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Postcode sector

Sector AL1 2 house prices

Cottonmill & Sopwell · St Albans · district AL1 · 175 postcodes

Median £6,510 per m² over 127 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 6.2% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£6,510/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−6.2%
Sales, 24 months127with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£3,820/m² to £4,170/m²: 3 sales£4,170/m² to £4,520/m²: 3 sales£4,520/m² to £4,860/m²: 6 sales£4,860/m² to £5,210/m²: 3 sales£5,210/m² to £5,560/m²: 8 sales£5,560/m² to £5,910/m²: 18 sales£5,910/m² to £6,260/m²: 15 sales£6,260/m² to £6,610/m²: 9 sales£6,610/m² to £6,960/m²: 14 sales£6,960/m² to £7,310/m²: 11 sales£7,310/m² to £7,660/m²: 11 sales£7,660/m² to £8,010/m²: 11 sales£8,010/m² to £8,360/m²: 4 sales£8,360/m² to £8,710/m²: 3 sales£8,710/m² to £9,060/m²: 2 sales£9,760/m² to £10,110/m²: 3 sales£10,460/m² to £10,810/m²: 3 salesAL1 2AL1£2k£4k£6k£8k£10k£12k
AL1 2
£6,510/m² middle · £5,750–£7,440/m² middle half · 127 sales
District AL1
£6,820/m² middle · £5,860–£7,860/m² middle half · 1039 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025AL1 2, 2026: 126AL1, 2026: 116St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL1 2
  • AL1
  • St Albans houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverAL1 2District AL1
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−6.2%−3.1%−4.3%−1.1%
5 years−3.9%+0.9%−3.8%+1.1%
10 years−1.0%+2.4%−1.8%+1.5%
20 years+1.3%+4.2%+0.9%+3.7%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£4,000–£10,000/m²
  1. AL1 4Bernards Heath£6,780–£8,700/m²
  2. AL3 4Verulam Park£6,200–£8,570/m²
  3. AL1 1St Albans Central£5,640–£8,110/m²
  4. EN5 3Totteridge & Barnet Gate£5,540–£7,210/m²
  5. AL1 2Cottonmill & Sopwell£5,750–£7,440/m²
  6. AL1 5The Camp & Cunningham£5,690–£7,300/m²
  7. AL1 3St Albans Central£5,750–£7,290/m²
  8. HA7 3Stanmore Uxbridge Road£5,450–£7,040/m²
  9. AL2 3Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green£5,000–£6,620/m²
  10. AL2 2How Wood & Park Street£4,960–£6,500/m²
  11. AL1 9LongacresToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Westminster Court1763 m²£6,350/m²
Tavistock Avenue1661 m²£6,170/m²
Cottonmill Lane1593 m²£6,920/m²
Robert Avenue1590 m²£6,900/m²
Holyrood Crescent1486 m²£4,550/m²
Prospect Road14116 m²£7,460/m²
Mercers Row1342 m²£7,390/m²
Sadleir Road1375 m²£8,240/m²
Watling Street13170 m²£6,510/m²
Ashdales1260 m²£7,160/m²
Maynard Drive1093 m²£5,890/m²
Trumpington Drive1096 m²£5,860/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.