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On Hillgrounds Road, in Kempston North
What it's like at MK42 8QH: every home that has sold on Hillgrounds 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Hillgrounds Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 91 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 9, Hillgrounds RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1996 | £46,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11, Hillgrounds RoadTerraced | Aug 1997 | £54,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Hillgrounds RoadTerraced | May 2011 | £142,000 | 95 m² | £1,495/m² | 3 |
| 15, Hillgrounds RoadTerraced | Jan 2002 | £82,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Hillgrounds RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £245,000 | 88 m² | £2,784/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, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 3.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Saxon Centre, 100 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, C10, C1, C2); 24 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 73 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Bedford Road Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 46% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Great Denham Primary School (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Daubeney Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bedford Free School (2.3 km) and Goldington Academy (4.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is J Sainsbury Plc (Main Store), 200 m away; Lloyds Chemist (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King Street Surgery (150 m), with Britannia Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, The Barber Room is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 1.8 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Kempston Constitutional Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 70 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 30% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Kempston Riverside Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Cryselco Park Pavilion (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 29 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% 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.
45 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 8QH →
On this street: 1 of 69 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.4% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.3% | 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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Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 75 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 91 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.