House prices
East Herts house prices: terraces hit a record £415,559
Terraced homes set a record £415,559 in July, the only East Herts type that rose. The district average slipped £732 to £457,417. Full figures.
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Bishop's Stortford
Old River Lane: 171-Home Scheme No Longer Viable
Cityheart has told East Herts the 171-home Old River Lane scheme cannot be built as proposed. An all-affordable option is now on the table, with no timetable.
Fireworks
Bishop's Stortford fireworks: 2026 date still unannounced
The rugby club's Silver Leys display has no 2026 date and is asking for a lead organiser. Last year it ran on Saturday 1 November, gates 5pm, fireworks 7pm.
Bishop's Stortford
Stortford Christmas Fayre: Sat 5 Dec, roads shut from 6am
The Fayre is confirmed for Saturday 5 December, 9.30am to 4.30pm, with South Street to North Street closed 6am to 7pm. The lights switch-on has no 2026 date.
Bishop's Stortford
Stortford panto: Beauty & the Beast, 26 Nov to 2 Jan
South Mill Arts runs 36 performances of Beauty & the Beast, from 26 November. Seats are £15.50 to £28.50 by date, and the closing show is one of the cheapest.
East Herts Council
East Herts Taxi Cap: 210 Allowed, Just 175 Licensed
East Herts wants to remove its 210-vehicle hackney carriage cap after the fleet fell to 175. Nine taxi policy changes go to committee on Wednesday 9 September.
Bishop's Stortford
Water Lane Hall: Council Asked for £22,500 to Proceed
East Herts is asked to spend £22,500 on legal work towards handing Water Lane Hall to a community company. The Executive decides on Tuesday 8 September.
Bishop's Stortford
Stortford Remembrance Sunday: 8 Nov, roads shut 10.30am
The service is at 10.50am on Sunday 8 November at the Castle Gardens war memorial. Link Road, Jackson Square and Waitrose car parks are shut for two hours.
East Herts Council
East Herts £440k Overspend: BEAM Deficit Hits £302k
East Herts is three months into the year and £440,000 over budget. BEAM in Hertford is forecast to lose £302,000, and planning agency staff add £297,000.
Planning
Sheering Mill Lane: how the injunction cleared the site
An amended injunction served at 12.30am on 31 August cleared the site, with police attending and no arrests needed. The order was continued on 15 September.
Housing
Scholars Walk Bishop's Stortford: Prices From £482,500
Bellway's 208 homes on the old Bishop's Stortford High School site are on sale from £482,500. First residents move in early 2027, and the travel plan is now in.
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford August Bank Holiday 2026: What Was On
What ran over the August bank holiday in and around Bishop's Stortford: Cammas Fest on the farm, reggae at the Rose & Crown and a free jam night. Kept as a record.
Bins
Bishop's Stortford bin collection days: 5 bins, 3 weeks
Five bins on a three-week rota, garden waste £61 a year, bulky collections £61.20. Bank holidays push every round a day later, and a missed bin gives two days.
This site covers two parts of Hertfordshire that do not usually get put together. Bishop’s Stortford sits on the Stort and the Essex border, with Sawbridgeworth below it and Stansted Airport a few minutes up the road. Broxbourne, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt and Hoddesdon are further west, strung along the Lea and the road and rail lines into London.
They are in different district councils, and we are straightforward about that throughout, because it decides who empties your bin and who rules on the application next door. What the two halves share is a county, a set of railway lines into Liverpool Street, and the same problem of decisions being published where nobody reads them. We read them and report what they say, with a link to the document each time.
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- House prices: the middle Bishop’s Stortford home sold for £416,250, the lowest median of the four East Herts towns, with sold-price figures for Ware, Hertford, Hoddesdon and Cheshunt.
- Trains to London: 37 minutes off-peak, longer in the rush hour, plus 2026 season prices and the contactless fares that arrived in March.
- Roadworks and parking: what is closed on the M11 and A120 this week, the A10 Cheshunt plan, and the car park that costs half what the others do.
- Things to do: the free museum and castle mound in the town centre, and checked prices for everything within half an hour.
- Planning news: East Herts is down to 3.4 years of housing land, and Old River Lane is still undecided.
The Local Info hub collects these and everything else we hold on the practical side of living here. News and What’s On follow as the site grows.
Every fact carries a link to its official source.