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On New Bedford Road, in High Town
What it's like at LU3 1DF: every home that has sold on New 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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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). 4 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 New Bedford Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
15 of the 218 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 110, New Bedford RoadTerraced | Oct 2005 | £174,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112, New Bedford RoadTerraced | Jul 2003 | £99,000 | 65 m² | £1,523/m² | 1 |
| 112a, New Bedford RoadFlat | Oct 1998 | £38,000 | 85 m² | £447/m² | 2 |
| 114, New Bedford RoadFlat | Sept 2019 | £163,500 | 61 m² | £2,680/m² | 2 |
| 114a, New Bedford RoadFlat | Dec 2005 | £68,000 | 73 m² | £932/m² | 1 |
| 116, New Bedford RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £506,000 | 218 m² | £2,321/m² | 1 |
| 118, New Bedford RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2000 | £197,000 | 208 m² | £947/m² | 1 |
| 120, New Bedford RoadDetached · company-owned | Jun 2007 | £210,000 | 127 m² | £1,654/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Luton, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 3.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Cromwell Hill, 50 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (routes MK1, CN3); 77 departures an hour from the 16 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 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 46 km away as the crow flies.
44% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Matthew's Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Tennyson Road Primary School (1.6 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Denbigh High School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 52.6 · 13.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Challney High School for Boys (3.9 km) and Challney High School for Girls (4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 500 m away, with S N Food and Wine closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Malzeard Road Practice (300 m), with Harris Chemist the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Shona Claire is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 4.4 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
FoodCycle Luton is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Greenhouse the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 145 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (63%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 173 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is 1919 Drinking Fountain roundabout., 300 m away; for exercise, Pinki Gym (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 3.2 km away.
57 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 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%.
48 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 LU3 1DF →
Many neighbours rent: 58% of households rent privately and 16% socially.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Bedfordshire, 1.2 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.
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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 218 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 58 min
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On this street: 0 of 128 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 37 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 | 62.6% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 33.3% | 11.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.9% | 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.