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On Common Road, in Eaton Bray, Whipsnade & Holywell
What it's like at LU6 2NQ: every home that has sold on Common 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.
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 Common Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 181 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 9, Common RoadDetached | Dec 2002 | £372,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17, Common RoadDetached | Jul 2007 | £499,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Common RoadTerraced | Nov 2013 | £358,000 | 128 m² | £2,797/m² | 2 |
| 39, Common RoadDetached | Feb 2020 | £1,470,000 | 250 m² | £5,880/m² | 4 |
| 41, Common RoadDetached | Mar 2025 | £1,301,000 | 229 m² | £5,681/m² | 2 |
| 55, Common RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £246,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ballywarren, Common RoadDetached | Aug 2013 | £545,000 | 222 m² | £2,455/m² | 1 |
| Bury Wick Cottage, Common RoadDetached | Apr 2010 | £380,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Garden Cottage, Common RoadDetached | Nov 2006 | £500,000 | 259 m² | £1,931/m² | 2 |
| Home Reddings, Common RoadDetached | Feb 2006 | £680,000 | 264 m² | £2,576/m² | 1 |
| Hunters Moon, Common RoadOther | Mar 2021 | £695,000 | 186 m² | £3,737/m² | 1 |
| Ravensdell, Common RoadDetached | Dec 2014 | £515,000 | 147 m² | £3,503/m² | 1 |
| Studio House, Common RoadDetached | Aug 2001 | £485,000 | 183 m² | £2,650/m² | 1 |
| Tuesday Cottage, Common RoadDetached | Jan 2001 | £575,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Tring, a drive away (7.4 km), with 788k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
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 few minutes' walk (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Londis, 4.5 km away, with Cross Keys Farm Shop closer still (2.8 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Markyate Surgery, part of Rothschild House Group (4.5 km), with Markyate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.3 km).
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.
Whipsnade Park Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (2.8 km), and The Red Lion the nearest pub (600 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 Dunstable Downs, 4.8 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.
4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Cottage | II | 80 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%.
3 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 2NQ →
On this street: 1 of 136 homes with certificates have solar panels, 4 a heat pump, and 27 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
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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 181 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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