HP1 — Hemel Hempstead
The HP1 board covers Hemel Hempstead in Dacorum, built from 14,208 sales over 32 years of real Land Registry sales across 8 local areas.
The median sale here was £71,000 back in 1995. In 2026 it stood at £426,500, a 6.0× change. Peak momentum came in 2000, when the HP1 median climbed +20.4%. 2009 was the year the music stopped here: -14.5% on the median.
Median sold price in HP1
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £71,000 | 438 |
| 2000 | £118,000 | 452 |
| 2005 | £194,000 | 517 |
| 2010 | £230,000 | 365 |
| 2015 | £287,000 | 433 |
| 2020 | £375,000 | 356 |
| 2025 | £417,500 | 379 |
| 2026 | £426,500 | 69 |
The areas on the board
The game's reel draws from 8 areas, in proportion to how often property really changes hands there:
- Hemel Hempstead (HP1 1) (43% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cotterells, Dacorum Way, Horsecroft Road
- Hemel Hempstead (HP1 2) (29% of local sales) — busiest streets: Long Chaulden, The Pastures, Northridge Way
- Hemel Hempstead (HP1 3) (25% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Street, Fennycroft Road, Spring Lane
- Piccotts End (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Riverbank, Piccotts End Road, Mill Close
- Great Gaddesden (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: St Margarets, Church Cottages, Pipers Hill
- Water End (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Potten End Hill, Leighton Buzzard Road, Water End Moor
- Boxmoor (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Beechfield Road
- Nettleden (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Nettleden Road
Think you could survive a decade here? Play the HP1 board and find out.
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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.