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On Ormsby Close, in New Town
What it's like at LU1 3SN: every home that has sold on Ormsby Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Ormsby Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 26 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Aug 2003 | £87,000 | 37 m² | £2,351/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | May 2000 | £53,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Sept 2004 | £125,000 | 53 m² | £2,358/m² | 1 |
| 4, Ormsby CloseTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2004 | £125,000 | 53 m² | £2,358/m² | 1 |
| 5, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Nov 2002 | £113,000 | 62 m² | £1,823/m² | 2 |
| 6, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | Mar 1995 | £52,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Jul 2016 | £190,000 | 52 m² | £3,654/m² | 1 |
| 9, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £171,000 | 37 m² | £4,622/m² | 2 |
| 10, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Jul 2025 | £275,000 | 53 m² | £5,189/m² | 1 |
| 11, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £225,000 | 52 m² | £4,327/m² | 4 |
| 12, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Feb 2026 | £260,000 | 52 m² | £5,000/m² | 3 |
| 14, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Dec 2023 | £285,000 | 70 m² | £4,071/m² | 3 |
| 15, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Jul 1997 | £45,000 | 54 m² | £833/m² | 1 |
| 16, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Jul 2006 | £136,000 | 54 m² | £2,519/m² | 3 |
| 17, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Mar 2013 | £135,000 | 53 m² | £2,547/m² | 1 |
| 18, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Sept 2019 | £195,000 | 52 m² | £3,750/m² | 3 |
| 19, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2012 | £139,500 | 54 m² | £2,583/m² | 2 |
| 20, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | May 2026 | £230,000 | 53 m² | £4,340/m² | 3 |
| 21, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £170,000 | 86 m² | £1,977/m² | 3 |
| 22, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £315,000 | 68 m² | £4,632/m² | 2 |
| 23, Ormsby CloseSemi-detached | May 2013 | £150,000 | 66 m² | £2,273/m² | 3 |
| 25, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Aug 2002 | £96,000 | 52 m² | £1,846/m² | 1 |
| 26, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Aug 2010 | £136,000 | 53 m² | £2,566/m² | 3 |
| 27, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Dec 2010 | £135,000 | 50 m² | £2,700/m² | 1 |
| 28, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Nov 2018 | £225,000 | 52 m² | £4,327/m² | 4 |
| 29, Ormsby CloseTerraced | Nov 2018 | £210,500 | 51 m² | £4,127/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Luton, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 3.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Whitehill Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 321, 610); 22 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 45 km away as the crow flies.
40% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Tennyson Road Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 80% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Chiltern Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 49.5 · 16.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Denbigh High School (2.1 km) and Challney High School for Boys (4.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is European Store Luton, 550 m away, with Ashton Stores closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Medici Medical Practice (550 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Aston Salon is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 4.6 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 30 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Lucky8 Chinese Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Stockwood Park Rugby Football Club the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 179 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 22 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (51%).
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 682 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Luton Hoo Memorial Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Bannatyne's Health Club (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 3.3 km away.
45 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bailey Hill Water Tower | II | 150 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Luton South and South Bedfordshire constituency: Rachel Hopkins MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,858 (17.9%), turnout 50%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 18%, Independent 14%, Reform UK 12%.
38 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near LU1 3SN →
Many neighbours rent: 51% of households rent privately and 19% socially.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Bedfordshire, 1.0 km away (TEF Bronze).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 24 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 68.8% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 18.2% | 11.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 12.8% | 2.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 55 min
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 26 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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