Hertfordshire
Watford
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Watford is best known for the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour nearby, Watford FC, its major shopping centre, and its fast rail links into London.
Postcode districts: WD17, WD18, WD24
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- Prices: Watford · August 2026
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Full Watford area guideProperty prices
£408,659
Average price across Watford · -0.4% in a year
- Detached
- £941,650
- Semi-detached
- £541,069
- Terraced
- £435,927
- Flat / maisonette
- £265,100
Regional figure (Watford), not a valuation of a specific street.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI · Updated August 2026
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Watford began as a Hertfordshire market town and grew rapidly with the arrival of the railway and the Grand Union Canal, becoming a centre for printing and brewing in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today it is a busy commercial town on the edge of London, home to the huge intu/Atria shopping centre, Watford FC at Vicarage Road, and — just outside town — the Warner Bros. Studio Tour, the 'Making of Harry Potter'. With fast trains to London Euston and the Metropolitan line, Watford is a popular commuter base offering a wide range of rental homes.
Source notes: Summarised from Wikipedia ("Watford", Wikidata Q640102) and Watford Museum heritage 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.