Beech Road, St Albans house prices are built from 256 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £279,975. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +63.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +18.1%.
Median price paid
£279,975
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+63.0%
Change in real terms
+18.1%
Median per m²
£3,390
HM Land Registry256 sales41 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Beech Road, St Albans prices moved
The chart tracks the median Beech Road, St Albans 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 | 5 | £92,975 | £206,448 |
| 2000s | 10 | £250,000 | £455,426 |
| 2010s | 8 | £464,805 | £655,374 |
| 2020s | 3 | £635,000 | £648,804 |
The highest yearly median on record for Beech Road, St Albans is £815,000 in 2025; the lowest is £90,000 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £90,000 to £815,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £199,843, so the real change over the whole record is +316.7% — about +4.87% 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: +63.0% in cash against +18.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 19 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £650,000 | £650,000 |
| 106 | 23 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £510,000 | £521,087 |
| 114 | 1 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £660,000 | £674,348 |
| 170 | 20 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £815,000 | £832,717 |
| 185 | 1 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £1,125,000 | £1,149,457 |
| 54 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £985,000 | £1,006,413 |
| 99 | 24 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £1,020,000 | £1,042,174 |
| 172 | 14 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| 193 | 22 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £1,025,000 | £1,078,545 |
| 121 | 22 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £700,000 | £736,567 |
| 44 | 27 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £247,000 | £266,874 |
| 156 | 3 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £1,051,000 | £1,135,563 |
| 81 | 26 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £835,000 | £967,420 |
| 192 | 18 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £810,000 | £938,455 |
| 167 | 28 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached | £975,000 | £1,129,622 |
| 37 | 3 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £335,000 | £423,253 |
| 87 | 29 Jun 2021 | Detached | £700,000 | £884,409 |
| 52 | 26 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £1,000,000 | £1,263,441 |
| 103 | 19 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £594,250 | £750,800 |
| 165 | 18 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £828,000 | £1,046,129 |
| 209 | 1 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £505,000 | £638,038 |
| 43 | 25 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £330,000 | £416,935 |
| 42a | 22 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| 107 | 20 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £765,000 | £990,496 |
| 81 | 20 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £700,000 | £906,336 |
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 Beech Road, St Albans values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 Beech Road | £185,000 (2000) | £650,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 170 Beech Road | £266,950 (2002) | £815,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| 185 Beech Road | £500,000 (2012) | £1,125,000 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.4% |
| 54 Beech Road | £330,000 (2009) | £985,000 (2025) | +7.1% | +3.9% |
| 99 Beech Road | £322,500 (2008) | £1,020,000 (2025) | +7.0% | +3.9% |
| 193 Beech Road | £485,000 (2013) | £1,025,000 (2024) | +7.0% | +3.9% |
| 44 Beech Road | £60,000 (1999) | £247,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 156 Beech Road | £272,000 (2003) | £1,051,000 (2023) | +7.0% | +4.0% |
| 81 Beech Road | £250,000 (2003) | £835,000 (2022) | +6.6% | +3.8% |
| 192 Beech Road | £356,000 (2007) | £810,000 (2022) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 37 Beech Road | £90,750 (2000) | £335,000 (2021) | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| 87 Beech Road | £389,950 (2010) | £700,000 (2021) | +5.5% | +3.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Beech Road, St Albans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 160 | 62.5% | £340,000 | £82,000 – £1,125,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 64 | 25.0% | £183,000 | £4,250 – £345,000 |
| Detached | 19 | 7.4% | £325,000 | £71,000 – £700,000 |
| Terraced | 13 | 5.1% | £310,000 | £99,500 – £1,000,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Beech Road, St Albans
65 of the sales on record are leasehold and 191 freehold — 25.4% 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 £184,000 and the median freehold sale £340,000 — a gap of +84.8%. 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 | 65 | 25.4% | £184,000 |
| Freehold | 191 | 74.6% | £340,000 |
| New build | 2 | 0.8% | £45,875 |
| Existing home | 254 | 99.2% | £286,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -84.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 14 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 Beech Road, St Albans
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Central Bedfordshire, 54.5% of 139,601 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,405 | 1.0% |
| B | 28,531 | 20.4% |
| C | 46,180 | 33.1% |
| D | 45,015 | 32.2% |
| E | 14,404 | 10.3% |
| F | 3,286 | 2.4% |
| G | 780 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Central Bedfordshire at £1,250 a month as of Jun 2026 — £864 for a one-bedroom home and £1,374 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £279,975 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.36% 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.
No street-level crime was published for AL3 in Jun 2026 by Hertfordshire. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Beech Road, St Albans
The 2021 census counted 294,252 residents in Central Bedfordshire across 120,754 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a AL3 postcode: 9 primary, 2 secondary, 1 nursery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans Girls' School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,423 |
| Townsend Church of England School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 746 |
| Prae Wood Primary School | Primary | Community school | 446 |
| Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 430 |
| Redbourn Primary School | Primary | Community school | 375 |
| Bernards Heath Junior School | Primary | Community school | 353 |
| Markyate Village School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 211 |
| St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 201 |
| Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 198 |
| Margaret Wix Primary School | Primary | Community school | 167 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Harpenden Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
| St Albans Abbey Rail Station | Rail | 4.7 km |
| St Albans City Rail Station | Rail | 4.8 km |
| Park Street Rail Station | Rail | 6.6 km |
Section 09
How Beech Road, St Albans compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Beech Road, St Albans sits above that national figure — +77.8%.
Within St Albans the street ranks 746 of 1229 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £285,000 (-1.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,390 per square metre, across 41 of the 256 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 £4,250 to £1,125,000. 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.
Beech Road, St Albans sits in Central Bedfordshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Central Bedfordshire at 9.7 times median local earnings of £37,704 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
- High Street£213,500 median
- Goldsmith Way£400,000 median
- The Park£335,000 median
- Bernard Street£275,619 median
- Grange Street£298,000 median
- Dalton Street£307,000 median
- Fishpool Street£375,000 median
- Carlisle Avenue£270,000 median
- Folly Lane£300,000 median
- Batchwood Drive£293,000 median
- Verulam Road£333,000 median
- Oster Street£269,950 median
- Green Lane£333,000 median
- Cannon Street£320,000 median
- Normandy Road£352,500 median
- Harpenden Road£525,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 37 Beech Road7 sales
- 33 Beech Road6 sales
- 49 Beech Road6 sales
- 44 Beech Road5 sales
- 31 Beech Road5 sales
- 99 Beech Road4 sales
- 192 Beech Road4 sales
- 39 Beech Road4 sales
- 108 Beech Road4 sales
- BEECH HOUSE Beech Road4 sales
- 202 Beech Road4 sales
- 115 Beech Road3 sales
- 185 Beech Road3 sales
- 193 Beech Road3 sales
- 156 Beech Road3 sales
- 81 Beech Road3 sales
- 43 Beech Road3 sales
- 42A Beech Road3 sales
- 175 Beech Road3 sales
- 209A Beech Road3 sales
- 51 Beech Road3 sales
- 191 Beech Road3 sales
- 153 Beech Road3 sales
- 211 Beech Road3 sales
Back to St Albans house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Beech Road, St Albans?
The median price paid in Beech Road, St Albans across every sale on the register is £279,975. 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 Beech Road, St Albans?
256 sales are on record for Beech Road, St Albans, the most recent completing on 19 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Beech Road, St Albans house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +63.0% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +18.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Beech Road, St Albans house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £815,000, set in 2025. 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 Beech Road, St Albans?
£3,390 per square metre, from the 41 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 19 Mar 2026. 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, “Beech Road, St Albans 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.