Lower Stondon

Lower Stondon is covered by postcode districts SG5 and SG16. It is mostly in the Central Bedfordshire council area: 116 of its 121 postcodes. The others are in North Hertfordshire. 5 of its 121 postcodes are in Hertfordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 116.

Typical price £350,000 Homes sold in Lower Stondon, last 12 months. ▲ 1.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 77 of 120 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 3 of 121 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Lower Stondon, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Lower Stondon, by flood risk Of the 121 postcodes in Lower Stondon that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 118 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lower Stondon. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A600 SG16 6DN: not on the flood risk listSG16 6DP: not on the flood risk listSG16 6DR: not on the flood risk listSG16 6DS: not on the flood risk listSG16 6DT: not on the flood risk listSG16 6DU: not on the flood risk listSG16 6DX: not on the flood risk listSG16 6DY: not on the flood risk listSG16 6DZ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EA: not on the flood risk listSG16 6ED: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EF: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EG: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EH: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EL: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EN: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EP: not on the flood risk listSG16 6ER: not on the flood risk listSG16 6ES: not on the flood risk listSG16 6ET: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EU: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EW: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EX: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EY: not on the flood risk listSG16 6EZ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FB: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FD: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FE: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FF: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FG: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FH: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FJ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FL: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FN: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FP: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FQ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FS: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FT: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FU: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FX: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FY: not on the flood risk listSG16 6FZ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GB: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GD: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GE: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GH: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GJ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GL: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GN: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GP: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GQ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GR: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GS: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GX: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HA: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HB: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HD: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HE: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HF: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HG: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HH: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HL: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HN: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HP: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HQ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HR: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HS: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HT: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HU: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HW: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HX: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HY: not on the flood risk listSG16 6HZ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JA: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JB: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JE: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JF: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JG: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JH: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JJ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JL: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JN: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JP: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JQ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JR: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JS: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JT: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JU: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JW: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JY: not on the flood risk listSG16 6JZ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LA: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LB: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LE: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LF: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LH: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LL: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LP: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LQ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6LY: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NA: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NB: not on the flood risk listSG16 6ND: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NE: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NF: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NG: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NH: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NJ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NN: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NW: not on the flood risk listSG16 6NZ: not on the flood risk listSG16 6PE: not on the flood risk listSG16 6PF: not on the flood risk listSG16 6PG: not on the flood risk listSG16 6PW: not on the flood risk listSG16 6QB: not on the flood risk listSG5 3RZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 3SB: not on the flood risk listSG16 6GU: low flood risk at worstSG16 6GY: low flood risk at worstSG16 6GW: high flood risk Lower Stondon Map of every postcode in Lower Stondon, by flood risk Of the 121 postcodes in Lower Stondon that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 118 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lower Stondon. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Lower Stondon
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 118

Of the 121 postcodes in Lower Stondon that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 118 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 52.0047, longitude -0.3056. 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.

SG16 6GW8 at high risk

What is it like to live in Lower Stondon?

Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 77 of the 120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 121 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 3.6 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 Lower Stondon?

Homes in Lower Stondon sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, up 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£350,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£345,000
12 months to August 2026
£350,000

▲ up 1.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£525,000 18 sales
Semi-detached£350,000 21 sales
Terraced£295,000 24 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole SG16 district, Lower Stondon's main postcode district: a typical £354,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lower Stondon: 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 Lower Stondon?

17 of the 121 postcodes now in use in Lower Stondon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 93 homes sold in Lower Stondon were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG16 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

SG16 6PWsince November 2025SG16 6NZsince October 2023SG16 6PEsince July 2023SG16 6PGsince April 2023SG16 6HQsince March 2023SG16 6NWsince December 2022

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 Lower StondonAcross the SG16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 64 (2%) 1 of 94 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 93 (1%) 1 of 127 (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 Lower Stondon?

Ofcom reports on 120 of the 121 postcodes in Lower Stondon. At 77 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit77 of 120
Postcodes where every home can get superfast110 of 120

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 Lower Stondon at risk of flooding?

3 of the 121 postcodes in Lower Stondon 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 8 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 121 postcodes High: 8Low: 25

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 Lower Stondon?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Lower Stondon. 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 Lower Stondon?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lower Stondon is Arlesey Rail Station, 3.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Arlesey Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
  • Letchworth Garden City Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
  • Hitchin Rail Station Railway station 6.4 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 Lower Stondon?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Lower Stondon. 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 Lower Stondon safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 218 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lower Stondon 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. 20 September 2025
  2. 24 October 2025
  3. 14 November 2025
  4. 14 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 13 February 2026
  7. 22 March 2026
  8. 14 April 2026
  9. 26 May 2026
  10. 12 June 2026
  11. 19 July 2026
  12. 23 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences88 reports
Anti-social behaviour44 reports
Public order19 reports
Drugs15 reports
Criminal damage and arson12 reports
Vehicle crime11 reports
Other theft9 reports
Other crime9 reports

Also: burglary 7, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 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 Lower Stondon?

Councils
Central Bedfordshire (116) and North Hertfordshire (5)
Parliamentary constituency
Hitchin
Police force areas
Bedfordshire (116) and Hertfordshire (5)
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Alistair Strathern (Labour)

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. 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 Lower Stondon

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

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Lower Stondon postcodes

121 postcodes in use in Lower Stondon, by district:

SG16 postcode district,119 postcodesSG5 postcode district,2 postcodes

Those districts are all in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Lower Stondon

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lower Stondon's £350,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Arlesey3.0 km, £338,000Henlow3.3 km, £390,000Clifton, Central Bedfordshire3.6 km, £430,000Shefford4.0 km, £371,500Ickleford4.1 km, £372,500Stotfold5.1 km, £425,000Chicksands5.2 km, £352,500Langford6.0 km, £380,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Lower Stondon

What is it like to live in Lower Stondon?
Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 77 of the 120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 121 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 3.6 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 Lower Stondon?
Lower Stondon is covered by postcode districts SG5 and SG16, across 121 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Lower Stondon?
Lower Stondon 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 Lower Stondon?
Homes in Lower Stondon sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Lower Stondon?
In Lower Stondon, primary schools at its postcodes include Stondon Lower School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Henlow Church of England Academy, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Lower Stondon have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lower Stondon is Arlesey, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Lower Stondon?
Ofcom reports on 120 of the 121 postcodes in Lower Stondon. At 77 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Lower Stondon at risk of flooding?
3 of the 121 postcodes in Lower Stondon 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 8 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 Lower Stondon?
17 of the 121 postcodes now in use in Lower Stondon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 93 homes sold in Lower Stondon were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG16 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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