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Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside typically sold for £535,000. Half of the 261 sales were between £325k and £720k, against a typical £430,575 across Welwyn Hatfield.

Postcode AL8

Welwyn & Hatfield Garden VillageKnightsfieldPeartreeHollybushHatfield North & West
Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside and the neighbourhoods next to it, in Welwyn Hatfield.Open the map
Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £535k half sold for £325k to £720k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 261 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +18.9% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 1% of sales · 54% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Welwyn Hatfield.

  • Detached £913,750 typical
    Half between £815k and £1.14m · 36 sales · Welwyn Hatfield £785k
  • Semi-detached £690,000 typical
    Half between £604k and £805k · 72 sales · Welwyn Hatfield £520k
  • Terraced £500,000 typical
    Half between £450k and £567k · 69 sales · Welwyn Hatfield £405k
  • Flat £285,000 typical
    Half between £250k and £325k · 84 sales · Welwyn Hatfield £250k

Since 1995

Each year in Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside

This neighbourhood Welwyn Hatfield Homes sold
£0£200k£400k£600k 1995: £89,5001996: £94,5881997: £114,5001998: £121,5001999: £137,2502000: £172,5002001: £178,4752002: £202,0002003: £240,0002004: £265,9502005: £237,0002006: £285,0002007: £285,0002008: £269,9502009: £272,5002010: £310,0002011: £360,0002012: £322,5002013: £390,0002014: £380,0002015: £338,5002016: £435,0002017: £415,0002018: £417,5002019: £409,0002020: £531,5002021: £425,0002022: £540,0002023: £575,0002024: £537,0002025: £495,000 1995: 152 sold1996: 178 sold1997: 141 sold1998: 149 sold1999: 134 sold2000: 106 sold2001: 134 sold2002: 139 sold2003: 97 sold2004: 133 sold2005: 143 sold2006: 119 sold2007: 123 sold2008: 53 sold2009: 100 sold2010: 89 sold2011: 79 sold2012: 72 sold2013: 82 sold2014: 133 sold2015: 110 sold2016: 119 sold2017: 109 sold2018: 78 sold2019: 102 sold2020: 87 sold2021: 113 sold2022: 117 sold2023: 76 sold2024: 83 sold2025: 91 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k£600k 1995: £89,5001996: £94,5881997: £114,5001998: £121,5001999: £137,2502000: £172,5002001: £178,4752002: £202,0002003: £240,0002004: £265,9502005: £237,0002006: £285,0002007: £285,0002008: £269,9502009: £272,5002010: £310,0002011: £360,0002012: £322,5002013: £390,0002014: £380,0002015: £338,5002016: £435,0002017: £415,0002018: £417,5002019: £409,0002020: £531,5002021: £425,0002022: £540,0002023: £575,0002024: £537,0002025: £495,000 1995: 152 sold1996: 178 sold1997: 141 sold1998: 149 sold1999: 134 sold2000: 106 sold2001: 134 sold2002: 139 sold2003: 97 sold2004: 133 sold2005: 143 sold2006: 119 sold2007: 123 sold2008: 53 sold2009: 100 sold2010: 89 sold2011: 79 sold2012: 72 sold2013: 82 sold2014: 133 sold2015: 110 sold2016: 119 sold2017: 109 sold2018: 78 sold2019: 102 sold2020: 87 sold2021: 113 sold2022: 117 sold2023: 76 sold2024: 83 sold2025: 91 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Flat32% · Welwyn Hatfield 24%
  • Semi-detached28% · Welwyn Hatfield 22%
  • Terraced26% · Welwyn Hatfield 34%
  • Detached14% · Welwyn Hatfield 21%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales1% · Welwyn Hatfield 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales54% · Welwyn Hatfield 28%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.