Campbell Road Bedford

44 addresses across 3 postcodes (MK40), about 190 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 27300816.

  • Sales: 56 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £535,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Bedford cost £330,462 in August 2026 (+1.1% on a year); private rents averaged £1,177 a month.
  • Energy: 28 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 14, E: 7, F: 2).
  • Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Elstow Landfill Site, is 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A4280, carries 12,006 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Bedford costs £2,472 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 80% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Bedford St Johns, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Russell Park, is about 680 m (0.4 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 30 to 32 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 3 of its 44 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Goldington Avenue Surgery, about 210 m away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 36% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 57 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious; 2 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20251£535,000£535,000£535,000
20242£431,250£280,000£582,500
20231£450,000£450,000£450,000
20222£517,500£515,000£520,000
20215£475,000£438,000£515,000
20201£150,000£150,000£150,000
20192£462,498£399,995£525,000
20184£382,500£318,750£400,000
20172£370,000£350,000£390,000
20161£405,000£405,000£405,000
20151£312,500£312,500£312,500
20144£306,250£275,000£335,000
All 56 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
30 Sep 20212 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£515,000
16 Jun 20092 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£249,500
27 Mar 20062 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£247,000
7 Oct 19982 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£107,000
18 Sep 20172A MK40 3DDSemi-detached£350,000
22 Aug 20183 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£400,000
5 Jul 20073 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£292,000
5 May 20063 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£206,000
20 Nov 20194 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£525,000
30 Jun 20144 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£335,000
1 Jul 20054 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£247,000
23 Feb 19994 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£95,500
10 Jun 20055 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£230,000
6 Apr 20236 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£450,000
16 Oct 19986 MK40 3DDTerraced£96,000
4 Jun 20217 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£480,000
25 Jul 20147 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£312,500
25 Jan 20067 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£225,000
7 Jun 20007 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£140,000
29 Jun 19957 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£75,000
31 Jul 19988 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£117,000
24 Aug 201810 MK40 3DDTerraced£318,750
12 Jul 202212 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£515,000
29 Nov 201312 MK40 3DDTerraced£295,000
28 Aug 202414 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£582,500
18 Sep 199814 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£105,000
23 May 199714 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£92,000
10 Mar 201116 MK40 3DDTerraced£290,000
13 Jan 200616 MK40 3DDTerraced£250,000
11 Dec 199816 MK40 3DDTerraced£104,000
20 Jan 199816 MK40 3DDTerraced£73,500
19 Oct 201817 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£365,000
28 Oct 202117A MK40 3DDSemi-detached£438,000
30 Aug 201717A MK40 3DDSemi-detached£390,000
4 Sep 201217A MK40 3DDSemi-detached£250,000New build.
10 Dec 201917B MK40 3DDSemi-detached£399,995
1 May 201517B MK40 3DDSemi-detached£312,500
25 May 201217B MK40 3DDSemi-detached£249,950New build.
4 Jun 202519 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£535,000
3 Feb 202119 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£475,000
10 Mar 201419 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£275,000
27 May 201621 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£405,000
18 Mar 200321 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£222,000
7 May 202422 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£135,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Jul 202022 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£150,000
10 Aug 199522 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£40,000
10 Sep 201023 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£295,000
9 Jul 202424 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£265,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Jan 202424 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£280,000
20 Aug 201825 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£400,000
15 Jan 202127 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£475,000
10 Dec 199827 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£123,000
14 Apr 202231 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£520,000
3 Jun 201431 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£300,000
24 Aug 200731 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£250,000
10 Nov 200031 MK40 3DDSemi-detached£142,500

House prices and rents in Bedford

A typical home in Bedford cost £330,462 in August 2026, 1.1% more than a year before. That is 16% more than five years earlier and 36% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£557,923
Semi-detached£348,256
Terraced£278,279
Flat or maisonette£159,840
Bought by a first-time buyer£273,305

Private renters in Bedford paid £1,177 a month on average in September 2026, 2.5% more than a year before. That is 33% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£802
Two bedrooms£1,032
Three bedrooms£1,265
Four or more bedrooms£1,812

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from May 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

28 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 132 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (21); Flat (4); House, detached (2). Built: 1900-1929 (16); 1930-1949 (4); before 1900 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (17); rented (private) (6).

Each home's certificates and sales (28 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 10,083 kWh of it on average in 2024, 19% less than the district's 12,388 kWh, and 2,699 kWh of electricity, 21% less than the district's 3,418 kWh. There are gas meters for about 95% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
MK40 3DD312,778 kWh 3118,773 kWh
MK40 3BY84 28 Economy 72,359 kWh 778,942 kWh
MK40 3UZ791,428 kWh 775,711 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is MK40.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Bedford in 2026-27: Band D £2,472 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,648£1,922£2,197£2,472£3,021£3,570£4,120£4,943

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (33% of about 670 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • 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.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Elstow Landfill Site Bedford 20/01987/FULWM Solar farm 5.5 MW Being built Dec 2021 1.4 km (0.9 miles)
Elstow Landfill Site Landfill Gas 1.8 MW Operational Jul 1996 4.3 km (2.7 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 26 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
MK40 3DDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
MK40 3BYnot in 2 or 3 3 / 0 / 26 unlikely
MK40 3UZnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 44 addresses are between 30 m and 32 m above sea level (31 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
MK40 3BY100%100%100%0%
MK40 3DD100%100%100%0%
MK40 3UZ100%95%80%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsBedford St Johns 176,000 journeys in 2024–251.6 km (1 mile)
Bedford 3.8 million journeys in 2024–251.8 km (1.1 miles)
Kempston Hardwick 9,780 journeys in 2024–256.4 km (4 miles)
Bus stops9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 39 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Goldington Avenue Bedford190 m
Bus or coach stationBus Station Bedford1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Car parks1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lurke Street Car Park780 m (0.5 miles)
EV charging points20 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp Pulse260 m
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Luton Airport LTN30.3 km (19 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Goldington Avenue Surgery Good Jan 2020210 m
Pharmacies10 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kidmans Surgical Chemist530 m (0.3 miles)
NHS dentists19 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Access Centre320 m
HospitalBedford Hospital Good Mar 20191.9 km (1.2 miles)
Care homes28 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kimbolton Good Feb 2023310 m
Police stationBedford Police Station1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Cash machinesBedford 81 High Street NatWest920 m (0.6 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Russell Park 8.1 ha680 m (0.4 miles)
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Bedford Park 25 ha710 m (0.4 miles)
Play area3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 100 m²80 m
Playing fieldUnnamed 7,450 m²1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 730 m²750 m (0.5 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 34 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Bedford School Chapel, a listed building (Grade II*), 500 m (0.3 miles) west. 53 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Bedford School ChapelListed building, Grade II*500 m (0.3 miles) west
Church of St PeterListed building, Grade I810 m (0.5 miles) west
Bedford Castle motte and baileyScheduled monument890 m (0.6 miles) south-west
Medieval lime kiln off Castle Lane, BedfordScheduled monument900 m (0.6 miles) south-west
Bedford ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II910 m (0.6 miles) north-west
Bedford CemeteryRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west
Site of Newnham PrioryScheduled monument1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Castle HillHill920 m (0.6 miles) south-west
Rink IslandsIsland1 km (0.6 miles) south-west
Longholme IslandIsland1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east
Hill RiseWood1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west
Priory MarinaLake or reservoir1.6 km (1 mile) south-east
New CutLake or reservoir1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)10.14010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.3205
Particles (PM10)11.64015

All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.

Road and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5930
Under 554144

3 of the street's 44 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.

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 Bedford: see them on the Bedford page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 6 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Castle Newnham SchoolAll-through4–16230 m Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 74% in 2024 and 51% in 2023)
GCSE figures withheld (2026, provisional)
St John Rigby Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–11620 m (0.4 miles) Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 49% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 43% in 2024 and 49% in 2023)
Goldington AcademySecondary11–16810 m (0.5 miles) Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 52.0 (54.3 in 2025 and 54.1 in 2024); 59.7% grade 5+ in English and maths
Hazeldene SchoolPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection 75% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 72% in 2023)
The Hills AcademyPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 60% in 2023)
Bedford College16 plus16–991.3 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection A level 2025: average grade C-; 3.6% AAB or better; progress below average
Bedford Free SchoolSecondary11–161.3 km (0.8 miles) Outstanding (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 51.0 (46.5 in 2025 and 52.7 in 2024); 58.3% grade 5+ in English and maths
Priory Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.4 km (0.9 miles) No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 46% in 2024 and 35% in 2023)
Livingstone Primary SchoolPrimary2–111.5 km (0.9 miles) Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 49% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 42% in 2023)
Brickhill Primary SchoolPrimary5–111.6 km (1 mile) No published inspection 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 66% in 2024 and 53% in 2023)
Edith Cavell Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.7 km (1 mile) No published inspection 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 53% in 2023)
Goldington Green AcademyPrimary2–111.8 km (1.1 miles) No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 64% in 2024 and 48% in 2023)

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1 km (0.6 miles); the nearest is 240 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
SS Ltd @ Castle Newnham MK40 3EP Out-of-school day care 40 Not inspected yet 240 m
Bedford Greenacre Nursery MK40 2NY Full day care 100 Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 320 m
Lavenders Day Nursery MK40 3QJ Full day care 108 Outstanding (Aug 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 370 m
Christ Church Pre School MK40 3SY Sessional day care 32 Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 380 m
First Class Learning - Bedford Town MK40 3SX Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 380 m
Aristotots Nursery School MK40 3LH Full day care 76 Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 430 m (0.3 miles)
Cascade Camps at Bedford School MK40 2TU Out-of-school day care 126 Not inspected yet 600 m (0.4 miles)
Junior Adventures Group @ St John Rigby MK41 9DQ Out-of-school day care 60 Not inspected yet 620 m (0.4 miles)
HopeWorks Creche (Bedford) MK40 3EU Sessional day care 41 Not inspected yet 890 m (0.6 miles)
Marvellous Minds Tuition MK40 1NS Sessional day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 1 km (0.6 miles)

Ofsted also registers 95 childminders and 17 home childcarers (nannies) in Bedford. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 6 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Fountains Court MK40 3AFOther catering premises200 m4 Good2 Sep 2026
Russell Park Social Club MK40 3NDPub/bar/nightclub220 m5 Very good21 Mar 2026
Aristo-Tots Private Nursery MK40 3LHHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises280 m5 Very good21 May 2025
G4S Facilities Management MK40 2NUHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises290 m5 Very good17 Feb 2023
Archer Unit MK40 2NUHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises290 m5 Very good17 Feb 2023
Bedford Greenacre Independent Nursery MK40 2NYSchool/college/university310 m5 Very good26 Jan 2026
Christ Church Bedford - Youth Cafe MK40 3SXOther catering premises320 m5 Very good27 Jan 2026
Village Choice Ltd T/A Budgens MK40 2NZRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets360 m5 Very good3 Oct 2026
G4S Facilities Management MK40 2NTHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises370 m5 Very good17 Feb 2023
East London Foundation Outreach MK40 2NTRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen370 m4 Good23 Nov 2018
OCS MK40 2NTOther catering premises370 m5 Very good18 Oct 2022
Lavenders Day Nursery MK40 3QJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises380 m5 Very good9 Jul 2026
Three Rivers Church MK40 3TJOther catering premises390 m5 Very good29 May 2025
Cater for occasions MK40 3QBRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen400 m (0.2 miles)5 Very good29 Apr 2026
Vivi & Noo Ltd MK40 3SSHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises420 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good11 Mar 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

57 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences27
Anti-social behaviour13
Bicycle theft6
Vehicle crime5
Other theft2
Public order2
Burglary1
Other crime1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Appledore Road (30); On or near Bradgate Road (5); On or near Cornwall Road (4); On or near Charlbury Court (3); On or near Tiverton Road (3).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 2 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist; 2 involved a child under 16. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202100
202210
202310
202421
202510
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
3 Jun 2025 08:45 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child A4280, 30 mph Daylight
23 Oct 2024 16:15 Serious 1 person: 1 motorcyclist A4280, 30 mph Daylight
13 Feb 2024 11:40 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian A4280, 30 mph Wet road
4 Apr 2023 19:02 Slight 2 people: 1 child Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
4 Nov 2022 15:15 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist A4280, 30 mph Daylight

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A4280 between Kimbolton Road roundabout and A5140, with 12,006 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 150 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A4280 Kimbolton Road roundabout to A5140 12,006 estimated; counted 2020 1% -6% since 2015 150 m

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 408 residents in 210 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age3840
Children under 1515%17%
Aged 65 and over13%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)36%61%
Owned outright21%33%
Shared ownership6%1%
Social rented6%17%
Private rented53%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work70%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)6%6%
Retired (of adults)13%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)3%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)32%32%
Travel to work by car or van45%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram1%4%
By any public transport, including bus3%8%
On foot or by bicycle17%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)65%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away6%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)45%34%
No qualifications13%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification4%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)83%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all3%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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

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.

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • MK40 3DD: 42 addresses of 43 in the postcode
  • MK40 3BY: 1 address of 178 in the postcode
  • MK40 3UZ: 1 address of 90 in the postcode

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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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • 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.