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On Byslips Road, in Eaton Bray, Whipsnade & Holywell
What it's like at LU6 2ND: every home that has sold on Byslips 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Byslips Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 31, Byslips RoadDetached | Aug 2000 | £499,950 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40a, Byslips RoadOther | May 2022 | £50,000 | 148 m² | £338/m² | 1 |
| 42, Byslips RoadOther | Oct 2023 | £1,800,000 | 330 m² | £5,455/m² | 1 |
| Five Oaks, Byslips RoadDetached | Oct 2017 | £1,040,000 | 199 m² | £5,226/m² | 4 |
| Forest Lodge, Byslips RoadDetached | Jun 2006 | £597,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Glades, Byslips RoadDetached | Jul 2025 | £1,600,000 | 423 m² | £3,783/m² | 3 |
| Honeywick, Byslips RoadDetached | Jul 2015 | £710,000 | 281 m² | £2,527/m² | 2 |
| Longrove House, 37, Byslips RoadDetached | Aug 2017 | £1,105,000 | 254 m² | £4,350/m² | 2 |
| Tethers End, Byslips RoadDetached | Dec 2016 | £800,000 | 179 m² | £4,469/m² | 1 |
| Willowcroft, Byslips RoadDetached | Sept 2014 | £580,000 | 159 m² | £3,648/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Luton, a drive away (8.1 km), with 3.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
Central London is 49 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Studham Village CofE Academy, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Manshead Church of England Academy, 4.2 km away; Attainment 8: 43 · 9.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Londis, 3.2 km away, with Kensworth Village Store closer still (1.7 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Markyate Surgery, part of Rothschild House Group (3.2 km), with Markyate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.0 km).
For a haircut, Hair Secrets is 4.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 6.3 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: 6 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Restaurant Associates (RA) Venues - ZSL Catering is the closest café or restaurant (2.8 km), and The Bell the nearest pub (850 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 72 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 21% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Mentmore park, 3.9 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Luton is 13 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 47% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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.
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%.
2 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 LU6 2ND →
On this street: 0 of 8 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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 | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 85.6% | 88.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 8.3% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 66 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 10 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.