Ickleford

Ickleford is covered by postcode district SG5. It is in the North Hertfordshire council area, Hertfordshire.

Typical price £372,500 Homes sold in Ickleford, last 12 months. ▼ 23.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 42 of 55 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 3 of 56 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ickleford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ickleford, by flood risk Of the 56 postcodes in Ickleford that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ickleford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A600 SG5 3AW: not on the flood risk listSG5 3DW: not on the flood risk listSG5 3FH: not on the flood risk listSG5 3RN: not on the flood risk listSG5 3RR: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TD: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TE: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TG: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TH: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TL: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TN: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TP: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TR: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TS: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TT: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TU: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UB: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UE: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UF: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UN: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UR: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UT: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UU: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UW: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UX: not on the flood risk listSG5 3UZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XA: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XB: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XD: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XH: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XL: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XN: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XP: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XR: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XS: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XT: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XU: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XW: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XX: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XY: not on the flood risk listSG5 3XZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YA: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YB: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YD: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YE: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YF: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YG: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YH: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 3YL: not on the flood risk listSG5 3TQ: low flood risk at worstSG5 3UD: low flood risk at worstSG5 3UP: medium flood risk at worst Ickleford Map of every postcode in Ickleford, by flood risk Of the 56 postcodes in Ickleford that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ickleford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A600 Ickleford
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 53

Of the 56 postcodes in Ickleford that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 53 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 51.9714, longitude -0.2809. 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 medium risk at worst

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

SG5 3UP6 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Ickleford?

Homes sold for a typical £372,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 23.6% on the 12 months before. At 42 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 56 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Regal Chambers Surgery, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hitchin, 2.3 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 Ickleford?

Homes in Ickleford sold for a typical £372,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, down 23.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£372,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£487,500
12 months to August 2026
£372,500

▼ down 23.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£770,000 5 sales
Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
Terraced£372,500 7 sales
Flat or maisonette£240,000 7 sales

Across the whole SG5 district, Ickleford's main postcode district: a typical £440,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ickleford: 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 Ickleford?

None of the 56 postcodes now in use in Ickleford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 26 homes sold in Ickleford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG5 district, 16%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn IcklefordAcross the SG5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 21 (0%) 12 of 413 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 26 (0%) 105 of 677 (16%)

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 Ickleford?

Ofcom reports on 55 of the 56 postcodes in Ickleford. At 42 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit42 of 55
Postcodes where every home can get superfast55 of 55

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 Ickleford at risk of flooding?

3 of the 56 postcodes in Ickleford 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 6 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 56 postcodes Medium: 6Low: 8

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 Ickleford?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Ickleford. 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 Ickleford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ickleford is Hitchin Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Hitchin Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
  • Letchworth Garden City Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Arlesey Rail Station Railway station 6.2 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 Ickleford?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Ickleford. 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.

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 Ickleford safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 531 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ickleford 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. 40 September 2025
  2. 29 October 2025
  3. 37 November 2025
  4. 28 December 2025
  5. 41 January 2026
  6. 34 February 2026
  7. 52 March 2026
  8. 36 April 2026
  9. 67 May 2026
  10. 51 June 2026
  11. 70 July 2026
  12. 46 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences195 reports
Anti-social behaviour134 reports
Criminal damage and arson57 reports
Burglary30 reports
Other theft29 reports
Public order25 reports
Vehicle crime25 reports
Drugs13 reports

Also: other crime 9, theft from the person 5, possession of weapons 5, bicycle theft 2, shoplifting 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 Ickleford?

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

All 56 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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Ickleford postcodes

56 postcodes in use in Ickleford, by district:

SG5 postcode district,56 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Ickleford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ickleford's £372,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hitchin2.3 km, £460,000Letchworth4.1 km, £400,000Lower Stondon4.1 km, £350,000Arlesey4.8 km, £338,000Stotfold5.7 km, £425,000Baldock6.7 km, £365,000Henlow6.7 km, £390,000Clifton, Central Bedfordshire7.4 km, £430,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ickleford

What is it like to live in Ickleford?
Homes sold for a typical £372,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 23.6% on the 12 months before. At 42 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 56 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Regal Chambers Surgery, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hitchin, 2.3 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 Ickleford?
Ickleford is covered by postcode district SG5, across 56 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ickleford in?
Ickleford is in the North Hertfordshire council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ickleford?
Ickleford is in the Hitchin parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alistair Strathern (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ickleford?
Homes in Ickleford sold for a typical £372,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, down 23.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ickleford?
In Ickleford, primary schools at its postcodes include Ickleford Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Priory School, 1.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ickleford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ickleford is Hitchin, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ickleford?
Ofcom reports on 55 of the 56 postcodes in Ickleford. At 42 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ickleford at risk of flooding?
3 of the 56 postcodes in Ickleford 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 6 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 Ickleford?
None of the 56 postcodes now in use in Ickleford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 26 homes sold in Ickleford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG5 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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