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On Old Bedford Road, in Barnfield
What it's like at LU2 7EQ: every home that has sold on Old Bedford Road 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Old Bedford Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
35 of the 339 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
| 238, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Jun 2008 | £420,000 | 186 m² | £2,258/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 238a, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Jun 1999 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 240, Old Bedford RoadDetached · company-owned | Jul 2011 | £499,995 | 164 m² | £3,049/m² | 1 |
| 244, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £940,000 | 208 m² | £4,519/m² | 2 |
| 246, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Jun 2019 | £651,000 | 140 m² | £4,650/m² | 2 |
| 248, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Nov 2020 | £920,000 | 292 m² | £3,151/m² | 1 |
| 250, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Dec 2015 | £578,000 | 303 m² | £1,908/m² | 1 |
| 252, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Dec 2014 | £500,000 | 222 m² | £2,252/m² | 1 |
| 254, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Aug 2013 | £360,000 | 159 m² | £2,264/m² | 1 |
| 256, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Sept 2005 | £346,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 258, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Mar 2016 | £707,500 | 224 m² | £3,158/m² | 3 |
| 260, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £475,000 | 215 m² | £2,209/m² | 1 |
| 262, Old Bedford RoadDetached | May 2015 | £700,000 | 204 m² | £3,431/m² | 2 |
| 264, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £500,000 | 145 m² | £3,448/m² | 1 |
| 268, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Jan 2023 | £770,000 | 190 m² | £4,053/m² | 2 |
| 272, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Jan 2021 | £640,000 | 157 m² | £4,076/m² | 2 |
| 276, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Jun 2018 | £556,000 | 119 m² | £4,672/m² | 2 |
| 278, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Nov 2019 | £620,000 | 233 m² | £2,661/m² | 3 |
| 280, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Jan 2008 | £435,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 284, Old Bedford RoadDetached | Feb 2000 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Luton, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 3.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Priory Gardens, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 4A, 4B, CN2); 15 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 48 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Bushmead Primary & Nursery School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Denbigh High School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 52.6 · 13.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Challney High School for Girls (3.3 km) and Challney High School for Boys (3.5 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 1.1 km away, with Bradgers Hill Newsagents closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Blenheim Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Blenheim Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Elysium is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 4.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
the Pavilion/Luton Masonic Hall Company is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Luton Co-operative Sports & Social Club the nearest pub (900 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 3% flats and 34% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Bide a While, 350 m away; for exercise, Gym 1 (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 4.8 km away.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
8 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.
Luton North constituency: Sarah Owen MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,510 (19.4%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Conservative 19%, Reform UK 12%, Independent 11%.
23 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 LU2 7EQ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 60 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 1 of 245 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 21 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.2% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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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 339 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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