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On Shorts Avenue, in Wilstead & Shortstown
What it's like at MK42 0FB: every home that has sold on Shorts Avenue 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). 3 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 Shorts Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 55 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Shorts AvenueDetached | Dec 2004 | £249,995 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Shorts AvenueDetached | May 2012 | £200,000 | 127 m² | £1,575/m² | 2 |
| 6, Shorts AvenueDetached | Dec 2002 | £199,000 | 119 m² | £1,672/m² | 2 |
| 8, Shorts AvenueDetached | Dec 2016 | £335,000 | 138 m² | £2,428/m² | 2 |
| 10, Shorts AvenueDetached | Jan 2002 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Shorts AvenueDetached | Apr 2007 | £267,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Shorts AvenueDetached | Feb 2006 | £250,000 | 134 m² | £1,866/m² | 2 |
| 16, Shorts AvenueDetached | Dec 2007 | £247,750 | 112 m² | £2,212/m² | 2 |
| 18, Shorts AvenueDetached | Apr 2002 | £157,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Shorts AvenueDetached | Aug 2010 | £227,500 | 118 m² | £1,928/m² | 4 |
| 22, Shorts AvenueDetached | Oct 2024 | £390,000 | 110 m² | £3,545/m² | 3 |
| 24, Shorts AvenueDetached | Sept 2002 | £173,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Shorts AvenueDetached | Sept 2002 | £176,995 | 120 m² | £1,475/m² | 1 |
| 28, Shorts AvenueDetached | Sept 2002 | £167,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Shorts AvenueDetached | Nov 2022 | £440,000 | 114 m² | £3,860/m² | 5 |
| 32, Shorts AvenueDetached | Sept 2015 | £290,000 | 119 m² | £2,437/m² | 2 |
| 34, Shorts AvenueDetached | Feb 2023 | £360,000 | 97 m² | £3,711/m² | 2 |
| 36, Shorts AvenueDetached | Mar 2024 | £335,000 | 78 m² | £4,295/m² | 4 |
| 38, Shorts AvenueDetached | Dec 2002 | £132,995 | 83 m² | £1,602/m² | 1 |
| 40, Shorts AvenueDetached | Nov 2024 | £415,000 | 112 m² | £3,705/m² | 4 |
| 42, Shorts AvenueDetached | Dec 2002 | £176,995 | 112 m² | £1,580/m² | 1 |
| 44, Shorts AvenueDetached | Nov 2003 | £249,950 | 159 m² | £1,572/m² | 2 |
| 46, Shorts AvenueDetached | Feb 2003 | £173,995 | 106 m² | £1,641/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bedford St Johns, a drive away (3.2 km), with 176k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Brancker Avenue, 300 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes 3, 9); 4 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 69 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Shortstown Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bedford Academy, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 42.8 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bedford Free School (4.3 km) and Goldington Academy (5 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 600 m away, with JK Superstore closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shortstown Surgery (600 m), with Pyramid Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Eclipse is 2.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 4.2 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
The Hangar Cafe And Bar is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Sammy’s soul food the nearest pub (1.9 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 72 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 67 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 33% detached houses.
It's new: 53% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 685 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Jubilee Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Bunyan Sports Centre (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 26 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% 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.
7 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%.
19 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 MK42 0FB →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Shorts Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 41 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.1% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.5% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.8% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 83 min
Nearest: Letchworth Lido · about 35 min
Nearest: Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway · about 43 min
Nearest: Gulliver's Land Resort · about 32 min
Nearest: Stadium MK · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.