Torrington Close Potton, Central Bedfordshire
9 addresses across 2 postcodes (SG19), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25200183.
- Sales: 20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £388,500 across 1 sale.
- 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: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4).
- 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.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 4 times (3 hours) in 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Sandy, about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 50 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 9 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Greensands (Potton), about 760 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £388,500 | £388,500 | £388,500 |
| 2013 | 2 | £254,750 | £227,000 | £282,500 |
| 2010 | 2 | £241,500 | £238,000 | £245,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £222,000 | £222,000 | £222,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £238,500 | £238,500 | £238,500 |
| 2006 | 2 | £219,500 | £206,000 | £233,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £229,500 | £229,500 | £229,500 |
| 2003 | 1 | £225,000 | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | £154,250 | £148,500 | £160,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £109,995 | £109,995 | £109,995 |
| 1998 | 2 | £101,500 | £99,000 | £104,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2009 | 1 SG19 2SD | Detached | £222,000 | |
| 14 Jun 2007 | 1 SG19 2SD | Detached | £238,500 | |
| 27 Aug 2004 | 1 SG19 2SD | Detached | £229,500 | |
| 31 Mar 1995 | 1 SG19 2SD | Detached | £76,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2020 | 2 SG19 2SD | Detached | £388,500 | |
| 14 Jun 2013 | 2 SG19 2SD | Detached | £282,500 | |
| 19 May 2008 | 2 SG19 2SD | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2003 | 2 SG19 2SD | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2001 | 2 SG19 2SD | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 14 May 1998 | 2 SG19 2SD | Detached | £104,000 | |
| 21 Jun 1996 | 2 SG19 2SD | Detached | £87,000 | |
| 29 Apr 2010 | 3 SG19 2SD | Detached | £238,000 | |
| 5 Jan 2006 | 3 SG19 2SD | Detached | £233,000 | |
| 13 Aug 2010 | 4 SG19 2SD | Detached | £245,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2001 | 4 SG19 2SD | Detached | £148,500 | |
| 27 Mar 2013 | 5 SG19 2SD | Detached | £227,000 | |
| 2 May 2006 | 5 SG19 2SD | Detached | £206,000 | |
| 23 Aug 1999 | 5 SG19 2SD | Detached | £109,995 | |
| 14 Dec 1996 | 5 SG19 2SD | Detached | £75,000 | |
| 28 Oct 1998 | 8 SG19 2SD | Detached | £99,000 |
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
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 106 m². Most common: House, detached (5). Built: 1983-1990 (4); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 11,410 kWh of it on average in 2024, 8% more than the district's 10,538 kWh, and 5,843 kWh of electricity, 46% more than the district's 4,013 kWh. There are gas meters for about 80% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG19 2SD | 8 | 3,216 kWh | 8 | 9,838 kWh |
| SG19 2SB | 42 21 Economy 7 | 4,054 kWh | 32 | 11,050 kWh |
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 SG19.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (28% of about 740 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)
- The Old Coach House Hotel, 12-13 Market Square, Potton, Sandy, permissioned (630 m (0.4 miles))
- 37 Biggleswade Road, Potton, SG19 2LU, permissioned (760 m (0.5 miles))
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
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: 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.
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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 4 times, for 3 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Millbridge(Potton) Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potton - Royston Street Cso Anglian Water | Millbridge(Potton) Brook | 4 | 3 | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
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
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 50 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG19 2SB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SG19 2SD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sandy 679,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Biggleswade 895,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.7 miles) | |
| St Neots 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 11.2 km (6.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 26 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Byards Green Potton | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Interchange Biggleswade | 6 km (3.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 30.4 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Greensands (Potton) Good Jun 2016 | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Jardines Pharmacy | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Potton Dental Practice | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Biggleswade Hospital | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Pemdale Good Jul 2019 | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Biggleswade Police Station | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 140 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.5 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 250 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 1 km (0.6 miles) east. 40 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Gamlingay | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north |
| The Hazells | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Potton Belt | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Oak Spinney | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Pegnut Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Peg Nut Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Galley Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Storey Moats | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 | 8 | 9 |
1 of the street's 9 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 Central Bedfordshire: see them on the Central Bedfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 230 m | 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 | 41% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 51% in 2024) |
| Everton Heath Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 8% 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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 170 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potton Pre-School SG19 2PB | Sessional day care | 36 | Outstanding (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 170 m |
| Potton Woodentops SG19 2LU | Sessional day care | 32 | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 760 m (0.5 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potton Primary School SG19 2PB | School/college/university | 140 m | 5 Very good | 3 Jun 2026 |
| Potton Pre-School SG19 2PB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 140 m | 5 Very good | 18 May 2026 |
| Rising Sun SG19 2PA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 310 m | 4 Good | 10 Mar 2026 |
| York House (Meat Products) Ltd SG19 2YH | Manufacturers/packers | 390 m | 5 Very good | 30 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Munkman Close (5); On or near Mill Lane (4); On or near Jennings Close (4); On or near Frith Fields (3); On or near Astwood Close (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 | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 16% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 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 neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
Byards Green · Jennings Close · Astwood Close · Garden Fields · Frith Fields · Beech Court · Goodship Lane · Myers Road · Jacobs Close · Munkman Close · Larkins Close · Festival Road
All the streets in SG19 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.