The Camp is the kind of pocket you'd drive through and not quite register as a place — a scatter of detached and terraced houses on the edge of St Albans district, more hamlet than high street, where the housing does the talking rather than any parade of shops. With a population in the dozens rather than thousands, this reads less like a suburb and more like a cluster of streets that happens to share a postcode, which shapes almost everything else about living here. Financially, this is about as comfortable as England gets: it sits in the top decile for both deprivation and income nationally, and the numbers back that up without shouting about it. The median sale price of £460,000 is 22% below what you'd pay in St Albans itself, which for a spot this affluent is worth pausing on — you're getting into the district's orbit without paying its full asking price. Terraced houses dominate what little turns over here, nearly all of it freehold, so a For Sale board on this street is more likely to mean a Victorian or Edwardian terrace changing hands outright than a leasehold flat. Detached homes exist too, and the spread between a £405,000 and £870,000 sale tells you the housing stock is mixed rather than uniform. Rent, where it happens, runs high at £1,931 a month — well above both the regional and national averages — which suggests this is a place people buy into rather than pass through. Life here is quiet in the most literal sense: only two crimes recorded in the past year, with the annual breakdown of vehicle crime and violence-related offences reflecting the wider district's patterns rather than anything specific to these few streets. The safety grade holds flat rather than trending in either direction, which for a place this small is really just a description of ordinary life continuing undisturbed. Full-fibre broadband reaches close to 80% of premises, so working from one of these houses is a realistic proposition, and the population density — lower than the regional average despite being tucked against a town like St Albans — gives a sense of space that's unusual this close to a commuter hub. Green space is generously provided for relative to both regional and national norms, which fits the picture of a settlement built around houses and gardens rather than amenity. This suits someone who has already decided they want St Albans-adjacent living without the St Albans price tag, and who isn't looking for a high street, a nightlife scene, or much in the way of passing footfall. The median age of 46 points to settled households rather than young professionals cycling through rentals. If your idea of home includes a corner shop, a school run past a parade, or evening life on your doorstep, The Camp will feel too quiet almost immediately. If it means a freehold terrace, fast broadband, and very little crime to think about, it's hard to find much to regret.