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SG8 9LJ

Postcode

A postcode in North Hertfordshire 002A, Royston Heath ward, North Hertfordshire.

This report describes the area around SG8 9LJ, not any one home. Each figure is shown at the level it was published: the postcode, a 1 km square, the neighbourhood or the whole council, as its tag says.

Around SG8 9LJ

Schools near SG8 9LJ

Within 2 km, nearest first
SchoolDistanceLatest Ofsted outcome
Studlands Rise First School
Primary
650 m
8 minutes on foot
Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
1.1 km
14 minutes on foot
Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
Tannery Drift School
Primary
1.1 km
14 minutes on foot
Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
Icknield Walk First School
Primary
1.2 km
16 minutes on foot
Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
King James Academy Royston
All-through. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
1.6 km
20 minutes on foot
Good (overall), April 2024

Distances are in a straight line. Councils and schools set catchments and admissions, which Open Index doesn’t map: the council’s schools pages. Ofsted outcomes are as published, each with its date; grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Recent sales near SG8 9LJ

Latest sale at each postcode
  • £520,000Shrubbery Grove, SG8 9LJAugust 2025, detached, established, freehold10 m
  • £525,000Hampden Rise, SG8 9UBJune 2025, detached, established, freehold90 m
  • £505,000Nash Road, SG8 9UAMarch 2024, detached, established, freehold120 m
  • £500,000Wortham Road, SG8 9UEMarch 2024, detached, established, freehold170 m
  • £425,000Fordham Road, SG8 9UFJuly 2024, detached, established, freehold200 m
  • £392,000Beldam Avenue, SG8 9ULMarch 2024, semi-detached, established, freehold210 m
  • £417,500Beldam Avenue, SG8 9UWMarch 2024, detached, established, freehold250 m
  • £520,000Whydale Road, SG8 9UJMay 2026, detached, established, freehold260 m

HM Land Registry sales at nearby postcodes, by street and postcode only, never a house number. Sales take weeks to be registered. Every sale on the map

Within 1 km of SG8 9LJ

In a straight line

Pharmacies

  • ROYSTON PHARMACY710 m
  • BOOTS710 m

Dental practices

  • ROYSTON DENTAL CARE LTD610 m
  • ROYSTON DENTAL SUITE720 m

Supermarkets

  • Tesco Priory Ln ExpressTesco560 m

The neighbourhood: North Hertfordshire 002A

Everything about North Hertfordshire 002A
Deprivation score
2.9
Joint 916th least deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Median sale price
£363,000
Joint 10,860th most expensive of 31,750
Worked out by Open Index
Population
1,564
Joint 20,011th most populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

The postcode district: SG8

Everything about SG8
Median sale price
£415,000
Joint 544th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
40,432
441st most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
3%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
82.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

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Where these figures come from

Counts, distances and walking times are worked out by Open Index from each layer’s published points and outlines, in a straight line from the postcode’s centre. Street names © OpenStreetMap contributors.