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On Dukes Ride, in Leighton Buzzard North & East
What it's like at LU7 3JS: every home that has sold on Dukes Ride 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 Dukes Ride; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Dukes RideDetached | Oct 2024 | £640,000 | 114 m² | £5,614/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Dukes RideDetached | Dec 2007 | £410,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Dukes RideDetached | Aug 1997 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Dukes RideDetached | Aug 2014 | £650,000 | 196 m² | £3,316/m² | 2 |
| 6, Dukes RideDetached | Apr 2022 | £820,000 | 186 m² | £4,409/m² | 1 |
| 7, Dukes RideDetached | Nov 2017 | £670,000 | 156 m² | £4,295/m² | 1 |
| 8, Dukes RideDetached | Oct 1998 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Dukes RideDetached | Dec 2024 | £875,000 | 176 m² | £4,972/m² | 2 |
| 12, Dukes RideDetached | Aug 2005 | £390,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Dukes RideDetached | Aug 2007 | £400,000 | 123 m² | £3,252/m² | 3 |
| 16, Dukes RideDetached | Oct 2024 | £835,000 | 183 m² | £4,563/m² | 4 |
| 22, Dukes RideDetached | Jul 2022 | £850,000 | 191 m² | £4,450/m² | 2 |
| 23, Dukes RideDetached | Jan 2018 | £650,000 | 173 m² | £3,757/m² | 2 |
| 24, Dukes RideDetached | Oct 2022 | £750,000 | 121 m² | £6,198/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Leighton Buzzard, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
Central London is 59 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Dovery Academy, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Gilbert Inglefield Academy, 2.0 km away.
The nearest supermarket is The Coop, 1.6 km away; Royal Food & Wines (1.7 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Surgery Bassett Road (1.9 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.0 km).
For a haircut, Neil of Wingrave is 1.8 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Milton Keynes Hospital, 13 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 59% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Rushmere Country Park Visitor Centre is the closest café or restaurant (1.1 km), and Leighton Buzzard Golf Club the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 38% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 700 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Rushmere Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Studio 83 (2.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 20 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
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.
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%.
15 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 LU7 3JS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Dukes Ride in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 10 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.9% | 88.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.7% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 68 min
Nearest: Woburn Lido · about 33 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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