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On Frenchmans Close, in Toddington, Heath & Reach
What it's like at LU5 6BD: every home that has sold on Frenchmans 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Frenchmans Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 46 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2011 | £224,000 | 75 m² | £2,987/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £378,750 | 77 m² | £4,919/m² | 3 |
| 3, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £395,000 | 87 m² | £4,540/m² | 4 |
| 4, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £132,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 6, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £378,000 | 120 m² | £3,150/m² | 2 |
| 7, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £360,800 | 92 m² | £3,922/m² | 3 |
| 8, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £215,000 | 81 m² | £2,654/m² | 2 |
| 9, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £372,500 | 89 m² | £4,185/m² | 1 |
| 10, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £355,000 | 71 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
| 11, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £381,000 | 86 m² | £4,430/m² | 1 |
| 12, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £499,500 | 101 m² | £4,946/m² | 1 |
| 14, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £372,500 | 94 m² | £3,963/m² | 2 |
| 16, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Dec 2014 | £340,000 | 133 m² | £2,556/m² | 2 |
| 17, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Aug 2012 | £307,500 | 117 m² | £2,628/m² | 3 |
| 18, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Apr 2016 | £335,000 | 111 m² | £3,018/m² | 4 |
| 19, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Aug 2021 | £425,000 | 103 m² | £4,126/m² | 3 |
| 20, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Aug 2005 | £220,000 | 148 m² | £1,486/m² | 2 |
| 21, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2012 | £171,500 | 57 m² | £3,009/m² | 4 |
| 22, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Aug 2000 | £154,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £153,000 | 104 m² | £1,471/m² | 3 |
| 24, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Apr 2005 | £222,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Frenchmans CloseTerraced | Jun 2018 | £196,250 | 41 m² | £4,787/m² | 2 |
| 27, Frenchmans CloseTerraced | Sept 1999 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Frenchmans CloseTerraced | Aug 2001 | £69,700 | – | – | 2 |
| 31, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2003 | £75,000 | 41 m² | £1,829/m² | 2 |
| 33, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £240,000 | 53 m² | £4,528/m² | 4 |
| 35, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Feb 2025 | £235,000 | 53 m² | £4,434/m² | 5 |
| 37, Frenchmans CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2004 | £117,000 | 55 m² | £2,127/m² | 3 |
| 39, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Jun 2002 | £249,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Oct 2014 | £360,000 | 129 m² | £2,791/m² | 1 |
| 43, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Mar 2025 | £450,000 | 103 m² | £4,369/m² | 2 |
| 45, Frenchmans CloseDetached | Jun 2012 | £320,000 | 104 m² | £3,077/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Harlington (Beds), a drive away (3.5 km), with 308k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is BP Garage, 400 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route E); 3 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 57 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Toddington St George Church of England School, a few minutes' walk (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Parkfields Middle School, 800 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer Simply Foods, 2.5 km away, with Nisa Local closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Toddington Medical Centre (600 m), with Pharmag the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Lunatic Fringe is 4.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 8.4 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: 21 restaurants and cafés, 16 pubs and bars.
Soper & Co is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Toddington Social & Services Club the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 81 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 174 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 507 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Russell Road Recreation Area, 100 m away; for exercise, Houghton Regis Leisure and Community Centre (4.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 16 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% 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.
15 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.
Mid Bedfordshire constituency: Blake Stephenson MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,321 (2.7%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Labour 31%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
4 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 6BD →
On this street: 0 of 38 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 11 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 79.7% | 88.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 8.9% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.3% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Central Bedfordshire since 2011.
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 46 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 65 min
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