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On Dace Bank, in Bromham & Biddenham
What it's like at MK40 4UU: every home that has sold on Dace Bank 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.
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Sales and extensions on Dace Bank; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Dace BankSemi-detached | Jun 2018 | £320,950 | 88 m² | £3,647/m² | 1 |
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| 2, Dace BankSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £328,500 | 84 m² | £3,911/m² | 2 |
| 5, Dace BankSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £139,500 | 71 m² | £1,965/m² | 1 |
| 7, Dace BankDetached | Jul 2018 | £327,950 | 88 m² | £3,727/m² | 1 |
| 9, Dace BankFlat | Sept 2018 | £237,495 | 70 m² | £3,393/m² | 1 |
| 11, Dace BankDetached | Oct 2018 | £419,995 | 131 m² | £3,206/m² | 1 |
| 13, Dace BankDetached | Sept 2018 | £325,995 | 96 m² | £3,396/m² | 1 |
| 14, Dace BankTerraced | Jun 2022 | £157,500 | 84 m² | £1,875/m² | 1 |
| 15, Dace BankSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £323,000 | 88 m² | £3,670/m² | 1 |
| 17, Dace BankSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £320,995 | 96 m² | £3,344/m² | 1 |
| 19, Dace BankDetached | Jun 2026 | £380,000 | 96 m² | £3,958/m² | 2 |
| 20, Dace BankDetached | Dec 2018 | £459,995 | 146 m² | £3,151/m² | 1 |
| 21, Dace BankDetached | Oct 2022 | £480,000 | 167 m² | £2,874/m² | 2 |
| 22, Dace BankDetached | Jan 2019 | £454,995 | 145 m² | £3,138/m² | 1 |
| 23, Dace BankDetached | Jun 2026 | £500,000 | 131 m² | £3,817/m² | 2 |
| 24, Dace BankDetached | Nov 2019 | £603,750 | 216 m² | £2,795/m² | 1 |
| 25, Dace BankDetached | Mar 2019 | £420,000 | 131 m² | £3,206/m² | 1 |
| 27, Dace BankDetached | Sept 2022 | £660,000 | 184 m² | £3,587/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bedford, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 3.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
Central London is 75 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St James' CofE Academy, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 54% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Great Denham Primary School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Biddenham International School and Sports College, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 42.1 · 6.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bedford Free School (3.7 km) and Goldington Academy (5.1 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 1.4 km away; One Stop (1.5 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bromham Surgery (1.5 km), with Bromham Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.5 km).
For a haircut, Only You is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 3.5 km away, rated requires improvement 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 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Mill Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (1.2 km), and The Three Tuns the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 50 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
It's new: 50% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 523 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Biddenham Recreation Ground, 600 m away; for exercise, Biddenham Country Park Sports Centre (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 31 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
5 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.
North Bedfordshire constituency: Richard Fuller MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,414 (10.5%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 39%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
31 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 MK40 4UU →
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.
On this street: 0 of 18 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 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.6% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.6% | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.5% | 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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 78 min
Nearest: Eversholt Swimming Pool · about 36 min
Nearest: Stadium MK · about 32 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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