AL4 — St. Albans
St. Albans's AL4 postcode sits in St Albans. The board behind it is assembled from 15,201 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical AL4 sale went from £88,000 in 1995 to £555,000 in 2026 — 6.3× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2002 — prices moved +25.7% that year. The one to avoid was 2026: the median moved -11.2%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in AL4
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £88,000 | 374 |
| 2000 | £184,998 | 680 |
| 2005 | £257,475 | 550 |
| 2010 | £345,000 | 439 |
| 2015 | £445,000 | 470 |
| 2020 | £540,000 | 375 |
| 2025 | £624,975 | 372 |
| 2026 | £555,000 | 61 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- St. Albans (AL4 9) (35% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Ridgeway, Hughenden Road, Twyford Road
- St. Albans (AL4 0) (28% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hatfield Road, Puddingstone Drive, Hazelwood Drive
- Wheathampstead (21% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lower Luton Road, Necton Road, The Hill
- Sandridge (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: St Leonards Court, High Street, St Albans Road
- Colney Heath (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Street, Roestock Lane, Bullens Green Lane
- Smallford (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Sleapshyde Lane, Oaklands Lane, Station Road
- Tyttenhanger (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Highfield Lane, Tyttenhanger Green, Tillage Close
- Blackmore End (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Kimpton Road, Brownfield Way, Lime Avenue
Reading about 2002 is easy; surviving 2026 is the game. Play the AL4 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.