SG5 4LL postcode in Stotfold, Central Bedfordshire

SG5 4LL is a postcode in Stotfold, in the Stotfold ward of Central Bedfordshire. It is in the Hitchin parliamentary constituency and the Bedfordshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at SG5 4LL can get it Across Central Bedfordshire: 87% Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in SG5 4, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Nearest station Arlesey 2.7 km in a straight line

Where SG5 4LL is, and what is near it

Map of SG5 4LL and what is near it Map of SG5 4LL: its centre point, with the 253 other postcodes in the SG5 4 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 13 bus stops (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 100 m. SG5 4ED: also in SG5 4SG5 4EE: also in SG5 4SG5 4EF: also in SG5 4SG5 4ES: also in SG5 4SG5 4GZ: also in SG5 4SG5 4HA: also in SG5 4SG5 4HB: also in SG5 4SG5 4HL: also in SG5 4SG5 4HP: also in SG5 4SG5 4HR: also in SG5 4SG5 4JF: also in SG5 4SG5 4JP: also in SG5 4SG5 4JS: also in SG5 4SG5 4JT: also in SG5 4SG5 4JU: also in SG5 4SG5 4JX: also in SG5 4SG5 4JY: also in SG5 4SG5 4LA: also in SG5 4SG5 4LB: also in SG5 4SG5 4LD: also in SG5 4SG5 4LE: also in SG5 4SG5 4LF: also in SG5 4SG5 4LG: also in SG5 4SG5 4LN: also in SG5 4SG5 4LQ: also in SG5 4SG5 4LU: also in SG5 4SG5 4LW: also in SG5 4SG5 4LX: also in SG5 4SG5 4LY: also in SG5 4SG5 4LZ: also in SG5 4SG5 4NA: also in SG5 4SG5 4ND: also in SG5 4SG5 4NJ: also in SG5 4SG5 4NL: also in SG5 4SG5 4NS: also in SG5 4SG5 4PL: also in SG5 4SG5 4PX: also in SG5 4SG5 4PZ: also in SG5 4SG5 4QA: also in SG5 4SG5 4QB: also in SG5 4SG5 4QE: also in SG5 4SG5 4QF: also in SG5 4SG5 4QZ: also in SG5 4SG5 4RR: also in SG5 4 Bus stop 350 mSchool 550 m2 places, 1.5–2.7 kmStotfold SG5 4LL Map of SG5 4LL and what is near it Map of SG5 4LL: its centre point, with the 253 other postcodes in the SG5 4 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 13 bus stops (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. Bus stop 350 mSchool 550 mStotfold SG5 4LL
  • SG5 4LL
  • Other postcodes in SG5 4: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 13 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.0151, longitude -0.2308)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after SG5 4LL?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at SG5 4LL?

Every home and business at SG5 4LL can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

SG5 4LL 100% Central Bedfordshire 87%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

SG5 4LL 100% Central Bedfordshire 98%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at SG5 4LL?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for SG5 4LL.

Check the bin days for SG5 4LL on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is SG5 4LL at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include SG5 4LL.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Central Bedfordshire

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SG5 4LL: 6,186 properties in Central Bedfordshire are at high risk (3.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Central Bedfordshire

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of SG5 4LL is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near SG5 4LL?

Homes in SG5 4 sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 158 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£425,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £540,000 47 sales
  • Semi-detached £425,000 58 sales
  • Terraced £363,000 31 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £271,500 22 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SG5 district: a typical £440,000 from 413 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in SG5 4LL

HM Land Registry records 3 standard sales of homes in SG5 4LL from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 30 June 2025. The middle sale was £377,500, from £315,000 to £480,000. Across SG5 4, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £425,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at SG5 4LL

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at SG5 4LL. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 23 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near SG5 4LL?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 770 homes in the neighbourhood around SG5 4LL. The largest share of them, 36%, are in council tax band B. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (29%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around SG5 4LL

Band D in Central Bedfordshire for 2026‑27: £2,516. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,677 (band A) to £3,634 (band F); band B, the most common, is £1,957.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 80 (10%)£1,677
Band Babout 280 (36%)£1,957
Band Cabout 220 (29%)£2,237
Band Dabout 120 (16%)£2,516
Band Eabout 50 (6%)£3,075
Band Fabout 20 (3%)£3,634
Band Gwithheld£4,194
Band Hfewer than 5£5,032

When the homes were built

  1. 5% Before 1900
  2. 4% 1900 to 1918
  3. 22% 1919 to 1939
  4. 29% 1945 to 1964
  5. 17% 1965 to 1982
  6. 17% 1983 to 1999
  7. 3% 2000 to 2009
  8. 3% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Central Bedfordshire before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of SG5 4LL is in (ONS area E01017446), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near SG5 4LL?

The nearest open schools to SG5 4LL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SG5 4LL, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to SG5 4LL?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SG5 4LL is Arlesey Rail Station, 2.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Arlesey Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Baldock Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle

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

13 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Methodist Church, 64 m away.

More stations near SG5 4LL, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near SG5 4LL?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SG5 4LL, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near SG5 4LL?

0 within 1 km 2 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of SG5 4LL, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Gridserve Charging point · 4 chargers · CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 60 kW 2.0 kmCycle
  • Gridserve Charging point · No details mapped 2.0 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near SG5 4LL?

The nearest to the centre of SG5 4LL, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to SG5 4LL?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near SG5 4LL?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SG5 4LL, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near SG5 4LL?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SG5 4LL, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near SG5 4LL?

The nearest vets to the centre of SG5 4LL on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is SG5 4LL in a conservation area?

The centre of SG5 4LL is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near SG5 4LL?

Police.uk records 41 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SG5 4LL in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour14 reports
Violence and sexual offences13 reports
Criminal damage and arson4 reports
Public order3 reports
Burglary2 reports
Other crime2 reports

Also: vehicle crime 1, shoplifting 1, other theft 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for SG5 4LL

Ward
Stotfold
Parish
Stotfold
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Stotfold
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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