According to data from HM Land Registry, 40, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden sits on a plot of 453 m².

We have plot size data on 20 out of 21 other houses in the postcode and 40, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden sits on the 7th largest plot.

40, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 30 Jan 2023.

The property is connected to mains gas and has single glazed windows. It is heated using a boiler and radiators (mains gas).

According to HM Land Registry, 40, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden was last sold on 8th June 2010 for £890,000 and was recorded as a freehold house.

The property has only had this single sale since 1995.

Since June 2010, the market for similar properties has risen by 48.9%.

According to the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents, there have been 135 sales of properties similar to 40, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden within a radius of 720 metres since 2014.

The most recent example is 10, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AF, a freehold house which sold for £1,650,000 on the 12th December 2025.

Read more about house prices in AL5.

• Sold Dec 2025£1,650,000 | 5 Bed House10, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AF10, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AF
• Sold Nov 2025£1,515,000 | 5 Bed House3, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4AU3, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4AU
• Sold Sep 2025£1,860,000 | 5 Bed House14, Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, AL5 4DB14, Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, AL5 4DB
• Sold Jul 2025£1,305,000 | 4 Bed House12, Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, AL5 4DB12, Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, AL5 4DB
• Sold Jul 2025£1,495,000 | 4 Bed House37, Hillside Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BS37, Hillside Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BS
• Sold Nov 2024£1,300,000 | 4 Bed House12A, Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, AL5 4DB12A, Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, AL5 4DB
• Sold Oct 2023£1,215,000 | 5 Bed House25, Townsend Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BG25, Townsend Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BG
• Sold Oct 2023£1,202,500 | 5 Bed House3, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BE3, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BE
• Sold Aug 2023£1,400,000 | 5 Bed House18, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BB18, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BB
• Sold Aug 2023£1,400,000 | 5 Bed House16, Byron Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AB16, Byron Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AB
• Sold Apr 2023£1,295,000 | 5 Bed House41, Ox Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4HF41, Ox Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4HF
• Sold Jan 2023£1,435,000 | 5 Bed House21, Ox Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4HF21, Ox Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4HF
• Sold Dec 2022£1,720,000 | 5 Bed House5, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4AU5, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4AU
• Sold Jun 2021£1,150,000 | 5 Bed House5, Lambourn Gardens, Harpenden, AL5 4DQ5, Lambourn Gardens, Harpenden, AL5 4DQ
• Sold May 2021£1,100,000 | 4 Bed House22, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AF22, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AF
• Sold Oct 2020£1,162,000 | 4 Bed House28, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BB28, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BB
• Sold Sep 2019£1,200,000 | 4 Bed House39, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BD39, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BD
• Sold Aug 2017£1,125,000 | 5 Bed House45, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BD45, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BD
• Sold Aug 2016£1,275,000 | 5 Bed House32, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BB32, Tennyson Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BB
• Sold Mar 2014£908,000 | 5 Bed House8, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AF8, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden, AL5 4AF

Wordsworth Road, Harpenden, AL5 has a total of 29 addresses. According to our analysis of all the public data, 40, Wordsworth Road, Harpenden is the 14th largest and the 14th most expensive property on the street.

When compared to the postcode district it is £482k more expensive than the average property in AL5.

• St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School

  600 m away
• Manland Primary School

  700 m away
• The Lea Primary School and Nursery

  800 m away

• St George's School

  300 m away
• Sir John Lawes School

  900 m away
• Roundwood Park School

  1.0 km away

• Harpenden

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  1.0 km away
• Luton Airport Parkway

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  6.1 km away
• Luton

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  7.6 km away

According to data from the Environment Agency, the flood risk in this area is considered to be Very Low.