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St AlbansBatchwood

Batchwood

AL3 5 / AL3 6

Family-friendly

Batchwood is the western edge of St Albans, up the hill past the cathedral. Housing is mostly mid-century and later, with some larger detached properties around Batchwood Drive and the golf club. It's residential and quiet, without much in the way of its own shops or centre. You drive or walk down into the city centre for everything. The Batchwood Hall area has a sports club. It feels like comfortable suburbia rather than anything with a strong identity of its own.

St Albans City1.2 mi
£673kmedian house
Top 10%primary KS2
Top halfsafety
Batchwood

Flat

£340k

Terraced

£632k

Semi-detached

£713k

Detached

£1.2m

62% homeowners13% private rented24% social rented

Fastest travel times

King's Cross28 min
Liverpool Street33 min
London Bridge37 min
Oxford Circus37 min
Paddington40 min
Victoria41 min

Nearest stations

St Albans City1.2 mi
SafetyTop half

Breakdown of reported crime

Violence and sexual offences
34%
Anti-social behaviour
21%
Other theft
8%
Shoplifting
8%
Vehicle crime
7%
Criminal damage and arson
7%
Public order
5%
Burglary
4%
Other crime
2%
Drug offences
2%
AffluenceTop half

Ethnicity

White
80.6%
White British70.1%
Other White8.3%
Irish1.9%
Irish Traveller0.3%
Mixed
5%
White & Asian1.9%
Other Mixed1.4%
White & Black Caribbean1.3%
White & Black African0.4%
Asian
8.8%
Bangladeshi3.7%
Indian1.7%
Other Asian1.3%
Pakistani1.2%
Chinese0.9%
Black
2.6%
African1.2%
Caribbean1.1%
Other Black0.3%
Other
2.8%

State primary

Margaret Wix Primary School
😊 Happy school🤝 Strong SEN support
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School
😊 Happy school
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School

State secondary

Townsend Church of England School
Non-selective
St Albans Girls' School
Non-selective🏆 Exceptional results🏆 Strong sixth form
Loreto College
Non-selective🏆 Exceptional results⭐ Exceptional teaching

Independent

St Albans High School for Girls
🏆 Exceptional sixth form
St Albans School
🏆 Exceptional sixth form
St Albans Independent College
😊 Happy school🤝 Strong SEN support
Green spaces60 nearby
Clarence Park
Verulamium Park
Goldsmith Way Play Area
Townsend Bowls and Tennis Club

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