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On The Dell, in Kempston West & South
What it's like at MK42 7DL: every home that has sold on The Dell 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).
Sales and extensions on The Dell; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, The DellDetached | Aug 2019 | £420,000 | 117 m² | £3,590/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, The DellDetached | Oct 2023 | £670,000 | 216 m² | £3,102/m² | 1 |
| 3, The DellSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £445,000 | 119 m² | £3,739/m² | 3 |
| 4, The DellSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £565,000 | 211 m² | £2,678/m² | 4 |
| 5, The DellSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £215,000 | 107 m² | £2,009/m² | 2 |
| 6, The DellSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £218,000 | 178 m² | £1,225/m² | 2 |
| 7, The DellSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £365,000 | 86 m² | £4,244/m² | 1 |
| 9, The DellSemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £177,000 | 113 m² | £1,566/m² | 1 |
| 11, The DellSemi-detached | May 1997 | £71,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, The DellSemi-detached | May 2013 | £190,000 | 101 m² | £1,881/m² | 1 |
| 14, The DellSemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £295,000 | 102 m² | £2,892/m² | 3 |
| 15, The DellSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £222,000 | 169 m² | £1,314/m² | 2 |
| 18, The DellSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £195,000 | 178 m² | £1,096/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Kempston Hardwick, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 10k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bedford.
The nearest bus stop is Hill Rise, 100 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes C1, C2); 11 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 72 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Kempston Rural Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kempston Academy, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 40.3 · 7.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bedford Free School (3.2 km) and Goldington Academy (5.3 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 300 m away; Pauls Supermarket (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King Street Surgery (1.5 km), with Britannia Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.4 km).
For a haircut, Amaani is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 2.7 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: 18 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Starbucks is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and Kempston Hammers Sports & Social Club the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 119 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 18% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Ridgeway Woodland Country Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Cryselco Park Pavilion (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 28 km away.
Most households own their home, 14% 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.
10 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.
Bedford constituency: Mohammad Yasin MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,430 (23.2%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Conservative 22%, Reform UK 11%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
11 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 7DL →
On this street: 0 of 12 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 | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.6% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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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 13 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 74 min
Nearest: Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway · 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.