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On The Dell, in Wigmore & Airport
What it's like at LU2 8SX: every home that has sold on The Dell 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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Sales and extensions on The Dell; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 30 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, The DellSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £260,000 | 72 m² | £3,611/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, The DellDetached | Sept 2003 | £176,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, The DellTerraced | Nov 2000 | £62,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, The DellSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £120,000 | 39 m² | £3,077/m² | 3 |
| 6, The DellTerraced | Mar 2005 | £143,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 7, The DellTerraced | Aug 2011 | £142,500 | 59 m² | £2,415/m² | 2 |
| 8, The DellTerraced | Apr 2007 | £184,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 9, The DellTerraced | Mar 2006 | £147,000 | 47 m² | £3,128/m² | 2 |
| 10, The DellTerraced | Mar 2010 | £152,100 | 56 m² | £2,716/m² | 4 |
| 11, The DellSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £63,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, The DellTerraced | Sept 2007 | £164,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, The DellTerraced | Aug 2001 | £90,000 | 55 m² | £1,636/m² | 2 |
| 14, The DellTerraced | Apr 2000 | £72,500 | 57 m² | £1,272/m² | 1 |
| 15, The DellTerraced | Oct 2003 | £127,000 | 52 m² | £2,442/m² | 3 |
| 16, The DellTerraced | Feb 2002 | £93,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, The DellTerraced | Dec 2006 | £158,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 19, The DellTerraced | Nov 2005 | £164,995 | 67 m² | £2,463/m² | 2 |
| 20, The DellTerraced | Jul 2001 | £99,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, The DellTerraced | Nov 2023 | £260,000 | 67 m² | £3,881/m² | 5 |
| 22, The DellTerraced | Sept 1996 | £49,000 | 66 m² | £742/m² | 1 |
| 23, The DellTerraced | Jun 2015 | £142,000 | 39 m² | £3,641/m² | 3 |
| 24, The DellTerraced | Mar 2026 | £230,000 | 38 m² | £6,053/m² | 3 |
| 26, The DellSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £174,000 | 39 m² | £4,462/m² | 2 |
| 27, The DellTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2024 | £285,000 | 68 m² | £4,191/m² | 3 |
| 28, The DellTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2024 | £280,000 | 68 m² | £4,118/m² | 2 |
| 29, The DellTerraced | Dec 2025 | £320,000 | 79 m² | £4,051/m² | 2 |
| 30, The DellTerraced | Apr 2015 | £175,000 | 55 m² | £3,182/m² | 3 |
| 31, The DellTerraced | Oct 1998 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, The DellTerraced | Feb 2012 | £135,000 | 58 m² | £2,328/m² | 3 |
| 33, The DellTerraced | Jul 2012 | £115,000 | 38 m² | £3,026/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Luton Airport Parkway, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km), with 4.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Bowbrook Vale, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 17A); 12 departures an hour from the 8 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 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 46 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Wigmore Primary, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Queen Elizabeth School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 39.9 · 6.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Denbigh High School (3.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 550 m away; Greggs (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wigmore Lane Health Centre (500 m), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Enza is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 6.8 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: 19 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Royal Voluntary Service Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Wigmore Arms the nearest pub (550 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 120 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 25% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Wigmore Park, 400 m away; for exercise, 50m Competition Pool (2.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 1.6 km away.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Bedfordshire, 3.4 km away (TEF Bronze).
21 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wigmore Hall Farmhouse | II | 160 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%.
7 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 8SX →
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 57 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: 0 of 20 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.0% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 11.2% | 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 30 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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