SG8 5EA postcode in Royston, Hertfordshire

SG8 5EA is a postcode in Royston, in the Royston Palace ward of North Hertfordshire. It is in the North East Hertfordshire parliamentary constituency and the Hertfordshire 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 72% of homes and businesses can get it. North Hertfordshire: 86% Typical price £342,500 Homes sold in SG8 5, last 12 months. ▼ 9.9% on the year before Nearest station Royston 350 m in a straight line

Where SG8 5EA is, and what is near it

Map of SG8 5EA and what is near it Map of SG8 5EA: its centre point, with the 270 other postcodes in the SG8 5 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 12 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SG8 5AF: also in SG8 5SG8 5AG: also in SG8 5SG8 5AH: also in SG8 5SG8 5AP: also in SG8 5SG8 5AQ: also in SG8 5SG8 5AR: also in SG8 5SG8 5AS: also in SG8 5SG8 5AT: also in SG8 5SG8 5AU: also in SG8 5SG8 5AZ: also in SG8 5SG8 5BX: also in SG8 5SG8 5BZ: also in SG8 5SG8 5DA: also in SG8 5SG8 5DB: also in SG8 5SG8 5DD: also in SG8 5SG8 5DG: also in SG8 5SG8 5DJ: also in SG8 5SG8 5DL: also in SG8 5SG8 5DN: also in SG8 5SG8 5DP: also in SG8 5SG8 5DQ: also in SG8 5SG8 5DR: also in SG8 5SG8 5DS: also in SG8 5SG8 5DT: also in SG8 5SG8 5DU: also in SG8 5SG8 5DW: also in SG8 5SG8 5DX: also in SG8 5SG8 5DZ: also in SG8 5SG8 5EB: also in SG8 5SG8 5ED: also in SG8 5SG8 5EE: also in SG8 5SG8 5EG: also in SG8 5SG8 5EH: also in SG8 5SG8 5EJ: also in SG8 5SG8 5EN: also in SG8 5SG8 5EP: also in SG8 5SG8 5EQ: also in SG8 5SG8 5ER: also in SG8 5SG8 5ES: also in SG8 5SG8 5ET: also in SG8 5SG8 5EU: also in SG8 5SG8 5EW: also in SG8 5SG8 5EX: also in SG8 5SG8 5EY: also in SG8 5SG8 5EZ: also in SG8 5SG8 5FD: also in SG8 5SG8 5FG: also in SG8 5SG8 5FH: also in SG8 5SG8 5FZ: also in SG8 5SG8 5GA: also in SG8 5SG8 5GL: also in SG8 5SG8 5GU: also in SG8 5SG8 5HA: also in SG8 5SG8 5HB: also in SG8 5SG8 5HG: also in SG8 5SG8 5HJ: also in SG8 5SG8 5HL: also in SG8 5SG8 5HP: also in SG8 5SG8 5HQ: also in SG8 5SG8 5JZ: also in SG8 5SG8 5LY: also in SG8 5SG8 5LZ: also in SG8 5SG8 5PT: also in SG8 5SG8 5PU: also in SG8 5SG8 5PX: also in SG8 5SG8 5PY: also in SG8 5SG8 5SF: also in SG8 5SG8 5SS: also in SG8 5SG8 5ST: also in SG8 5SG8 5SU: also in SG8 5SG8 5TT: also in SG8 5SG8 5TW: also in SG8 5SG8 5UA: also in SG8 5SG8 5UP: also in SG8 5SG8 5UR: also in SG8 5SG8 5UX: also in SG8 5SG8 5WA: also in SG8 5SG8 5WY: also in SG8 5 School 700 mSchool 900 mSchool 3.3 kmGP 4.1 kmAshwell Surgery 9.2 kmBassingbourn SG8 5EA Map of SG8 5EA and what is near it Map of SG8 5EA: its centre point, with the 270 other postcodes in the SG8 5 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 12 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. School 900 mSchool 3.3 kmRoyston SG8 5EA
  • SG8 5EA
  • Other postcodes in SG8 5: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 12 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.0556, longitude -0.0237)

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 SG8 5EA?

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. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at SG8 5EA?

Every home and business at SG8 5EA can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 72% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)72% can get it

North Hertfordshire: 86%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

North Hertfordshire: 98%

The line marks the figure across North Hertfordshire.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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 SG8 5EA?

BinDayBuddy does not read North Hertfordshire District Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

North Hertfordshire District Council's bin days

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 SG8 5EA 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 SG8 5EA.

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 North Hertfordshire

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SG8 5EA: 6,270 properties in North Hertfordshire are at high risk (8.9% of all its properties). All the figures for North Hertfordshire

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 SG8 5EA 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 SG8 5EA?

Homes in SG8 5 sold for a typical £342,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 128 sales, down 9.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£342,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£380,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 9.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £630,000 25 sales
  • Semi-detached £395,000 34 sales
  • Terraced £320,000 42 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £182,000 27 sales

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

Across the whole SG8 district: a typical £400,000 from 452 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 SG8 5EA

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in SG8 5EA from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 23 June 2026. 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 SG8 5EA

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at SG8 5EA. 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 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near SG8 5EA?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,230 homes in the neighbourhood around SG8 5EA. The largest share of them, 33%, are in council tax band B. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (28%). 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 SG8 5EA

Band D in North Hertfordshire for 2026‑27: £2,449. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,632 (band A) to £4,081 (band G); band B, the most common, is £1,904.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 110 (9%)£1,632
Band Babout 410 (33%)£1,904
Band Cabout 370 (30%)£2,176
Band Dabout 110 (9%)£2,449
Band Eabout 150 (12%)£2,993
Band Fabout 50 (4%)£3,537
Band Gabout 30 (2%)£4,081
Band Hwithheld£4,897

When the homes were built

  1. 28% Before 1900
  2. 4% 1900 to 1918
  3. 4% 1919 to 1939
  4. 8% 1945 to 1964
  5. 15% 1965 to 1982
  6. 17% 1983 to 1999
  7. 12% 2000 to 2009
  8. 6% 2010 to 2019
  9. 5% 2020 or later

Averages for North Hertfordshire 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 SG8 5EA is in (ONS area E01023660), 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 SG8 5EA?

The nearest open schools to SG8 5EA, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SG8 5EA, 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 SG8 5EA?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SG8 5EA is Royston Rail Station, 350 metres away in a straight line.

  • Royston Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
  • Meldreth Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle

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

12 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Lower Gower Road, 37 m away.

More stations near SG8 5EA, 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 SG8 5EA?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SG8 5EA, 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 SG8 5EA?

0 within 1 km 2 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of SG8 5EA, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · 1 charger · Type 2 1.0 kmWalk
  • Instavolt Charging point · No details mapped 2.4 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 SG8 5EA?

The nearest to the centre of SG8 5EA, 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 SG8 5EA?

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 SG8 5EA?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SG8 5EA, 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 SG8 5EA?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SG8 5EA, 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 SG8 5EA?

The nearest vets to the centre of SG8 5EA 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 SG8 5EA in a conservation area?

The centre of SG8 5EA 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 SG8 5EA?

Police.uk records 120 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SG8 5EA in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences41 reports
Anti-social behaviour33 reports
Shoplifting16 reports
Criminal damage and arson9 reports
Burglary7 reports
Other theft5 reports

Also: drugs 3, public order 2, vehicle crime 2, possession of weapons 1, other crime 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 SG8 5EA

Ward
Royston Palace
Parish
Royston
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Royston
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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