Map of SG5 1ED postcode

General information
Postcode SG5 1ED
Post Town Hitchin
Nearest station Hitchin (1 km)
Bus stops
Bancroft (S)
Grammar School Walk (SE)
Hermitage Road (NW)
Hermitage Road (SE)
St Mary's Square (N)
ASDA (NE)
Number of UPRNs 9 View
Known addresses
2 The Arcade, Hitchin
7 - 8 The Arcade, Hitchin
Main property type Other
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 51.947856
Longitude -0.279187
Easting 518368
Northing 229105
Grid reference TL183291
UTM reference 30U 686985 5758735
what3words degree.clean.hurt
Plus code 9C3XWPXC+48
Altitude 70 metres (231 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:19
Sunset (today) 18:04
Distance away
Distance to sea 70.5 KMs (43.8 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishNorth Hertfordshire, unparished areaE43000232
Ward Hitchin Priory E05015765
Local Authority District North Hertfordshire E07000099
County Electoral Division Hitchin South E58000642
Local Authority Hertfordshire E10000015
County Hertfordshire E10000015
Constituency (2024) Hitchin E14001289
MPAlistair StrathernLabour
Police forceHertfordshire
Water companyAffinity Water
Sewage companyAnglian Water
NUTS/ITL 3 North and East Hertfordshire
NUTS/ITL 2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
27,942 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£51,700
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)HitchinE63011149
Census output area (2021)E00169667
Census output area (2011)E00169667
Lower layer super output area (2021)North Hertfordshire 012FE01023616
Lower layer super output area (2011)North Hertfordshire 012FE01023616
Middle layer super output area (2021)Hitchin Town & WestE02004920
Middle layer super output area (2011)Hitchin Town & WestE02004920
Travel to work areaStevenage and Welwyn Garden CityE30000272
Property sales
Average property price in Stevenage £383,212
Annual change -1.8%
View all properties sold in the SG postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2 The Arcade, HitchinOther (freehold)Jun 2017£120,000
7 - 8 The Arcade, HitchinOther (freehold)May 2015£180,000


View all properties sold in the SG5 1 sector

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