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On The Silver Birches, in Kempston West & South
What it's like at MK42 7TS: every home that has sold on The Silver Birches 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 Silver Birches; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 64 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, The Silver BirchesTerraced | Apr 2023 | £240,000 | 58 m² | £4,138/m² | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, The Silver BirchesTerraced | Nov 2013 | £168,000 | 87 m² | £1,931/m² | 3 |
| 10, The Silver BirchesSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £256,000 | 65 m² | £3,938/m² | 2 |
| 12, The Silver BirchesDetached | Aug 2001 | £127,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, The Silver BirchesDetached | Jun 2015 | £230,000 | 89 m² | £2,584/m² | 1 |
| 16, The Silver BirchesDetached | Nov 2001 | £135,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, The Silver BirchesDetached | Sept 2005 | £200,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, The Silver BirchesDetached | Dec 2013 | £190,000 | 91 m² | £2,088/m² | 5 |
| 24, The Silver BirchesDetached | Jan 2020 | £310,000 | 111 m² | £2,793/m² | 2 |
| 26, The Silver BirchesDetached | Jan 2024 | £306,000 | 102 m² | £3,000/m² | 3 |
| 30, The Silver BirchesDetached | Jun 2009 | £218,000 | 87 m² | £2,506/m² | 1 |
| 32, The Silver BirchesSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £260,000 | 49 m² | £5,306/m² | 1 |
| 34, The Silver BirchesSemi-detached | Jun 2003 | £33,450 | 50 m² | £669/m² | 1 |
| 36, The Silver BirchesDetached | May 2000 | £134,000 | 126 m² | £1,063/m² | 1 |
| 38, The Silver BirchesDetached | Mar 1995 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, The Silver BirchesDetached | Sept 2002 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, The Silver BirchesDetached | May 2013 | £202,000 | 100 m² | £2,020/m² | 3 |
| 44, The Silver BirchesDetached | Jan 1996 | £81,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, The Silver BirchesDetached | Apr 2024 | £367,000 | 97 m² | £3,784/m² | 2 |
| 48, The Silver BirchesDetached | Sept 2020 | £322,500 | 103 m² | £3,131/m² | 2 |
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 Magnolia Close, 150 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (route 1); 14 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 Springfield Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 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, 450 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 Morrisons Daily, 450 m away, with The Range closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King Street Surgery (1.0 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Mario's Hair Designs is 1.0 km 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 (250 m), and The Mulberry Bush Pub 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 Springfield Playground, 650 m away; for exercise, Simply Gym (450 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.
25 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 7TS →
On this street: 0 of 44 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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.
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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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 64 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.