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
£467,000 (2025)£475,000 (2026)+1.7% over 1.1 yrs (+1.5%/yr)
RAYLEIGH HOUSE, SHIRLEY ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
£180,000 (2024)£155,000 (2026)-13.9% over 1.4 yrs (-10.1%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where WD5 sits in St Albans
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WD5
34, GALLOWS HILL LANE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Detached · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026
£945,000
8, MARLIN SQUARE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£447,500
16, BREAKSPEAR COURT, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 Aug 2026
£110,000
76, BREAKSPEARE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Terraced · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£440,000
36, CREASY CLOSE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
Terraced · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£280,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WD5 includes the Abbots Langley & Bedmond ward.
In plain English
What the St Albans (WD5) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £921,250 against £246,250 for flats: about 3.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £239,500 and £859,040, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is a quiet district: only about 11 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 23 October 2024 and 24 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 WD5
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 WD5
£2,419
Band D a year in St Albans, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,613 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,882 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,150 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,419 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,957 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,494 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,032 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,838 |
These are St Albans's charges for 2026-27, the authority WD5 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 St Albans · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near WD5
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Breakspeare School.
All schools
Breakspeare School
Special schools · WD5 0BU
318 m
Outstanding · 2013
Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD5 0LG
635 m
Good · 2019
Abbots Langley School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD5 0BQ
723 m
Good · 2014
Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · WD5 0HW
888 m
Good · 2013
Elderwood House School
Independent schools · WD25 7LP
1.2 km
Not graded
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academies · WD25 7NX
1.3 km
Good · 2023
Leavesden JMI School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD25 7QZ
1.4 km
Good · 2023
Kingsway Infants' School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WD25 0ES
1.7 km
Good · 2017
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 WD5 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 WD5
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 WD5
1,306
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
ThreeRivers/26/0691/RSPPermitted
479 m
Part-retrospective: Replacement of ground floor bay window with french doors and sidelight, erection of side patio, and installation of new boundary picket fence and timber gate
Received 2026-04-28 · decided 2026-06-29
ThreeRivers/26/0692/FULWithdrawn
178 m
Removal of single storey front extension and, construction of single storey side/rear extension, removal of chimneys; alteration to fenestration including relocation of entrance door, external materials including render
Received 2026-04-28 · decided 2026-07-15
ThreeRivers/26/0644/TPOPermitted
259 m
1 Ash in 3rd Party ownership - Remove Deadwood 6 Yew - Shorten back lateral growth to footpath edge 7 Yew - Shorten back lateral growth to footpath edge 8 Oak - Shorten back lateral growth to footpath edge. Sever ivy 9 Oak - Sever Ivy 10 LC - Prune the tree's tertiary branches to provide 1m clearance with the street lamp, and ensuring that a 45 degree from vertical splay is clear so as to allow light to reach the underlying pavement unobstructed. Remove low branch growing towards road. 11 Lime - Sever ivy 12 Lime - Sever Ivy 13 Lime - Sever ivy 14 Ash - Sever ivy 15 Ash - Sever ivy 16 Ash - Sever Ivy. Reduce and shape crown by up to 3m. Shorten back laterals over road.
Received 2026-04-21 · decided 2026-05-18
ThreeRivers/26/0636/FULUndecided
316 m
Alterations to front elevation and front fenestration including relocation of entrance door, conversion of garage into habitable accommodation, extension to existing driveway
Received 2026-04-21
ThreeRivers/26/0592/FULPermitted
448 m
Erection of a dropped kerb and installation of a drive
Received 2026-04-14 · decided 2026-06-25
ThreeRivers/26/0582/FULPermitted
341 m
Construction of part-single, part-two storey rear extension, conversion of garage into store
Received 2026-04-13 · decided 2026-06-11
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WD5 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 WD5 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1306 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WD5
Decile 8 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
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Across the 12 sampled WD5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 9, with a median of decile 8 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WD5 0DA, 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 WD5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WD5: 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 WD5, band by band
St Albans's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WD5 median sold price of £450,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearSt Albans | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £450,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,613 | £134 | 0.36% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,882 | £157 | 0.42% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,150 | £179 | 0.48% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,419 | £202 | 0.54% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,957 | £246 | 0.66% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,494 | £291 | 0.78% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,032 | £336 | 0.90% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,838 | £403 | 1.08% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WD5 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, St Albans, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WD5 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 232 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WD5. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
34, GALLOWS HILL LANE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0DA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£945,000
2026-08-24
8, MARLIN SQUARE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0EG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£447,500
2026-08-14
16, BREAKSPEAR COURT, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0DP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£110,000
2026-08-07
76, BREAKSPEARE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0EP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-08-03
36, CREASY CLOSE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0HS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-08-03
25, BALMORAL ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0ST · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-07-24
19, TANNERS HILL, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0LT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-07-17
65, BALMORAL ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0ST · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£475,000
2026-07-17
10, MALLARD ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0GD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£590,500
2026-07-17
40, CHURCH HILL, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0RN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£835,000
2026-07-07
26, JACKETTS FIELD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0EW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-06-23
5, CREASY CLOSE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0HS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£272,500
2026-06-19
2, ANTOINETTE COURT, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0QL · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£483,300
2026-06-19
5, GILL ORCHARD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0FQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£950,000
2026-06-19
190, ABBOTS ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0BP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£645,000
2026-06-12
28, ADRIAN ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0AQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-06-12
58, HARLECH ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0BF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£680,000
2026-06-05
66, ADRIAN ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0AQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£487,000
2026-06-05
75, BREAKSPEARE ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0ER · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-05-29
3, EDINBURGH DRIVE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0TU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£855,000
2026-05-29
38, ROSEHILL GARDENS, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0HF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-05-26
46, THE FAIRWAY, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0JZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-05-22
LEAVESDEN COURT, MALLARD ROAD, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0GT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 12 recorded sales
£310,000
2026-05-22
86, MARLIN SQUARE, ABBOTS LANGLEY
WD5 0EG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-05-22
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 WD5
The closest districts to WD5 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in WD25 (Watford) 1.7 miles
- House prices in WD4 (Kings Langley) 1.8 miles
- House prices in WD24 (Watford) 2.2 miles
- House prices in WD17 (Watford) 2.8 miles
- House prices in HP3 (Hemel Hempstead) 3.3 miles
- House prices in AL2 (St Albans) 3.6 miles
- House prices in WD18 (Watford) 3.8 miles
- House prices in HP2 (Hemel Hempstead) 4.5 miles
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Data sources
Every WD5 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.