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On Elstow Road, in Kempston Central & East
What it's like at MK42 8HH: every home that has sold on Elstow 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Elstow Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 133 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 53, Elstow RoadDetached | Mar 2020 | £280,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £457,500 | 156 m² | £2,933/m² | 2 |
| 57, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | May 2005 | £182,000 | 105 m² | £1,733/m² | 1 |
| 59, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2003 | £190,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 61, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £177,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 63, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 65, Elstow RoadTerraced | Jan 2011 | £175,000 | 87 m² | £2,011/m² | 2 |
| 67, Elstow RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 1998 | £87,500 | 118 m² | £742/m² | 1 |
| 69, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £315,000 | 87 m² | £3,621/m² | 2 |
| 71, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £149,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 75, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £215,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 77, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2011 | £219,995 | 115 m² | £1,913/m² | 2 |
| 79, Elstow RoadDetached | Jun 2023 | £305,000 | 74 m² | £4,122/m² | 1 |
| 81, Elstow RoadDetached | Nov 2010 | £233,580 | 97 m² | £2,408/m² | 1 |
| 83, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £290,000 | 74 m² | £3,919/m² | 2 |
| 85, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | May 2023 | £335,000 | 93 m² | £3,602/m² | 1 |
| 87, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £139,995 | 93 m² | £1,505/m² | 1 |
| 89, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2008 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 93, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £240,000 | 84 m² | £2,857/m² | 1 |
| 97, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £145,000 | 83 m² | £1,747/m² | 1 |
| 99, Elstow RoadDetached | Jan 2018 | £350,000 | 122 m² | £2,869/m² | 1 |
| 101, Elstow RoadDetached | Aug 2020 | £310,000 | 75 m² | £4,133/m² | 1 |
| 103, Elstow RoadDetached | Nov 1995 | £69,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 105, Elstow RoadDetached | Aug 2006 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 107, Elstow RoadDetached | Apr 2019 | £300,000 | 76 m² | £3,947/m² | 2 |
| 109, Elstow RoadDetached | May 1999 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 111, Elstow RoadDetached | Sept 2018 | £342,000 | 99 m² | £3,455/m² | 2 |
| 113, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £100,000 | 192 m² | £521/m² | 1 |
| 113a, Elstow RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2020 | £190,000 | 113 m² | £1,681/m² | 3 |
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 short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 176k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Lilac Walk, 50 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 Camestone School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 48% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Daubeney Academy, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bedford Free School (2 km) and Goldington Academy (4.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 250 m away; Kempston News (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King Street Surgery (600 m), with Speedwell Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Jagged Edge is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 1.4 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Osom African Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Mulberry Bush Pub the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 87 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Wood Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Simply Gym (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 28 km away.
Most households own their home, 23% 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.
53 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%.
13 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 8HH →
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 74 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 3 of 93 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 | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.1% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.7% | 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 133 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.