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On Redwood Grove, in Kingsbrook
What it's like at MK42 9NQ: every home that has sold on Redwood Grove 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). 7 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 Redwood Grove; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
22 of the 212 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Redwood GroveFlat | Mar 2016 | £97,000 | 47 m² | £2,064/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Redwood GroveFlat | May 2001 | £50,500 | 50 m² | £1,010/m² | 1 |
| 5, Redwood GroveFlat | Feb 2022 | £114,000 | 42 m² | £2,714/m² | 2 |
| 7, Redwood GroveFlat | Jun 2019 | £142,000 | 51 m² | £2,784/m² | 3 |
| 9, Redwood GroveFlat | Mar 2023 | £125,000 | 37 m² | £3,378/m² | 4 |
| 11, Redwood GroveFlat | Dec 1998 | £38,250 | 50 m² | £765/m² | 1 |
| 13, Redwood GroveFlat | Oct 1999 | £40,995 | 50 m² | £820/m² | 1 |
| 15, Redwood GroveTerraced | May 2002 | £53,000 | 42 m² | £1,262/m² | 1 |
| 17, Redwood GroveFlat · company-owned | Dec 2022 | £85,000 | 46 m² | £1,848/m² | 5 |
| 19, Redwood GroveFlat | Jan 2007 | £115,000 | 51 m² | £2,255/m² | 2 |
| 21, Redwood GroveFlat | Jun 2007 | £113,500 | 51 m² | £2,225/m² | 2 |
| 23, Redwood GroveFlat | Oct 2002 | £59,950 | 44 m² | £1,363/m² | 2 |
| 25, Redwood GroveTerraced | Mar 2003 | £80,000 | 48 m² | £1,667/m² | 3 |
| 27, Redwood GroveTerraced · company-owned | Jan 1997 | £29,000 | 47 m² | £617/m² | 1 |
| 29, Redwood GroveTerraced | Apr 2003 | £84,000 | 48 m² | £1,750/m² | 5 |
| 31, Redwood GroveTerraced | Sept 1999 | £40,500 | 47 m² | £862/m² | 2 |
| 33, Redwood GroveTerraced | Feb 2023 | £262,500 | 60 m² | £4,375/m² | 3 |
| 35, Redwood GroveTerraced | Apr 2005 | £121,200 | 60 m² | £2,020/m² | 1 |
| 37, Redwood GroveTerraced | Jun 2014 | £94,000 | 49 m² | £1,918/m² | 4 |
| 39, Redwood GroveTerraced | Aug 2022 | £210,000 | 47 m² | £4,468/m² | 5 |
| 41, Redwood GroveTerraced | Jun 1995 | £27,500 | 49 m² | £561/m² | 1 |
| 43, Redwood GroveTerraced · company-owned | Jan 1997 | £31,750 | 45 m² | £706/m² | 2 |
| 45, Redwood GroveTerraced · company-owned | Feb 1997 | £31,500 | 48 m² | £656/m² | 1 |
| 47, Redwood GroveTerraced | Jun 1997 | £24,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Redwood GroveFlat | Jun 2010 | £78,000 | 42 m² | £1,857/m² | 3 |
| 53, Redwood GroveFlat | Mar 2014 | £95,000 | 50 m² | £1,900/m² | 4 |
| 55, Redwood GroveFlat | Oct 2003 | £74,250 | 41 m² | £1,811/m² | 1 |
| 57, Redwood GroveFlat · company-owned | Mar 2020 | £82,000 | 41 m² | £2,000/m² | 3 |
| 59, Redwood GroveFlat | Nov 2005 | £100,000 | 51 m² | £1,961/m² | 2 |
| 61, Redwood GroveFlat | Dec 2020 | £137,500 | 49 m² | £2,806/m² | 5 |
| 63, Redwood GroveFlat | Jan 2021 | £129,000 | 43 m² | £3,000/m² | 5 |
| 65, Redwood GroveFlat | Jul 2025 | £139,000 | 42 m² | £3,310/m² | 4 |
| 67, Redwood GroveFlat | Apr 2000 | £50,000 | 50 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 69, Redwood GroveFlat | Jan 2016 | £105,000 | 50 m² | £2,100/m² | 3 |
| 71, Redwood GroveFlat | Apr 2026 | £125,000 | 44 m² | £2,841/m² | 5 |
| 73, Redwood GroveSemi-detached | Sept 1997 | £32,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 75, Redwood GroveFlat | Jan 2001 | £42,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 77, Redwood GroveFlat | May 2007 | £115,000 | 49 m² | £2,347/m² | 3 |
| 79, Redwood GroveFlat · company-owned | Feb 2024 | £134,000 | 42 m² | £3,190/m² | 5 |
| 81, Redwood GroveFlat | Mar 2024 | £148,000 | 51 m² | £2,902/m² | 5 |
| 83, Redwood GroveFlat | May 2022 | £135,000 | 40 m² | £3,375/m² | 6 |
| 85, Redwood GroveTerraced | Mar 2004 | £89,995 | 48 m² | £1,875/m² | 3 |
| 87, Redwood GroveTerraced | Jul 2011 | £77,500 | 52 m² | £1,490/m² | 2 |
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 few minutes' walk (400 m), with 176k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Elstow Road Post Office, 100 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes MK1, 9A, 9B, 9); 14 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 72 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Shackleton Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bedford Free School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 46.5 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Goldington Academy (2.3 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express PFS Southgate, 200 m away; Bedford Halal Meat & Groceries (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is London Road Health Centre (250 m), with Lotus Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Christopher's is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 1.6 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, 6 pubs and bars.
London Peri Peri Grill is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Gardeners Arms the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 177 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 17 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is St Mary's Gardens, 850 m away; for exercise, The Gym (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 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.
36 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%.
35 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 9NQ →
On this street: 0 of 111 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 88 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 83.7% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.4% | 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 212 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 72 min
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