About AL8
Lemsford · East of England
Also covers Welwyn Garden City, Handside, Sherrardspark, Digswell Park and Stanborough.
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Matched sales140 of 145 sales
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House prices per square metre in AL8
£5,920median per m²High confidence
95% CI £5,460–£6,140 per m² · n = 140 matched sales
The median sold price in AL8 (Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City) is £5,920 per square metre (£550 per ft²), based on 140 matched sales in the 12 months to August 2026, at a median sale price of £510,000. Over the 10 years to Q3 2025, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +2.2% a year in cash terms, or −1.1% a year after inflation.
Map of 145 sales in AL8 in the last 12 months; median £5,920 per square metre. Full details are in the sold-prices table below.
Postcode district
Prices in AL8
Tenure
Median price per m²
£5,920
n = 140 matched sales
Median sale price
£510,000
n = 145 sales
How prices are spread in AL8
Distribution of £/m² for the matched resale sales in AL8 over the last 12 months. The median is £5,920/m² with a 95% CI of £5,460 to £6,140 and a middle 60% running £4,850 to £6,760. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £4,850
- p80 £6,760
- 95% CI £5,460–£6,140
The individual sales appear here once AL8's sold-price file loads. The markers are the published statistics.
By property type
| Property type | Median £/m² | Matched sales |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | £6,180/m² | n = 31 |
| Terraced | £6,050/m² | n = 53 |
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Tenure
£509,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £417,000–£581,000
86 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 140 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/08/26 | 4 Melbourne Court, Welwyn Garden City | £595,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £6,070 | |
| 21/08/26 | 164 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City | £485,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £6,220 | |
| 07/08/26 | 4 Sefton Court, Welwyn Garden City | £350,000 | Terraced | Freehold | n/a | |
| 31/07/26 | 88 Haymeads, Welwyn Garden City | £182,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £2,940 | |
| 30/07/26 | 8 Attimore Road, Welwyn Garden City | £625,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £6,190 | |
| 30/07/26 | 52 Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City | £625,000 | Detached | Freehold | £4,960 | |
| 30/07/26 | 216 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City | £500,000 | Semi | Freehold | £6,580 | |
| 30/07/26 | 3 Sewells, Welwyn Garden City | £440,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £4,940 | |
| 24/07/26 | 8 Marsden Close, Welwyn Garden City | £465,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £6,040 | |
| 24/07/26 | 6 Picketts, Welwyn Garden City | £425,000 | Semi | Freehold | £5,900 | |
| 16/07/26 | 4 Brockett Close, Welwyn Garden City | £556,500 | Terraced | Leasehold | £6,050 | |
| 15/07/26 | 42 Ingles, Welwyn Garden City | £387,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £5,530 | |
| 10/07/26 | 19 Longcroft Gardens, Welwyn Garden City | £390,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £6,290 | |
| 03/07/26 | 8 Maidensfield, Welwyn Garden City | £250,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £4,310 | |
| 02/07/26 | 5 Willow Grove, Welwyn Garden City | £740,000 | Detached | Leasehold | £5,970 | |
| 01/07/26 | 12 Mandeville Rise, Welwyn Garden City | £1,397,500 | Detached | Freehold | £7,090 | |
| 01/07/26 | 27 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City | £780,000 | Semi | Freehold | £6,140 | |
| 30/06/26 | 33 Barleycroft Road, Welwyn Garden City | £720,000 | Detached | Freehold | £7,270 | |
| 22/06/26 | 38 Sherrardspark Road, Welwyn Garden City | £1,900,000 | Detached | Leasehold | £6,010 | |
| 22/06/26 | 8 the Valley Green, Welwyn Garden City | £1,125,000 | Detached | Leasehold | £7,310 |
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Compare AL8 with a neighbouring district · league tables
Ranked here: 14th of 195 in most expensive postcode districts in East of England
Nearby districts
Median price per square metre in the nearest districts.
- AL7 · Welwyn Garden City£4,890/m² median
- AL6 · Tewin£5,360/m² median
- AL10 · Hatfield£4,560/m² median
- SG3 · Woolmer Green£5,190/m² median
- AL9 · Brookmans Park£4,930/m² median
- AL4 · Wheathampstead£6,820/m² median
- SG14 · Watton At Stone£5,900/m² median
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Further reading
- Freehold and leasehold are different markets63% of matched sales here are freehold
- Cash terms, real terms, and which to trustPrices here rose 2.2% a year in cash and fell 1.1% after inflation
- What is a good price per square metre?How to read a price per square metre against its area
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HM Land Registry sold prices to August 2026 (registrations lag sales by 2–8 weeks) · updated August 2026 · how these figures are made
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