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Townsend Drive, AL3

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£775,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£7,408
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
51
Distinct homes
37
Price range
£196,000 – £2,875,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Townsend Drive is mostly detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £775,000 — roughly 31% above the AL3 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £7,408, above the district's £6,099. The street has been outpacing the AL3 trend. HM Land Registry records 51 sales across 37 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Townsend Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 51 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianAL3 district trend
£0£1M£2M£3M2000200520102015202020252000: £332,500 median · 4 sales2002: £655,000 median · 3 sales2003: £645,000 median · 3 sales2004: £399,950 median · 1 sale2005: £700,000 median · 3 sales2007: £761,250 median · 2 sales2008: £865,000 median · 3 sales2009: £1,350,000 median · 4 sales2011: £585,000 median · 1 sale2012: £1,095,000 median · 2 sales2013: £625,000 median · 5 sales2014: £826,844 median · 2 sales2015: £705,000 median · 2 sales2016: £1,090,000 median · 1 sale2017: £507,500 median · 1 sale2019: £1,307,500 median · 2 sales2020: £986,000 median · 2 sales2021: £1,050,000 median · 3 sales2023: £1,721,000 median · 4 sales2024: £1,750,000 median · 1 sale2025: £2,357,500 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the AL3 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Townsend Drive compares

Townsend Drive against the AL3 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Townsend Drive£775k · 51*
Goldsmith Way£760k · 41
Beech Road£640k · 40
Folly Lane£636k · 40
Dalton Street£615k · 43
Batchwood Drive£605k · 39
Grange Street£575k · 44
Bernard Street£540k · 45
High Street£388k · 99

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£775,000
median · all recorded sales
AL3 district
£590,000
median · last 8 years · street +31%
St Albans
£631,152
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +1.7% in 12 months
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Townsend Drive's £775,000 median sits about 31% above AL3's £590,000; on floor space it runs £7,408/m² against the district's £6,099/m² (+21%).

Street and AL3 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the St Albans and England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Townsend Drive.

Detached
£1,090,000
31 sales
Semi-detached
£548,750
20 sales

Every recorded sale on Townsend Drive

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
30 Oct 202523 · AL3 5RFDetached—£2,215,000
1 May 202512b · AL3 5RQDetached—£2,500,000
27 Sept 202418 · AL3 5RQDetached—£1,750,000
29 Sept 202322a · AL3 5RQDetached—£2,875,000
30 Aug 202339 · AL3 5RFSemi-detached—£900,000
15 Aug 202313 · AL3 5RBDetached—£1,842,000
23 Mar 202318 · AL3 5RQDetached—£1,600,000
16 Sept 202155a · AL3 5RNSemi-detached—£792,500
22 Mar 202127a · AL3 5RFDetached—£1,410,000
5 Mar 202138 · AL3 5RJSemi-detached—£1,050,000
19 Nov 202013 · AL3 5RBDetached—£1,375,000
15 Oct 202055 · AL3 5RNSemi-detached—£597,000
6 Aug 201926 · AL3 5RQDetached—£1,115,000
10 May 20195 · AL3 5RBDetached—£1,500,000
7 Sept 201755 · AL3 5RNSemi-detached—£507,500
29 Jan 2016The Shire, 15a · AL3 5RBDetached—£1,090,000
18 May 201519 · AL3 5RFDetached—£780,000
8 May 201553 · AL3 5RNSemi-detached—£630,000
15 Dec 201440 · AL3 5RJDetached—£878,687
14 Feb 201412d · AL3 5RQDetached—£775,000
11 Nov 201317 · AL3 5RBSemi-detachedYes£625,000
1 Nov 201316 · AL3 5RQDetachedYes£1,080,000
4 Oct 201336 · AL3 5RJSemi-detached—£825,000
3 Sept 201353 · AL3 5RNSemi-detached—£512,500
11 Jan 201359 · AL3 5RNSemi-detached—£499,950
21 Sept 201249 · AL3 5RHSemi-detached—£495,000
22 Jun 201227 · AL3 5RFDetached—£1,695,000
7 Jan 201136 · AL3 5RJSemi-detached—£585,000
30 Nov 200922a · AL3 5RQDetached—£2,250,000
21 Oct 200920 · AL3 5RQDetached—£775,000
10 Aug 200922 · AL3 5RQDetached—£1,925,000
29 May 200910 · AL3 5RQDetached—£675,000
14 Nov 200814 · AL3 5RQDetached—£1,325,000
25 Jul 200835 · AL3 5RFSemi-detached—£650,000
18 Jul 200825 · AL3 5RFDetached—£865,000
17 Sept 200734 · AL3 5RJSemi-detached—£635,000
8 Jun 20077 · AL3 5RBDetached—£887,500
9 Dec 200535 · AL3 5RFSemi-detached—£500,000
25 Nov 20059 · AL3 5RBDetached—£700,000
2 Sept 200514 · AL3 5RQDetached—£1,150,000
6 Oct 200449 · AL3 5RHSemi-detached—£399,950
15 Dec 20038 · AL3 5RQDetachedYes£675,000
21 Nov 200325b · AL3 5RFDetached—£645,000
12 Feb 200336 · AL3 5RJSemi-detached—£435,000
27 Sept 20022 · AL3 5RDDetached—£655,000
9 Sept 200228 · AL3 5RQDetached—£435,000
27 Jun 20029 · AL3 5RBDetached—£695,000
6 Oct 200032 · AL3 5RJSemi-detached—£315,000
22 Sept 200035 · AL3 5RFSemi-detached—£350,000
3 May 20002 · AL3 5RDDetached—£380,000
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More streets in AL3

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider AL3 area guide.

High StreetGoldsmith WayBeech RoadGrange StreetCarlisle AvenueDalton StreetFishpool StreetBatchwood DriveBernard StreetFolly LaneVerulam RoadThe Park
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.