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On Birchdale Avenue, in Kempston Central & East
What it's like at MK42 8NU: every home that has sold on Birchdale Avenue 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). 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 Birchdale Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 31 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Birchdale AvenueDetached | Nov 2025 | £450,000 | 165 m² | £2,727/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £225,000 | 81 m² | £2,778/m² | 1 |
| 9, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £312,000 | 98 m² | £3,184/m² | 1 |
| 10, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2001 | £115,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £312,000 | 88 m² | £3,545/m² | 1 |
| 12, Birchdale AvenueTerraced | Oct 1998 | £78,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Birchdale AvenueTerraced | Dec 2020 | £300,000 | 83 m² | £3,614/m² | 3 |
| 16, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 1997 | £78,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Birchdale AvenueTerraced | May 2002 | £172,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2005 | £175,000 | 90 m² | £1,944/m² | 1 |
| 20, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | May 2002 | £112,000 | 201 m² | £557/m² | 1 |
| 22, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £210,000 | 102 m² | £2,059/m² | 3 |
| 23, Birchdale AvenueDetached | Jul 2014 | £210,000 | 87 m² | £2,414/m² | 2 |
| 26, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | May 2001 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Birchdale AvenueDetached | Jan 2000 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 1999 | £76,000 | 87 m² | £874/m² | 1 |
| 29, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | May 1997 | £58,500 | 93 m² | £629/m² | 1 |
| 30, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2003 | £164,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 31, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £266,500 | 84 m² | £3,173/m² | 3 |
| 32, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £180,000 | 86 m² | £2,093/m² | 2 |
| 33, Birchdale AvenueDetached | Jan 2007 | £195,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 34, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £265,000 | 103 m² | £2,573/m² | 4 |
| 35, Birchdale AvenueDetached | Jun 2012 | £180,000 | 81 m² | £2,222/m² | 4 |
| 36, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £282,500 | 118 m² | £2,394/m² | 3 |
| 37, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | May 2012 | £170,000 | 99 m² | £1,717/m² | 1 |
| 38, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | May 2015 | £270,000 | 131 m² | £2,061/m² | 1 |
| 39, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | May 2010 | £194,000 | 175 m² | £1,109/m² | 2 |
| 40, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £147,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 1995 | £57,500 | 77 m² | £747/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 (1.6 km), with 176k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Margetts Road, 350 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, C10, C1, C2); 17 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 (200 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, 700 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 Tesco, 500 m away, with Kempston Local Convenience Premier Express closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King Street Surgery (750 m), with Speedwell Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Studio 21 is 300 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.
Hometown grill is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Daleys Club the nearest pub (300 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 (950 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.
49 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%.
17 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 8NU →
On this street: 2 of 20 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 | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 74 min
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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 31 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.