| Postcode | SG5 2TG |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Hitchin |
| Nearest station | Hitchin (2 km) |
| Bus stops |
Westmill Lane (NE)
Westmill Road (SW)
Milestone Road (E)
Swinburne Avenue (NE)
Beechwood Close (SW)
Truemans Road (S)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 16 View |
| Known addresses |
1 River Mead, Hitchin
4 River Mead, Hitchin
9 River Mead, Hitchin
11 River Mead, Hitchin
|
| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.96189 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.29203 | |
| Easting | 517449 | |
| Northing | 230645 | |
| Grid reference | TL174306 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 686044 5760263 | |
| what3words | crunch.ordeals.tent | |
| FixPhrase | crisping magma spotter wasabi | |
| Plus code | 9C3XXP65+Q5 | |
| Altitude | 62 metres (205 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:57 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:51 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 72.2 KMs (44.8 miles) |
| Parish | North Hertfordshire, unparished area | E43000232 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hitchin Oughton | E05015764 |
| Local Authority District | North Hertfordshire | E07000099 |
| County Electoral Division | Hitchin Rural | E58000641 |
| 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 | November 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) | 33 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 14 | |
| 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) | E00119917 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8D2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | North Hertfordshire 012A | E01023611 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Hertfordshire 012A | E01023611 |
| 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 | £396,439 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.6% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 River Mead, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2020 | £257,500 |
| 1 River Mead, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2019 | £375,000 |
| 11 River Mead, Hitchin | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2003 | £159,000 |
| 4 River Mead, Hitchin | Terraced (leasehold) | May 1997 | £33,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 1997 | £66,000 |