Bowershott
Suburb · 167 residents
56Good
Good · better than 3 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 78 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 37, where 60 is typical
- Road noise reaches 97% of the area
- Health scores 13, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Bowershott a good place to live?
Bowershott scores 56/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (74).
It scores lowest on health (13) and affordability (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Bowershott in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Bowershott
Bowershott sits in that quiet corner of North Hertfordshire where the streets feel more residential than commercial — the kind of suburb you pass through on the way somewhere else, which is often the point of living in one.
Honestly, there isn't enough on the table here to paint a fuller picture of Bowershott with any confidence. What can be said is that it belongs to North Hertfordshire, a district where the typical home trades around the £405,000 mark — noticeably above the English median and a reminder that this part of the East of England has long attracted people who want commuter-belt access without London prices. Whether Bowershott itself sits above or below that district figure isn't something to guess at.
If you're weighing it up seriously, the sensible move is a couple of visits at different times — a weekday morning to see who's heading out and where, and a weekend walk to get the measure of the streets, the green space within reach, and how far you'd actually be travelling for a weekly shop or a train. Local estate agents' windows will tell you more about the current property mix than any national benchmark can, and a quick look at the catchment schools and nearest station will answer the two questions that tend to decide these things.
Bowershott reads as a small residential pocket rather than a place with its own centre of gravity, and that will suit some people and frustrate others. Go and see.