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On Henderson Way, in Kempston Central & East
What it's like at MK42 8NP: every home that has sold on Henderson Way 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.
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 Henderson Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 40 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Henderson WayTerraced | Dec 2004 | £137,000 | 80 m² | £1,713/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Henderson WayTerraced | Jan 2024 | £275,000 | 107 m² | £2,570/m² | 2 |
| 8, Henderson WayTerraced | Dec 2002 | £100,000 | 76 m² | £1,316/m² | 1 |
| 10, Henderson WayTerraced | Jun 1998 | £45,050 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Henderson WayTerraced | Mar 2007 | £150,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Henderson WayTerraced | Aug 2023 | £260,000 | 88 m² | £2,955/m² | 2 |
| 20, Henderson WayTerraced | Aug 2016 | £210,000 | 92 m² | £2,283/m² | 2 |
| 24, Henderson WayTerraced | Apr 2002 | £87,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Henderson WayTerraced | Nov 2009 | £137,000 | 76 m² | £1,803/m² | 2 |
| 31, Henderson WaySemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £122,000 | 77 m² | £1,584/m² | 2 |
| 32, Henderson WayTerraced | May 1997 | £45,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Henderson WaySemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £135,000 | 63 m² | £2,143/m² | 3 |
| 34, Henderson WayTerraced | Jul 2001 | £84,000 | 99 m² | £848/m² | 1 |
| 36, Henderson WayTerraced | Jul 2010 | £118,000 | 76 m² | £1,553/m² | 1 |
| 37, Henderson WayDetached | Aug 2016 | £220,000 | 62 m² | £3,548/m² | 3 |
| 38, Henderson WaySemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £250,000 | 89 m² | £2,809/m² | 1 |
| 39, Henderson WayDetached | Sept 1998 | £56,500 | 67 m² | £843/m² | 1 |
| 40, Henderson WayTerraced | Dec 2005 | £120,000 | 124 m² | £968/m² | 1 |
| 41, Henderson WayDetached | Aug 2025 | £285,000 | 63 m² | £4,524/m² | 4 |
| 42, Henderson WayTerraced | Feb 2023 | £280,000 | 89 m² | £3,146/m² | 3 |
| 44, Henderson WayTerraced | Feb 2010 | £140,000 | 81 m² | £1,728/m² | 3 |
| 46, Henderson WayTerraced | Mar 1997 | £49,500 | 102 m² | £485/m² | 1 |
| 48, Henderson WayTerraced | Aug 2024 | £295,000 | 90 m² | £3,278/m² | 3 |
| 52, Henderson WayTerraced | Mar 1995 | £43,250 | 86 m² | £503/m² | 1 |
| 58, Henderson WayTerraced | Aug 1999 | £63,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 66, Henderson WayTerraced | Dec 2025 | £300,000 | 85 m² | £3,529/m² | 2 |
| 68, Henderson WayTerraced | Aug 2003 | £124,000 | 127 m² | £976/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 short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 176k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Cherry Walk, 250 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (route 1); 11 departures an hour from the 3 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 (100 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, 400 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, 400 m away; Kempston Local Convenience Premier Express (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King Street Surgery (850 m), with Speedwell Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, O'Hair Spa is 600 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.
Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Mulberry Bush Pub the nearest pub (400 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, 250 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.
35 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%.
15 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 8NP →
On this street: 0 of 31 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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 40 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
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