High Road Deadman's Cross, Central Bedfordshire
7 addresses across 5 postcodes (MK45,SG17), about 2 km (1.2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 25201498.
- 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 C; Band D in Central Bedfordshire costs £2,516 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 50% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Biggleswade, about 8.2 km (5.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 330 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 71 to 82 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Shefford Health Centre, about 4.9 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 1,470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 58% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (30% of about 1,760 homes).
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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 6 October 2026: CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, priority working, on the footway, carriageway (minor works)
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: 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SG17 5QQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK45 3PA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK45 3PU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| MK45 3QA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SG17 5QB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 71 m and 82 m above sea level (79 m on average); the ground rises about 11 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK45 3PA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| MK45 3PU | 100% | 4% | 4% | 0% |
| MK45 3QA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SG17 5QB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| SG17 5QQ | 50% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Biggleswade 895,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Arlesey 688,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Kempston Hardwick 9,780 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rowney Warren Deadmans Cross | 280 m |
| Bus or coach station | Interchange Biggleswade | 8.1 km (5.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 21.1 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Shefford Health Centre | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Jardines Pharmacy | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Chicksands Dental Centre | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Biggleswade Hospital Spring House | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| Police station | Biggleswade Police Station | 8.1 km (5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 66 ha | 330 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 940 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,740 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 66 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Southill Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II*), 2.7 km (1.7 miles) east. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Southill Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) east |
| Chicksands Priory | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rowney Warren Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Warden Great Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Keepers' Warren | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Penseroso Grove | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Hammer Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Old Fish Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 7 |
4 of the street's 7 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 Central Bedfordshire: see them on the Central Bedfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes Lower School | Primary | 2–9 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tawa Restaurant SG17 5QQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 4 Good | 13 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near High Road (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 58% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 70% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 37% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 8 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
- SG17 5QQ: 3 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- MK45 3PA: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
- MK45 3PU: 1 address of 29 in the postcode
- MK45 3QA: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- SG17 5QB: 1 address of 63 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Deadmans Cross · Church End Road
All the streets in MK45, SG17 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.