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Postcode sector

Sector AL1 4 house prices

Bernards Heath · St Albans · district AL1 · 231 postcodes

Median £7,670 per m² over 236 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 4.1% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£7,670/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−4.1%
Sales, 24 months236with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£4,660/m² to £5,080/m²: 6 sales£5,080/m² to £5,490/m²: 13 sales£5,490/m² to £5,910/m²: 11 sales£5,910/m² to £6,320/m²: 9 sales£6,320/m² to £6,740/m²: 15 sales£6,740/m² to £7,160/m²: 30 sales£7,160/m² to £7,570/m²: 27 sales£7,570/m² to £7,990/m²: 24 sales£7,990/m² to £8,400/m²: 23 sales£8,400/m² to £8,820/m²: 28 sales£8,820/m² to £9,230/m²: 18 sales£9,230/m² to £9,650/m²: 11 sales£9,650/m² to £10,070/m²: 4 sales£10,070/m² to £10,480/m²: 5 sales£10,480/m² to £10,900/m²: 3 sales£10,900/m² to £11,310/m²: 1 sale£11,310/m² to £11,730/m²: 1 sale£11,730/m² to £12,140/m²: 1 sale£12,140/m² to £12,560/m²: 2 sales£12,560/m² to £12,970/m²: 4 salesAL1 4AL1£0£5k£10k£15k
AL1 4
£7,670/m² middle · £6,780–£8,700/m² middle half · 236 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 4, 2026: 132AL1, 2026: 116St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL1 4
  • 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 4District AL1
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−4.1%−0.9%−4.3%−1.1%
5 years−2.5%+2.4%−3.8%+1.1%
10 years−1.4%+2.0%−1.8%+1.5%
20 years+1.4%+4.3%+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 5Townsend & New Greens£6,400–£8,590/m²
  3. AL1 1St Albans Central£5,640–£8,110/m²
  4. AL4 9Marshalswick£5,850–£7,550/m²
  5. AL4 0Colney Heath & Highfield Park£5,720–£7,560/m²
  6. EN5 3Totteridge & Barnet Gate£5,540–£7,210/m²
  7. AL1 2Cottonmill & Sopwell£5,750–£7,440/m²
  8. AL1 5The Camp & Cunningham£5,690–£7,300/m²
  9. AL1 3St Albans Central£5,750–£7,290/m²
  10. AL3 6Townsend & New Greens£5,510–£6,810/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
Sandridge Road43100 m²£7,660/m²
Culver Road3077 m²£8,370/m²
Marshalswick Lane29156 m²£8,040/m²
Boundary Road2669 m²£8,420/m²
Brampton Road25138 m²£7,860/m²
Charmouth Road25148 m²£8,560/m²
Arthur Road2066 m²£7,480/m²
Heath Road2071 m²£7,690/m²
Lancaster Road19184 m²£7,690/m²
Upper Culver Road1971 m²£8,330/m²
Upper Heath Road1774 m²£8,080/m²
Beechwood Avenue16136 m²£7,910/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.