The Ridgeway, Potters Bar house prices are built from 151 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 5 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £1,120,000. Across the 12 years from 2013 to 2025 the median moved +30.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -8.8%.
Median price paid
£1,120,000
Change in cash, 2013–2025
+30.1%
Change in real terms
-8.8%
Median per m²
£2,345
HM Land Registry151 sales1 with floor areaLatest sale 5 Nov 2025
Section 01
How The Ridgeway, Potters Bar prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Ridgeway, Potters Bar house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £455,000 | £1,010,315 |
| 2000s | 6 | £750,000 | £1,366,279 |
| 2010s | 3 | £1,345,000 | £1,896,450 |
| 2020s | 5 | £1,750,000 | £1,788,043 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Ridgeway, Potters Bar is £2,675,000 in 2024; the lowest is £300,000 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £300,000 to £1,750,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £666,142, so the real change over the whole record is +168.4% — about +3.35% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +30.1% in cash against -8.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 Nov 2025 | Detached | £1,325,000 | £1,353,804 |
| 91 | 11 Jul 2025 | Detached | £1,625,000 | £1,660,326 |
| 42 | 6 Jun 2025 | Detached | £3,300,000 | £3,371,739 |
| 111 | 24 Apr 2025 | Detached | £1,320,000 | £1,348,696 |
| 23 | 28 Jan 2025 | Detached | £2,000,000 | £2,043,478 |
| 123 | 14 Jan 2025 | Detached | £1,750,000 | £1,788,043 |
| 51 | 8 Jan 2025 | Detached | £1,830,000 | £1,869,783 |
| 48 | 6 Dec 2024 | Detached | £3,550,000 | £3,735,448 |
| 38 | 21 Oct 2024 | Detached | £3,600,000 | £3,788,060 |
| 121 | 25 Jul 2024 | Detached | £1,300,000 | £1,367,910 |
| 21 | 30 Apr 2024 | Detached | £5,170,000 | £5,440,075 |
| 49 | 26 Apr 2024 | Detached | £1,800,000 | £1,894,030 |
| 32 | 31 Jan 2024 | Detached | £1,800,000 | £1,894,030 |
| 4 | 30 Jun 2023 | Detached | £3,100,000 | £3,349,425 |
| 131 | 29 Jul 2022 | Detached | £1,695,000 | £1,963,804 |
| 75 | 30 Jun 2022 | Detached | £1,150,000 | £1,332,375 |
| 57 | 17 Jun 2022 | Detached | £1,345,000 | £1,558,299 |
| 97 | 8 Mar 2022 | Detached | £1,300,000 | £1,506,163 |
| Coverack | 11 Feb 2022 | Detached | £1,440,000 | £1,668,365 |
| 14 | 9 Dec 2021 | Detached | £3,355,000 | £4,238,844 |
| Monkswell | 1 Nov 2021 | Detached | £5,200,000 | £6,569,892 |
| 17 | 19 Oct 2021 | Detached | £1,870,000 | £2,362,634 |
| 12 | 19 Aug 2021 | Detached | £2,137,500 | £2,700,605 |
| 35 | 24 Jun 2021 | Detached | £1,275,000 | £1,610,887 |
| 55 | 2 Jun 2021 | Detached | £1,250,000 | £1,579,301 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to The Ridgeway, Potters Bar values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 the Ridgeway | £850,000 (2007) | £1,325,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.5% |
| 91 the Ridgeway | £450,000 (1998) | £1,625,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 42 the Ridgeway | £750,000 (2004) | £3,300,000 (2025) | +7.3% | +4.3% |
| 111 the Ridgeway | £412,000 (2000) | £1,320,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 51 the Ridgeway | £435,000 (1997) | £1,830,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 48 the Ridgeway | £840,000 (1998) | £3,550,000 (2024) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 21 the Ridgeway | £1,975,000 (2012) | £5,170,000 (2024) | +8.3% | +5.2% |
| 4 the Ridgeway | £380,000 (1998) | £3,100,000 (2023) | +8.8% | +6.0% |
| 131 the Ridgeway | £1,395,000 (2018) | £1,695,000 (2022) | +5.0% | +1.4% |
| 57 the Ridgeway | £370,000 (2001) | £1,345,000 (2022) | +6.3% | +3.7% |
| 97 the Ridgeway | £440,000 (1999) | £1,300,000 (2022) | +4.8% | +2.3% |
| 14 the Ridgeway | £1,250,000 (2005) | £3,355,000 (2021) | +6.4% | +4.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Ridgeway, Potters Bar is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 138 | 91.4% | £1,200,000 | £228,000 – £5,200,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 9 | 6.0% | £699,000 | £470,000 – £800,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3 | 2.0% | £580,000 | £390,000 – £1,080,000 |
| Terraced | 1 | 0.7% | £540,000 | £540,000 – £540,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Ridgeway, Potters Bar
9 of the sales on record are leasehold and 142 freehold — 6.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £699,000 and the median freehold sale £1,185,750 — a gap of +69.6%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 9 | 6.0% | £699,000 |
| Freehold | 142 | 94.0% | £1,185,750 |
A further 11 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in The Ridgeway, Potters Bar
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Broxbourne, 50.0% of 42,807 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 112 | 0.3% |
| B | 4,925 | 11.5% |
| C | 16,376 | 38.3% |
| D | 14,782 | 34.5% |
| E | 5,411 | 12.6% |
| F | 973 | 2.3% |
| G | 228 | 0.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Broxbourne at £1,675 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,125 for a one-bedroom home and £1,769 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £1,120,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 1.79% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of EN6, 160 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 62 violent, 1 burglary, 5 vehicle-related and 35 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 99,009 residents the 2021 census counted in Broxbourne, that is 1.62 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around The Ridgeway, Potters Bar
The 2021 census counted 99,009 residents in Broxbourne across 39,850 households. 69.7% of those households own their home and 30.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a EN6 postcode: 9 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dame Alice Owen's School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,467 |
| Cuffley School | Primary | Foundation school | 449 |
| Cranborne Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 448 |
| Gracewood Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 420 |
| Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 226 |
| Oakmere Primary School | Primary | Community school | 226 |
| Little Heath Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 225 |
| The Wroxham School | Primary | Academy converter | 218 |
| Pope Paul Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 214 |
| Northaw Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 101 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Potters Bar Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Brookmans Park Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Hadley Wood Rail Station | Rail | 3.5 km |
| Cuffley Rail Station | Rail | 4.7 km |
Section 09
How The Ridgeway, Potters Bar compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Ridgeway, Potters Bar sits above that national figure — +611.1%.
Within Potters Bar the street ranks 3 of 288 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £285,000 (+293.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,345 per square metre, across 1 of the 151 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £228,000 to £5,200,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
The Ridgeway, Potters Bar sits in Broxbourne, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Broxbourne at 10.8 times median local earnings of £39,583 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Darkes Lane£210,000 median
- Mutton Lane£250,000 median
- Sunnybank Road£330,000 median
- Billy Lows Lane£300,000 median
- Tolmers Road£601,500 median
- Bornedene£136,500 median
- Dugdale Hill Lane£278,000 median
- Auckland Road£283,000 median
- Mimms Hall Road£260,000 median
- The Walk£330,000 median
- Hill Rise£390,000 median
- Ashwood Road£189,950 median
- Lambs Close£140,000 median
- Hawkshead Road£250,000 median
- Brookside Crescent£447,500 median
- Aberdale Gardens£235,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 91 the Ridgeway6 sales
- 4 the Ridgeway6 sales
- 42 the Ridgeway4 sales
- 111 the Ridgeway4 sales
- 57 the Ridgeway4 sales
- 63 the Ridgeway4 sales
- 15 the Ridgeway4 sales
- 2 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 51 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 21 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 34 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 93 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 65 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 117 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 48 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 131 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 97 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 14 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 55 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 103 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 3 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 23A the Ridgeway2 sales
- 27 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 26 the Ridgeway2 sales
Back to Potters Bar house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Ridgeway, Potters Bar?
The median price paid in The Ridgeway, Potters Bar across every sale on the register is £1,120,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in The Ridgeway, Potters Bar?
151 sales are on record for The Ridgeway, Potters Bar, the most recent completing on 5 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Ridgeway, Potters Bar house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +30.1% between 2013 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -8.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Ridgeway, Potters Bar house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £2,675,000, set in 2024. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in The Ridgeway, Potters Bar?
£2,345 per square metre, from the 1 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 5 Nov 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “The Ridgeway, Potters Bar house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.