Ashwell

Ashwell is covered by postcode district SG7. It is in the North Hertfordshire council area, Hertfordshire.

Typical price £340,000 Homes sold in Ashwell, last 12 months. ▼ 43.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 54 of 74 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ashwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ashwell, by flood risk Of the 74 postcodes in Ashwell that ONS places, 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ashwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SG7 5DL: not on the flood risk listSG7 5FF: not on the flood risk listSG7 5FG: not on the flood risk listSG7 5FJ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5FL: not on the flood risk listSG7 5FP: not on the flood risk listSG7 5FQ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LF: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LG: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LJ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LL: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LN: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LP: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LR: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LS: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LT: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LU: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LW: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LX: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LY: not on the flood risk listSG7 5LZ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NH: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NJ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NL: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NP: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NQ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NR: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NS: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NT: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NU: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NW: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NX: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NY: not on the flood risk listSG7 5NZ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PA: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PB: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PD: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PE: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PF: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PG: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PH: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PJ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PL: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PN: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PQ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PR: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PU: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PX: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PY: not on the flood risk listSG7 5PZ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QA: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QB: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QD: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QE: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QF: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QG: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QH: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QJ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QL: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QN: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QP: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QQ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QR: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QS: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QT: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QU: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QW: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QX: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QY: not on the flood risk listSG7 5QZ: not on the flood risk listSG7 5RA: not on the flood risk listSG7 5RU: not on the flood risk listSG7 5TH: not on the flood risk listSG7 5TJ: not on the flood risk list Ashwell Map of every postcode in Ashwell, by flood risk Of the 74 postcodes in Ashwell that ONS places, 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ashwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Ashwell
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 74

Of the 74 postcodes in Ashwell that ONS places, 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0405, longitude -0.1527. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What is it like to live in Ashwell?

Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 43.9% on the 12 months before. At 54 of the 74 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 74 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ashwell & Morden, 3.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Ashwell?

Homes in Ashwell sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, down 43.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£340,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£606,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 43.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £336,500 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole SG7 district, Ashwell's main postcode district: a typical £365,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ashwell: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Ashwell?

5 of the 74 postcodes now in use in Ashwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 30 homes sold in Ashwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG7 district, 7%.

The newest postcodes

SG7 5FPsince August 2024SG7 5FQsince October 2023SG7 5FLsince September 2021SG7 5FJsince March 2021SG7 5FGsince November 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn AshwellAcross the SG7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 15 (0%) 3 of 147 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 30 (0%) 14 of 205 (7%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Ashwell?

Ofcom reports on 74 of the 74 postcodes in Ashwell. At 54 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit54 of 74
Postcodes where every home can get superfast73 of 74

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ashwell at risk of flooding?

None of the 74 postcodes in Ashwell is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Ashwell?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Ashwell. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Ashwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ashwell is Ashwell & Morden Rail Station, 3.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Ashwell & Morden Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
  • Baldock Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
  • Arlesey Rail Station Railway station 7.9 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Ashwell?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Ashwell. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ashwell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 68 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ashwell over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 6 September 2025
  2. 8 October 2025
  3. 4 November 2025
  4. 3 December 2025
  5. 2 January 2026
  6. 8 February 2026
  7. 7 March 2026
  8. 7 April 2026
  9. 6 May 2026
  10. 5 June 2026
  11. 4 July 2026
  12. 8 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences22 reports
Anti-social behaviour14 reports
Other theft7 reports
Public order6 reports
Criminal damage and arson6 reports
Burglary3 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Drugs3 reports

Also: other crime 2, theft from the person 1, robbery 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Ashwell?

District, borough or city council
North Hertfordshire
County council
Hertfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
North East Hertfordshire
Police force area
Hertfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Chris Hinchliff (Labour)

All 74 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Ashwell postcodes

74 postcodes in use in Ashwell, by district:

SG7 postcode district,74 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Ashwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ashwell's £340,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stotfold6.3 km, £425,000Baldock6.4 km, £365,000Bassingbourn8.0 km, £390,000Arlesey8.2 km, £338,000Langford8.2 km, £380,000Letchworth8.4 km, £400,000Biggleswade8.7 km, £340,000Royston9.1 km, £356,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Ashwell

What is it like to live in Ashwell?
Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 43.9% on the 12 months before. At 54 of the 74 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 74 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ashwell & Morden, 3.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Ashwell?
Ashwell is covered by postcode district SG7, across 74 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ashwell in?
Ashwell is in the North Hertfordshire council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ashwell?
Ashwell is in the North East Hertfordshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Chris Hinchliff (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ashwell?
Homes in Ashwell sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, down 43.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ashwell?
In Ashwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Ashwell Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Pix Brook Academy, 6.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ashwell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ashwell is Ashwell & Morden, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ashwell?
Ofcom reports on 74 of the 74 postcodes in Ashwell. At 54 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ashwell at risk of flooding?
None of the 74 postcodes in Ashwell is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Ashwell?
5 of the 74 postcodes now in use in Ashwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 30 homes sold in Ashwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG7 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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