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On Ampthill Road, in Cauldwell
What it's like at MK42 9RA: every home that has sold on Ampthill 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). 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 Ampthill Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
19 of the 113 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 307, Ampthill RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1995 | £49,000 | 198 m² | £247/m² | 1 |
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| 309, Ampthill RoadSemi-detached | Jan 1996 | £50,250 | 149 m² | £337/m² | 1 |
| 311, Ampthill RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £385,000 | 202 m² | £1,906/m² | 3 |
| 313, Ampthill RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 315, Ampthill RoadDetached | Oct 2004 | £156,000 | 112 m² | £1,393/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 short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 176k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Cosmic Avenue, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 2W); 6 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 73 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Camestone School, a few minutes' walk (500 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 (0.8 km) and Goldington Academy (2.7 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 750 m away, with Kempston Local Convenience Premier Express closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Elstow Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Berkeley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, Studio 21 is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 450 m 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Ground Floor Coffee Shop (Kings Arms Trust) is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Meltis Sports and Social Club the nearest pub (700 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 159 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Elstow Green, 500 m away; for exercise, Simply Gym (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 29 km away.
20 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 9RA →
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
On this street: 0 of 76 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 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 79.4% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 17.7% | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.7% | 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 73 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 113 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.