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On Park Road, in Dunstable Manshead
What it's like at LU5 4BX: every home that has sold on Park 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.
Sales and extensions on Park Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 50 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Park RoadTerraced | Apr 1996 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Park RoadTerraced | Jun 2014 | £175,000 | 73 m² | £2,397/m² | 2 |
| 3, Park RoadTerraced | Mar 2011 | £155,000 | 72 m² | £2,153/m² | 2 |
| 4, Park RoadTerraced | Sept 2015 | £189,995 | 77 m² | £2,467/m² | 3 |
| 5, Park RoadTerraced | Oct 2022 | £295,000 | 73 m² | £4,041/m² | 3 |
| 6, Park RoadTerraced | May 2025 | £290,000 | 74 m² | £3,919/m² | 3 |
| 7, Park RoadTerraced | Sept 2016 | £260,000 | 71 m² | £3,662/m² | 3 |
| 9, Park RoadDetached | Oct 2001 | £159,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Park RoadDetached | Jun 1998 | £59,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Park RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2004 | £157,000 | 75 m² | £2,093/m² | 1 |
| 13, Park RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £320,000 | 93 m² | £3,441/m² | 2 |
| 14, Park RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £350,000 | 116 m² | £3,017/m² | 3 |
| 15, Park RoadOther · company-owned | Jun 2024 | £1,815,000 | 125 m² | £14,520/m² | 3 |
| 16, Park RoadDetached | Mar 2014 | £250,000 | 108 m² | £2,315/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Leagrave, a drive away (4.5 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Borough Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route B); 10 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 49 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Priory Academy, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Priory Academy, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 46.2 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Challney High School for Boys (3.2 km) and Challney High School for Girls (3.5 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Atlas Food Centre, 600 m away, with Londis (Branss Food & Wine) closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kingsbury Court Surgery (700 m), with Mayfield Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, A Little Luxury is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 2.7 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 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Lumpini Thai Restuarant is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Froth 'n' Elbow the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 9% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Grove House Gardens, 1.1 km away; for exercise, DW Sports Fitness Club (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 9.5 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
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.
36 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.
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency: Alex Mayer MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 667 (1.4%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 33%, Conservative 31%, Reform UK 18%, Liberal Democrat 14%.
11 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 LU5 4BX →
On this street: 1 of 38 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.8% | 88.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.1% | 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 50 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 57 min
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