Buntingford

Buntingford is covered by postcode district SG9. It is in the East Hertfordshire council area, Hertfordshire.

Typical price £441,250 Homes sold in Buntingford, last 12 months. ▲ 4.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 171 of 210 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 15 of 211 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Buntingford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Buntingford, by flood risk Of the 211 postcodes in Buntingford that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at low risk at worst and 196 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Buntingford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A10A507 SG9 9AA: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AB: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AD: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AE: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AF: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AH: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AJ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AN: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AT: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AU: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AW: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AX: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AY: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AZ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BA: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BB: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BD: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BE: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BG: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BH: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BJ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BL: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BN: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BQ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BT: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BU: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BW: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BX: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BY: not on the flood risk listSG9 9BZ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DA: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DB: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DE: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DF: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DG: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DH: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DJ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DL: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DN: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DP: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DQ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DR: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DS: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DT: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DU: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DW: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DX: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DY: not on the flood risk listSG9 9DZ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9EA: not on the flood risk listSG9 9EB: not on the flood risk listSG9 9ED: not on the flood risk listSG9 9EE: not on the flood risk listSG9 9EF: not on the flood risk listSG9 9EG: not on the flood risk listSG9 9EH: not on the flood risk listSG9 9EJ: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listSG9 9NZ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9PA: not on the flood risk listSG9 9PN: not on the flood risk listSG9 9PQ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9PR: not on the flood risk listSG9 9RF: not on the flood risk listSG9 9RG: not on the flood risk listSG9 9RT: not on the flood risk listSG9 9RX: not on the flood risk listSG9 9RY: not on the flood risk listSG9 9RZ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SD: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SE: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SF: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SG: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SH: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SJ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SL: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SN: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SP: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SQ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SR: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SS: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SU: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SW: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SX: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SY: not on the flood risk listSG9 9SZ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9TA: not on the flood risk listSG9 9TB: not on the flood risk listSG9 9TD: not on the flood risk listSG9 9TE: not on the flood risk listSG9 9TP: not on the flood risk listSG9 9TW: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UH: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UJ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UL: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UN: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UP: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UR: not on the flood risk listSG9 9US: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UT: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UU: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UW: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UX: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UY: not on the flood risk listSG9 9UZ: not on the flood risk listSG9 9XB: not on the flood risk listSG9 9XD: not on the flood risk listSG9 9XE: not on the flood risk listSG9 9XF: not on the flood risk listSG9 9XG: not on the flood risk listSG9 9AG: low flood risk at worstSG9 9AL: low flood risk at worstSG9 9AP: low flood risk at worstSG9 9AQ: low flood risk at worstSG9 9AR: low flood risk at worstSG9 9AS: low flood risk at worstSG9 9BF: low flood risk at worstSG9 9HQ: low flood risk at worstSG9 9HT: low flood risk at worstSG9 9JT: low flood risk at worstSG9 9NR: low flood risk at worstSG9 9ES: high flood riskSG9 9FZ: high flood riskSG9 9JS: high flood riskSG9 9RS: high flood risk Buntingford Map of every postcode in Buntingford, by flood risk Of the 211 postcodes in Buntingford that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at low risk at worst and 196 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Buntingford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A10 Buntingford
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 11
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 196

Of the 211 postcodes in Buntingford that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at low risk at worst and 196 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.9462, longitude -0.0187. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SG9 9RS1 at high riskSG9 9ES1 at high riskSG9 9FZ1 at high riskSG9 9JS1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Buntingford?

Homes sold for a typical £441,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.4% on the 12 months before. At 171 of the 210 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 211 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Buntingford & Puckeridge Med Prac., 6.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ashwell & Morden, 11.3 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 Buntingford?

Homes in Buntingford sold for a typical £441,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 94 sales, up 4.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£441,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£422,500
12 months to August 2026
£441,250

▲ up 4.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£585,000 27 sales
Semi-detached£446,250 26 sales
Terraced£390,000 31 sales
Flat or maisonette£215,000 10 sales

Across the whole SG9 district, Buntingford's main postcode district: a typical £464,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Buntingford: 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 Buntingford?

17 of the 211 postcodes now in use in Buntingford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 124 homes sold in Buntingford were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG9 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

SG9 9UXsince April 2025SG9 9XGsince September 2023SG9 9UTsince July 2023SG9 9UUsince July 2023SG9 9XFsince June 2023SG9 9UWsince May 2023

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 BuntingfordAcross the SG9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 94 (0%) 0 of 120 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 124 (Under 1%) 1 of 179 (Under 1%)

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 Buntingford?

Ofcom reports on 210 of the 211 postcodes in Buntingford. At 171 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit171 of 210
Postcodes where every home can get superfast206 of 210
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 210

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 Buntingford at risk of flooding?

15 of the 211 postcodes in Buntingford have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 21 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 15 of 211 postcodes High: 4Medium: 17Low: 51Very low: 9

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

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 Buntingford?

The open schools at the postcodes in Buntingford. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. 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 Buntingford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Buntingford is Ashwell & Morden Rail Station, 11.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Ashwell & Morden Rail Station Railway station 11.3 kmDrive
  • Royston Rail Station Railway station 11.9 kmDrive
  • Watton-at-Stone Rail Station Railway station 12.1 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 Buntingford?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Buntingford. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

  • The Buntingford & Puckeridge Med Prac.6.9 kmPhone 01920 823860
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 Buntingford safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 606 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Buntingford 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. 37 September 2025
  2. 57 October 2025
  3. 36 November 2025
  4. 48 December 2025
  5. 31 January 2026
  6. 46 February 2026
  7. 57 March 2026
  8. 68 April 2026
  9. 42 May 2026
  10. 67 June 2026
  11. 63 July 2026
  12. 54 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences233 reports
Anti-social behaviour169 reports
Criminal damage and arson53 reports
Shoplifting29 reports
Drugs26 reports
Other theft24 reports
Burglary21 reports
Vehicle crime21 reports

Also: public order 15, other crime 6, possession of weapons 4, robbery 3, theft from the person 2.

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 Buntingford?

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

All 211 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

Moving to Buntingford

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Buntingford postcodes

211 postcodes in use in Buntingford, by district:

SG9 postcode district,211 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Buntingford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Buntingford's £441,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Puckeridge and Standon7.1 km, £432,000Royston11.7 km, £356,500Baldock12.4 km, £365,000Stevenage12.4 km, £350,000Ashwell13.9 km, £340,000Letchworth14.5 km, £400,000Knebworth14.6 km, £418,500Bishop's Stortford14.9 km, £415,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Buntingford

What is it like to live in Buntingford?
Homes sold for a typical £441,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.4% on the 12 months before. At 171 of the 210 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 211 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Buntingford & Puckeridge Med Prac., 6.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ashwell & Morden, 11.3 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 Buntingford?
Buntingford is covered by postcode district SG9, across 211 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Buntingford in?
Buntingford is in the East Hertfordshire council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Buntingford?
Buntingford 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 Buntingford?
Homes in Buntingford sold for a typical £441,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 94 sales, up 4.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Buntingford?
In Buntingford, primary schools at its postcodes include Millfield First and Nursery School, Layston Church of England First School and Buntingford First School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Edwinstree Church of England Middle School and Freman College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Buntingford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Buntingford is Ashwell & Morden, 11.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Buntingford?
Ofcom reports on 210 of the 211 postcodes in Buntingford. At 171 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Buntingford at risk of flooding?
15 of the 211 postcodes in Buntingford have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 21 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Buntingford?
17 of the 211 postcodes now in use in Buntingford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 124 homes sold in Buntingford were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG9 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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