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On High Street, in Wixams & Elstow
What it's like at MK42 9XP: every home that has sold on High Street 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 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 High Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 101 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 152, High StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2009 | £173,000 | 127 m² | £1,362/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153, High StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2008 | £203,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 156, High StreetSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 157, High StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £270,000 | 72 m² | £3,750/m² | 1 |
| 158, High StreetSemi-detached | May 2001 | £132,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 159, High StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £210,000 | 103 m² | £2,039/m² | 3 |
| 160, High StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £116,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 171, High StreetOther | Jul 2025 | £420,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 172, High StreetDetached | Feb 2018 | £310,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Classroom 1, 168a, High StreetFlat | Jun 2017 | £180,000 | 84 m² | £2,143/m² | 1 |
| Classroom 2, 168b, High StreetFlat | Sept 2020 | £237,000 | 69 m² | £3,435/m² | 2 |
| Classroom 3, 168c, High StreetFlat | Dec 2017 | £196,000 | 62 m² | £3,161/m² | 1 |
| Classroom 4, 168d, High StreetFlat | May 2026 | £260,000 | 69 m² | £3,768/m² | 2 |
| Schoolhouse, High StreetOther | Jun 2016 | £350,000 | 121 m² | £2,893/m² | 1 |
| The Old School Masters House, 169, High StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £350,000 | – | – | 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 (1.3 km), with 176k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Progress Way, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route MK1); 11 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 69 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Shackleton Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bedford Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 42.8 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bedford Free School (4.1 km) and Goldington Academy (5.7 km).
It's a family area: 26% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 700 m away, with Elstow Post Office (Movianto) closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Elstow Medical Centre (700 m), with Berkeley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Eclipse is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 3.7 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.
St Helena is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Meltis Sports and Social Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 107 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 31 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 32% detached houses.
It's new: 79% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 1,049 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Elstow Green, 250 m away; for exercise, Simply Gym (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 26 km away.
Most households own their home, 9% rent privately.
18 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| War Memorial at Elstow Lower School | II | 20 m |
| 170 and 171, High Street | II | 40 m |
| Elstow Lower School | II | 40 m |
| St Helena | II | 80 m |
| 172 High Street | II | 80 m |
| 173, High Street | II | 100 m |
| the Red Lion Public House | II | 150 m |
| Post Office | II | 170 m |
| 174, High Street | II | 180 m |
| 215 and 216 West End | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Mid Bedfordshire constituency: Blake Stephenson MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,321 (2.7%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Labour 31%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
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 9XP →
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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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 101 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 51 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 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 | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.0% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.9% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.0% | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.6% | 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
Nearest: Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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