Hillgate, Wilbury Way, Hitchin, SG4
- Land size
- 1.6 acres
Key Features
- 150mm fully accessable raised carpeted floors.
- Suspended mineral fibre ceiling tiles.
- 2 pipe fan coil heating and cooling system.
- 8 person passenger lift serving all three floors.
- Male and female WCs on all three floors, including disabled cubicles.
Description
Hillgate is a modern HQ warehouse/office facility laid out as a three-storey office building prominently fronting onto Wilbury Way with an interconnecting detached warehouse/storage/ workshop building with its own integrated offices, generous loading yard and car parking provision.
Situated on the established Hitchin Industrial Estate in the historic market town of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, the development benefits from good connectivity, positioned just off the A505, providing direct access to the A1(M) J8 and the wider national motorway network.
The office building is arranged over ground and two upper floors, offering a mixture of Grade A open plan floor plates and partitioned offices and meeting rooms.
The warehouse is of steel portal frame construction and is connected to the office building via two suspended walkways.
There is a substantial secured service yard to the rear for parking, lorry circulation and loading. There is also good additional parking to the rear northern corner of the site, plus additional parking adjacent to the main entrance of the office building. Overall there are 117 car parking spaces, offering a ratio of 1:594 Sq.ft.
This strategic location offers links to key regional and national transport routes, making it an attractive destination for businesses requiring
efficient distribution networks.
Luton Airport, located just 10 miles to the south, provides convenient air freight and business travel options, further strengthening the areas appeal for logistics and distribution occupiers.
The surrounding area boasts a strong commercial presence, with a mix of manufacturing, warehousing, and trade counter operators, benefitting from a skilled local workforce and proximity to major economic hubs such as Stevenage, Luton, and Milton Keynes.
Available For Sale or To Let on new full repairing and insuring leases.
Price/rent on application.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-17
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 74% 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
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School962 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 173
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Ickleford Primary School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 213
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Strathmore Infant and Nursery School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 198
- Type
- Community school
- Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 433
- Type
- Community school
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School1 mileOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 221
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
Secondary
- The Priory School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,221
- Type
- Foundation school
- Fearnhill School1 mileOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 597
- Type
- Foundation school
- The Highfield School1 mileOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 937
- Type
- Academy converter
- Hitchin Boys' School1.3 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,364
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Boys
- Hitchin Girls' School1.4 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,357
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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. 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 20 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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