Astwick Astwick, Central Bedfordshire
1 address across 1 postcode (SG5), about 210 m long. USRN 6002695.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Central Bedfordshire costs £2,516 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Arlesey, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 41 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Larksfield And Arlesey Medical Practice, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 430 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2020 | BOWMANS MILL, MILL LANE SG5 4BJ | Other | £1,150,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 12 Oct 2018 | OLD MILL COTTAGE SG5 4BJ | Detached | £1,175,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 27 May 2016 | MILL HOUSE SG5 4BJ | Detached | £600,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Central Bedfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,516 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,677 | £1,957 | £2,237 | £2,516 | £3,075 | £3,634 | £4,194 | £5,032 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (32% of about 1,220 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Astwick Conservation Area. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- BOWMAN'S WATER MILL, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land at Taylors Road, Stotfold: up to 32 homes, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Land at Taylors Road, Stotfold: up to 37 homes, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 6 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 41 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG5 4BJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Arlesey 688,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Baldock 569,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Letchworth Garden City 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Old Rectory Astwick | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Interchange Biggleswade | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 19.9 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Larksfield And Arlesey Medical Practice | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | Stotfold Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Biggleswade Hospital Spring House | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Police station | Letchworth Police Station | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Highway Stops - Astwick Cashzone | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2.9 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 440 m² | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Stotfold Green 1.3 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Astwick Bury moat and associated moated mound, a scheduled monument, 70 m north-west. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Astwick Bury moat and associated moated mound | Scheduled monument | 70 m north-west |
| Church of Saint Guthlac | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 540 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Radwell Grange Spinney | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Topler's Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Richard's Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Christopher's Wood | Wood | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| James' Wood | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Central Bedfordshire: see them on the Central Bedfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pix Brook Academy | Middle deemed secondary | 9–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold Church of England | Primary | 5–9 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Etonbury Academy | Middle deemed secondary | 9–19 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Honeybee Man Ltd SG5 4BH | Farmers/growers | 80 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Astwick Monkey Puzzle SG5 4BH | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 230 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (bedfordshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 26% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 81% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- SG5 4BJ: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in SG5 and across Central Bedfordshire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.