Kielder Path Bedford
15 addresses across 3 postcodes (MK41), about 60 m long. USRN 27306006.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £207,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 8, D: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 B; 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 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 80 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 29 to 31 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Putnoe Medical Centre Partnership, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 650 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 41% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 274 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often shoplifting.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £207,000 | £207,000 | £207,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £102,000 | £102,000 | £102,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £51,000 | £51,000 | £51,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £41,500 | £41,500 | £41,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2022 | 11 MK41 0NP | Terraced | £207,000 | |
| 9 Mar 2018 | 8 MK41 0NP | Terraced | £185,000 | |
| 25 Jul 2003 | 11 MK41 0NP | Terraced | £102,000 | |
| 11 Sep 1998 | 11 MK41 0NP | Terraced | £51,000 | |
| 4 Mar 1997 | 3 MK41 0NP | Terraced | £41,500 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 86 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (5); House, end-terrace (4). Built: 1976-1982 (6); 1950-1966 (2); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (6); owner-occupied (2).
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 B (73% of about 640 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Bury Court, Church Lane, Bedford: up to 9 homes, permissioned (930 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 9 September 2026 to 10 September 2026: BT, New service connection, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MK41 0NP | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| MK41 0NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK41 0NS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 29 m and 31 m above sea level (29 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK41 0NP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| MK41 0NS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| MK41 0NU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bedford St Johns 176,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Bedford 3.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Kempston Hardwick 9,780 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.8 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 35 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hamsterley Close Woodside | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bedford | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Brickhill Dr Parking | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 31.3 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Putnoe Medical Centre Partnership | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fairleys Pharmacy | 240 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Riverfield Drive (Dental Surgery) | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Bedford Hospital | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Police station | Bedford Police Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Goldington, Goldington Cashzone | 240 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 21 ha | 80 m |
| Play area | 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 580 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Barkers Lane Allotments 2.6 ha | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 21 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade II*), 840 m (0.5 miles) south. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Mortuary enclosure 1200m north-west of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Mowsbury Hill: slight univallate hillfort and medieval moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Three barrows and a rectilinear enclosure 1000m NNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Bedford Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Bedford Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bushy Close Spinney | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Marsh Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Putnoe Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Riverside Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (1 mile) south |
| Mowsbury Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Longholme Island | Island | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 15 |
3 of the street's 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putnoe Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 290 m | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Mark Rutherford School | Secondary | 11–18 | 860 m (0.5 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 |
| Goldington Green Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 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 |
| Renhold VC Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 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 |
| The Hills Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hazeldene School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Goldington Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1.1 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 |
| St John Rigby Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldi MK41 0PW | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 200 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2020 |
| FACES Bedford MK41 0PW | Retailers - other | 210 m | Exempt | |
| Co-operative MK41 0PW | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 220 m | 5 Very good | 15 Feb 2024 |
| Fairleys Pharmacy MK41 0PW | Retailers - other | 250 m | Exempt | |
| Subway MK41 0PW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 250 m | 5 Very good | 24 Mar 2025 |
| Iceland MK41 0PW | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 280 m | 5 Very good | 15 Feb 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 133 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 63 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 17 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 12 |
| Robbery | 11 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 |
| Public order | 8 |
| Drugs | 7 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Other crime | 4 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (199); On or near Milburn Road (23); On or near Carrick Road (13); On or near Hamsterley Close (11); On or near Parish Close (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 41% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 46% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 16% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 82% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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 0NP: 12 addresses
- MK41 0NU: 2 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- MK41 0NS: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Knarsdale Walk · Attadale Walk · Milburn Road · Birse Green · Hamsterley Close · Flowerdale Walk · Atholl Walk · Needwood Road · Cranborne Close · Parish Close · Carrick Road · Greskine Close
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.