| Postcode | SG5 2JE | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin | 
| Nearest station | Hitchin (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Moormead Close (SW) Mattocke Road (SW) West Hill (NW) Fishponds Road (S) Fishponds Road (N) Football Club (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 33 View | 
| Known addresses | 37 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 41 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 43 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 47 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 49 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 51 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 55 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 56 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 57 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 58 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 59 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 60 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 61 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 62 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 63 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 64 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 65 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 66 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 69 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 70 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 71 Gaping Lane, Hitchin 74 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.950201 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.288997 | |
| Easting | 517688 | |
| Northing | 229350 | |
| Grid reference | TL176293 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 686301 5758971 | |
| what3words | shout.shock.taker | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magma snitch trance | |
| Plus code | 9C3XXP26+3C | |
| Altitude | 87 metres (284 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:55 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 71.1 KMs (44.2 miles) | 
| Parish | North Hertfordshire, unparished area | E43000232 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hitchin Oughton | E05015764 | 
| Local Authority District | North Hertfordshire | E07000099 | 
| County Electoral Division | Hitchin South | E58000642 | 
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| County | Hertfordshire | E10000015 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Hitchin | E14001289 | 
| MP | Alistair Strathern | Labour | 
| Police force | Hertfordshire | |
| Water company | Affinity Water | |
| Sewage company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | North and East Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 96 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 32 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Hitchin | E63011149 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00119939 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | North Hertfordshire 012F | E01023616 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Hertfordshire 012F | E01023616 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Hitchin Town & West | E02004920 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hitchin Town & West | E02004920 | 
| Travel to work area | Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City | E30000272 | 
| Average property price in Stevenage | £395,224 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2025 | £710,000 | 
| 49 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2025 | £938,000 | 
| 59 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2024 | £845,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2005 | £277,500 | |
| 62 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2023 | £775,000 | 
| 56 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2021 | £625,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2006 | £300,000 | |
| 47 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2021 | £645,000 | 
| 63 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2021 | £665,000 | 
| 70 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Terraced (freehold) | Feb 2018 | £665,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2008 | £307,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2003 | £275,000 | |
| 60 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2017 | £636,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2014 | £400,000 | |
| 58 Gaping Lane, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2016 | £630,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2008 | £395,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2003 | £288,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 1999 | £169,950 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 1998 | £137,000 |