Kenwyn Close Bedford
26 addresses across 1 postcode (MK41), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 27302541.
- Sales: 18 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £412,500 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: 25 homes have an energy certificate (B: 8, C: 17).
- Flood: 5 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Hill Farm, is 470 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Bedford costs £2,472 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bedford St Johns, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 100 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 28 to 30 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 26 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Putnoe Medical Centre Partnership, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 200 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 34% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 39 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £412,500 | £412,500 | £412,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | £366,500 | £328,000 | £405,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £413,000 | £413,000 | £413,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £297,000 | £297,000 | £297,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £297,000 | £297,000 | £297,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £264,000 | £264,000 | £264,000 |
| 2011 | 7 | £210,000 | £183,000 | £221,995 |
| 2010 | 2 | £206,000 | £182,000 | £230,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep 2018 | 1 MK41 0GA | Detached | £297,000 | |
| 18 Mar 2011 | 1 MK41 0GA | Detached | £210,000 | New build. |
| 21 Apr 2011 | 2 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £183,000 | New build. |
| 21 Jul 2021 | 3 MK41 0GA | Detached | £413,000 | |
| 31 May 2012 | 3 MK41 0GA | Detached | £264,000 | New build. |
| 27 Mar 2014 | 4 MK41 0GA | Terraced | £188,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 22 Jul 2010 | 4 MK41 0GA | Detached | £182,000 | New build. |
| 17 Apr 2026 | 5 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £412,500 | |
| 15 Dec 2011 | 5 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £217,495 | New build. |
| 29 Jun 2022 | 6 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £328,000 | |
| 19 May 2017 | 6 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 24 Feb 2011 | 6 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £189,995 | New build. |
| 7 Oct 2011 | 7 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £221,995 | New build. |
| 22 Feb 2011 | 8 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £186,995 | New build. |
| 14 Jul 2022 | 10 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £405,000 | |
| 21 Jun 2019 | 10 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £297,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2011 | 10 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £219,995 | New build. |
| 25 Aug 2010 | 12 MK41 0GA | Semi-detached | £230,000 | New build. |
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.
| Home | Typical 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.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £802 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,032 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,265 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,812 |
Energy performance certificates
25 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 81 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (11); Flat (6); House, end-terrace (4). Built: 2007-2011 (14); 2008 (7); 2007 (3). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (7); owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (25 addresses)
- 1, Kenwyn Close
- 2 KENWYN CLOSE, BEDFORD
- 3 KENWYN CLOSE, BEDFORD
- 4 Kenwyn Close
- 5 Kenwyn Close
- 6 Kenwyn Close
- 7 Kenwyn Close
- 8, Kenwyn Close
- 9 Kenwyn Close
- 10 Kenwyn Close
- 11 Kenwyn Close
- 12, Kenwyn Close
- 13 Kenwyn Close
- 15 KENWYN CLOSE, BEDFORD
- 17 KENWYN CLOSE, BEDFORD
- 19 Kenwyn Close
- 21 Kenwyn Close
- 23 Kenwyn Close
- 25 Kenwyn Close
- 27, Kenwyn Close
- 29 Kenwyn Close
- 31 Kenwyn Close
- 33 Kenwyn Close
- 35 Kenwyn Close
- 37 Kenwyn Close
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 8,897 kWh of it on average in 2024, 23% less than the district's 11,490 kWh, and 2,593 kWh of electricity, 20% less than the district's 3,237 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the 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 MK41.
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 D (20% of about 880 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.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 4 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square 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.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 470 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Farm Renhold, Bedfordshire | 1950 to 1968 | Inert, industrial | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 26 addresses are between 28 m and 30 m above sea level (29 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK41 0GA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bedford St Johns 176,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Bedford 3.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Kempston Hardwick 9,780 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 26 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Poppyfields Woodside | 260 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bedford | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 31.5 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Putnoe Medical Centre Partnership Good Mar 2017 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fairleys Pharmacy | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Riverfield Drive (Dental Surgery) | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Bedford Hospital Good Mar 2019 | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Crossways Nursing Home Requires improvement Jun 2019 | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Bedford Police Station | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Goldington, Goldington Cashzone | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 21 ha | 100 m |
| Play area | 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 470 m² | 130 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 110 m |
| Allotments | Barkers Lane Allotments 2.6 ha | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 22 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Three barrows and a rectilinear enclosure 1000m NNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Three barrows and a rectilinear enclosure 1000m NNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Mortuary enclosure 1200m north-west of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Mowsbury Hill: slight univallate hillfort and medieval moated site | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bushy Close Spinney | Wood | 610 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Marsh Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Great Early Grove | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Riverside Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Mowsbury Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Longholme Island | Island | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 25 | 26 |
1 of the street's 26 addresses is 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putnoe Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Renhold VC Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 890 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 43% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 35% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
| Mark Rutherford School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 40.7 (41.5 in 2025 and 45.4 in 2024); 28.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C-; 11.6% AAB or better; progress below average |
| Goldington Green Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | 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) |
| The Hills Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 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) |
| Hazeldene School | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 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) |
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
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 690 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Orkids at Putnoe MK41 0DH | Full day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Overdale Tots Pre-School MK41 8EP | Full day care | 40 | Good (Oct 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Blue Orkids @ Goldington Community Nursery MK41 9JA | Full day care | 51 | Good (May 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 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.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 18 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Maskell Drive (10); On or near Langlands Road (7); On or near Pedley Way (5); On or near Lamb Close (5); On or near Lammerside (3).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 28 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 38% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 34% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 6% | 1% |
| Social rented | 42% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 71% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 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) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 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
- MK41 0GA: 26 addresses of 27 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Lammerside · Pedley Way · Silverburn Close · Maskell Drive · Lamb Close · Langlands Road · Norse Road · Primrose Walk · Jasmine Close · Fiona Way · Parish Close · Glenavon Road
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.