The Old Dairy Beadlow, Central Bedfordshire
26 addresses across 3 postcodes (SG17), about 560 m (0.3 miles) long. USRN 25202322.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Central Bedfordshire cost £355,263 in August 2026 (+0.1% on a year); private rents averaged £1,258 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, F: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Beadlow Manor Golf Course, is 340 m away.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A507, carries 17,337 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Flitwick, about 8.2 km (5.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 47 to 62 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Shefford Health Centre, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away.
- People: About 1,030 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 59% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- 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
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Central Bedfordshire
A typical home in Central Bedfordshire cost £355,263 in August 2026, 0.1% more than a year before. That is 15% more than five years earlier and 28% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £603,864 |
| Semi-detached | £376,156 |
| Terraced | £299,898 |
| Flat or maisonette | £173,335 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £299,948 |
Private renters in Central Bedfordshire paid £1,258 a month on average in September 2026, 4.4% more than a year before. That is 30% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £870 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,105 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,386 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,057 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 230 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); House, detached (1); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: 2003-2006 (2); before 1900 (1); 2007-2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 14 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
These are all the homes on each 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 SG17.
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 1,420 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- BARN AND ATTACHED STABLE AND SHELTER SHED TO EAST OF SPEEDSDAIRY FARMHOUSE, grade II
- OLD PRIORY HOUSE, grade II
- SPEEDSDAIRY FARMHOUSE, grade II
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
Finished in the last three months
- 6 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 13 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 2 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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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 on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is 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
2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 340 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beadlow Manor Golf Course Beadlow | 1972 to 1982 | Industrial | 340 m |
| Beadlow Tip Beadlow | 1977 to 1978 | Inert, industrial | 340 m |
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 47 m and 62 m above sea level (52 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG17 5PH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| SG17 5PL | 92% | 92% | 92% | 8% |
| SG17 5PN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Flitwick 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Arlesey 688,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Stewartby 85,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.9 km (6.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Transport Interchange Flitwick | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 17.9 km (11 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Shefford Health Centre Good Apr 2024 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Jardines Pharmacy | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Chicksands Dental Centre | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Steppingley Hospital | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) |
| Care homes | Oak Manor Good Oct 2026 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Biggleswade Police Station | 10.2 km (6.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 66 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,070 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.1 ha | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,560 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Old St Mary's Church, a scheduled monument, 1.6 km (1 mile) west. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Old St Mary's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Chicksands Priory and Orangery | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Chicksands Priory | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Cainhoe Castle: a motte and bailey with associated moated site, fishponds and field system | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Upper Alders | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Temple Grove | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Cainhoepark Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Penseroso Grove | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Acre Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 26 | 26 |
None of the street's 26 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's VA CofE Lower School Church of England | Primary | 2–9 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | None published |
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
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.8 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fledglings MK45 4BT | Sessional day care | 40 | Mar 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 281 childminders and 49 home childcarers (nannies) in Central Bedfordshire. 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
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (bedfordshire).
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A507 between A6 and A600, with 17,337 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 450 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A507 | A6 to A600 | 17,337 estimated; counted 2022 | 4% | +5% since 2015 | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 59% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 76% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 31% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 21% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 28% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: ANGLIAN WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 6 October 2026 to 12 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- SG17 5PL: 20 addresses of 57 in the postcode
- SG17 5PN: 4 addresses
- SG17 5PH: 2 addresses of 22 in the postcode
All the streets in 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; 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.