Hertfordshire
Hemel Hempstead
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Hemel Hempstead is best known for its 'Magic Roundabout', its Norman church, its New Town expansion, and its M1/M25 and London rail links.
Postcode districts: HP1, HP2, HP3
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Full Hemel Hempstead area guideProperty prices
£450,935
Average price across Dacorum · +0.1% in a year
- Detached
- £913,529
- Semi-detached
- £544,712
- Terraced
- £418,630
- Flat / maisonette
- £258,834
Regional figure (Dacorum), not a valuation of a specific street.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI · Updated August 2026
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Hemel Hempstead is a Hertfordshire town with an old market centre — the High Street and St Mary's Church date back to the medieval and Norman periods — that was greatly expanded as a New Town after 1947 to house Londoners. It is nationally known for its 'Magic Roundabout', a famous ring of six mini-roundabouts. Set close to the Chilterns and the Grand Union Canal, with good links to the M1, M25 and London Euston, Hemel Hempstead offers renters a broad mix of post-war and modern housing.
Source notes: Summarised from Wikipedia ("Hemel Hempstead", Wikidata Q834532) and Dacorum Heritage Trust information.
Page prepared 2026-11-07. Figures come from the official sources named on each card; where we don't have reliable data we say so.