Duloe Lane Duloe, Bedford
54 addresses across 3 postcodes (PE19), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 27303176.
- Energy: 29 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 2, D: 13, E: 9, F: 3, G: 1).
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 E; Band D in Bedford costs £2,472 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 71% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is St Neots, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 26 to 36 m above sea level.
- Noise: 25 of its 54 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is St Neots Health Centre, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
29 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 88 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (20); House, detached (7); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1950-1966 (9); before 1900 (6); 1930-1949 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (19); rented (social) (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (13 addresses)
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £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 E (23% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- 35, STAPLOE, grade II
- OLD FARM COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 10 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 3 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE19 5JA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 10 | unlikely |
| PE19 5JB | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE19 5HP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 54 addresses are between 26 m and 36 m above sea level (31 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE19 5HP | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PE19 5JA | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| PE19 5JB | 86% | 71% | 71% | 14% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | St Neots 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Sandy 679,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.1 km (7.5 miles) | |
| Huntingdon 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.7 km (8.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Staploe West-end | 250 m |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 39.9 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | St Neots Health Centre | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Carerx | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Market Square Dental Practice | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Hinchingbrooke Hospital | 13.7 km (8.5 miles) |
| Police station | St Neots Police Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Central England Co-Op - St Neots, Eaton Socon Cashzone | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6,480 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 600 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,990 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bassmead Manor Farm moated enclosure., a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bassmead Manor Farm moated enclosure. | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Duloe Brooke | Lake or reservoir | 590 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Cate's Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| The Belt | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Home Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Huntingdon Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Duloe Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 24 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 54 |
25 of the street's 54 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bushmead Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band C, house, semi-detached (lodged 18 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- PE19 5JA: 51 addresses of 62 in the postcode
- PE19 5JB: 2 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- PE19 5HP: 1 address of 42 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.