Land To The North Of Ickleford, Bedford Road, Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5
Description
The Site is located on the north-western side of the village of Ickleford, to the east of A600 Bedford Road. It is bounded by Ickleford Sports and Recreation Club Pavilion and playing fields to the east, residential development to the south, A600 Bedford Road to the west and agricultural land to the north.
Currently, the Site comprises a number of smallholdings along with associated residential dwellings accessed via Bedford Road. A small area of woodland is located in the south east corner of the site identified within the IC3 policy as 'priority deciduous woodland'. The remainder of the site is arable farmland with pockets of trees, hedges and vegetation.
Ickleford is a village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire located on the outskirts of Hitchin with the civil parish boundary to the north bordering Central Bedfordshire.
The village contains a range of facilities including a primary school, shops, public houses, village hall and church.
Local amenities are available in Hitchin, which offers a wide range of shops, restaurants, leisure facilities and schools, along with a mainline railway station providing fast and frequent services to London King's Cross and Cambridge. Road links are good, with convenient access to the A1(M) and the wider regional motorway network.
The Council is seeking offers for the sale of the freehold interest of the whole of the Site. Interested Parties are required to submit their proposals via email and in accordance with the Bidding Guidelines to george. by not later than 12 noon, on Thursday 8 October 2026 . The Council reserves the right to reject any or all offers received.
VAT will not be chargeable on the sale.
Much of the site can be viewed via public footpaths and bridleways running around the perimeter. However access to the houses and land to the rear will need to be arranged by appointment.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-30
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
80 Mbps
Superfast
Suitable for
- HD streaming
- Video calls
- Web & social
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Ickleford Primary School510 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 213
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School994 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 173
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Strathmore Infant and Nursery School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 198
- Type
- Community school
- Oughton Primary and Nursery School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 195
- Type
- Community school
- Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 234
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
Secondary
- The Priory School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,221
- Type
- Foundation school
- Hitchin Boys' School1.4 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,364
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Boys
- Fearnhill School1.7 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 597
- Type
- Foundation school
- Hitchin Girls' School1.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,357
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Girls
- The Highfield School1.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 937
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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