Millfield Bromham, Bedford
6 addresses across 2 postcodes (MK43), about 150 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 27300314.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £945,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2).
- 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 D; Band D in Bedford costs £2,472 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 87% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bedford, about 3.4 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Bromham Park, is about 410 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 33 to 35 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Queens Park Health Centre, about 2.6 km away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 10 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £945,000 | £945,000 | £945,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £405,000 | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2025 | 1 MK43 8LR | Detached | £945,000 | |
| 17 Jun 2022 | 4 MK43 8LR | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2012 | 5 MK43 8LR | Detached | £405,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2001 | 5 MK43 8LR | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 18 Dec 1997 | 4 MK43 8LR | Detached | £70,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 163 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (2); House, detached (1). Built: 1996-2002 (2); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: 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 D (27% of about 630 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
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
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 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MK43 8LR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK43 8LP | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 33 m and 35 m above sea level (34 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK43 8LP | 100% | 87% | 87% | 0% |
| MK43 8LR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bedford 3.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km |
| Bedford St Johns 176,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km | |
| Kempston Hardwick 9,780 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 21 within 800 m; nearest The Swan Bromham | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bedford | 3.8 km |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 2.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 32.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Queens Park Health Centre | 2.6 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Bromham Pharmacy | 780 m |
| NHS dentists | Munro Hall Clinic | 2.3 km |
| Hospital | Bedford Hospital | 4.1 km |
| Police station | Kempston Police | 3.6 km |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 2.8 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Bromham Park 12 ha | 410 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 150 m² | 580 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 610 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 2.0 km |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 14 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bromham Bridge, a scheduled monument, 240 m east. 27 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bromham Bridge | Scheduled monument | 240 m east |
| Parish Church of St Owen | Listed building, Grade I | 690 m north-east |
| Parish Church of St James | Listed building, Grade I | 890 m south-east |
| Bromham Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m north-east |
| Garden at Three Gables | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Thistley Green | Wood | 800 m south-west |
| Apple Island | Island | 800 m north-east |
| Bowels Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north-west |
| Molliver's Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north |
| Mushroom Hill | Hill | 1.9 km north |
| Bromham Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 6 |
1 of the street's 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromham CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 660 m | No published inspection |
| St James' CofE Academy Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 1.5 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Inn MK43 8LS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 160 m | 5 Very good | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Bromham Service Station Shop MK43 8PT | Retailers - other | 380 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 10 Apr 2025 |
| Berry Drive Store MK43 8QA | Retailers - other | 470 m | 4 Good | 2 Feb 2016 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Millfield (6); On or near Bucks Close (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Nearby streets
Millfield · Bromham Road · Bucks Close · Herons Mead · Box End Road · The Paddocks · Dovehouse Close · Rosemary Drive · Randalls Close · Ley Side · Village Road · Brett Drive
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.