7 Gavel Centre, Porters Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Land size
- 0.04 acres
- Use Class
- Use Class: E
Key Features
- Excellent natural light
- Air-conditioned
- Alarmed
- Fully carpeted
- Kitchen
- Ground floor stoarge area with loading door
- 4 car parking spaces
- 2 electric car charging points
Description
St Albans is a cathedral city and a busy commercial centre located approximately 22 miles (35 km) north of central London having a population in the order of 81,000.
The city benefits from excellent communications with the M1, A1(M) and M25 motorways within a short drive. St Albans city centre and the railway station are both approximately 1.5 miles (2.3 km) to the south. St Albans City Station provides fast and frequent Thameslink rail rail services to London St Pancras and the City of London as well as London Gatwick and London Luton Airports.
Porters Wood forms part of the Valley Road business area approximately 1.5 miles (2.3km) north of the city centre. It is accessed off Valley Road.
The Gavel Centre comprises a development of four modern two-storey business units having been constructed in 2006 to a very high specification.
The subject property enefits from the following amenities:
• Largely open plan
• Double glazed
• Comfort cooling
• Alarmed
• Carpeted
• Kitchen facilities
• Two electric car charging points
• 4 car parking spaces
Offers sought in the region of £535,000. excl VAT. The property is held freehold.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-21
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
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 57% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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
- Bernards Heath Junior School668 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 353
- Type
- Community school
- Wheatfields Junior Mixed School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 358
- Type
- Academy converter
- Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School0.6 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 243
- Type
- Academy converter
- Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School0.6 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 279
- Type
- Community school
- Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 430
- Type
- Academy converter
Secondary
- St Albans Girls' School399 metresOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,423
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Girls
- Townsend Church of England School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 746
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Sandringham School0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,777
- Type
- Academy converter
- Verulam School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 987
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Boys
- Loreto College1.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 952
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Gender
- Girls
* 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
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
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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