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On Chantry Road, in Kempston West & South
What it's like at MK42 7QU: every home that has sold on Chantry 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Chantry Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 52 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £320,000 | 124 m² | £2,581/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £240,000 | 91 m² | £2,637/m² | 1 |
| 8, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £393,500 | 100 m² | £3,935/m² | 4 |
| 12, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £145,000 | 91 m² | £1,593/m² | 1 |
| 14, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £275,000 | 85 m² | £3,235/m² | 1 |
| 16, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2004 | £150,000 | 86 m² | £1,744/m² | 1 |
| 18, Chantry RoadDetached | Mar 2024 | £261,000 | 105 m² | £2,486/m² | 3 |
| 20, Chantry RoadDetached | Mar 2018 | £289,000 | 86 m² | £3,360/m² | 3 |
| 21, Chantry RoadDetached | Jan 2016 | £265,000 | 82 m² | £3,232/m² | 2 |
| 22, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £180,000 | 84 m² | £2,143/m² | 2 |
| 23, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £270,000 | 88 m² | £3,068/m² | 1 |
| 24, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £195,000 | 79 m² | £2,468/m² | 2 |
| 28, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £73,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £159,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1999 | £82,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2015 | £240,000 | 100 m² | £2,400/m² | 1 |
| 34, Chantry RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2008 | £235,000 | 124 m² | £1,895/m² | 2 |
| 34a, Chantry RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2008 | £235,000 | 124 m² | £1,895/m² | 1 |
| 35, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £245,000 | 92 m² | £2,663/m² | 1 |
| 36, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £285,000 | 92 m² | £3,098/m² | 2 |
| 39, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | May 2021 | £349,000 | 119 m² | £2,933/m² | 3 |
| 40, Chantry RoadDetached | Apr 2016 | £249,000 | 94 m² | £2,649/m² | 5 |
| 41, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £340,000 | 125 m² | £2,720/m² | 2 |
| 43, Chantry RoadDetached | Dec 2017 | £276,000 | 68 m² | £4,059/m² | 2 |
| 44, Chantry RoadDetached | Mar 2025 | £408,000 | 99 m² | £4,121/m² | 3 |
| 45, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2011 | £144,000 | 70 m² | £2,057/m² | 3 |
| 46, Chantry RoadDetached | Nov 2024 | £319,000 | 87 m² | £3,667/m² | 4 |
| 47, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £150,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 48, Chantry RoadDetached | Mar 2012 | £156,000 | 90 m² | £1,733/m² | 2 |
| 49, Chantry RoadDetached | Jan 1997 | £52,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Chantry RoadTerraced | Oct 2003 | £132,000 | 65 m² | £2,031/m² | 2 |
| 51, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2001 | £67,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £252,000 | 70 m² | £3,600/m² | 3 |
| 57, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £244,000 | 70 m² | £3,486/m² | 1 |
| 61, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £117,000 | 74 m² | £1,581/m² | 1 |
| 63, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £265,200 | 90 m² | £2,947/m² | 2 |
| 65, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £282,500 | 70 m² | £4,036/m² | 3 |
| 67, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | May 2010 | £160,000 | 87 m² | £1,839/m² | 3 |
| 69, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £325,000 | 85 m² | £3,824/m² | 4 |
| 71, Chantry RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £188,000 | 142 m² | £1,324/m² | 3 |
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 (2.2 km), with 10k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bedford.
The nearest bus stop is Chantry Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (route 1); 28 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 72 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Springfield Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 51% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Daubeney Academy, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 4.2% 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 Co-operative, 550 m away, with Southfields News closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King Street Surgery (800 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Holder's Haircare is 650 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.
Interfoam is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Royal Oak the nearest pub (200 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 Cryselco Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Cryselco Park Pavilion (300 m).
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.
26 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%.
10 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 7QU →
On this street: 0 of 41 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% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| 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.
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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 52 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.
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