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On Station Road, in Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh
What it's like at MK43 7RB: every home that has sold on Station 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 Station Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 117 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Station RoadDetached | Jul 1999 | £129,995 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Station RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £405,000 | 132 m² | £3,068/m² | 1 |
| 5, Station RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £69,500 | 96 m² | £724/m² | 1 |
| 6, Station RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £258,000 | 115 m² | £2,243/m² | 3 |
| 7, Station RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1998 | £89,950 | 80 m² | £1,124/m² | 1 |
| 8, Station RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £210,000 | 107 m² | £1,963/m² | 1 |
| 9, Station RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1996 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Station RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £245,000 | 107 m² | £2,290/m² | 1 |
| 11, Station RoadTerraced | Jul 2004 | £250,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 17, Station RoadTerraced | Feb 2022 | £610,000 | 203 m² | £3,005/m² | 4 |
| 18, Station RoadDetached | Aug 2012 | £330,000 | 112 m² | £2,946/m² | 1 |
| 19, Station RoadTerraced | Mar 1999 | £92,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Station RoadDetached | Aug 2002 | £295,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Station RoadTerraced | Apr 2001 | £119,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Station RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2008 | £179,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Station RoadOther | Oct 2023 | £338,000 | 96 m² | £3,521/m² | 1 |
| 29, Station RoadTerraced | Jan 2016 | £312,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 31, Station RoadTerraced | Feb 2022 | £395,000 | 81 m² | £4,877/m² | 2 |
| 35, Station RoadTerraced | Jan 2012 | £330,000 | 145 m² | £2,276/m² | 1 |
| 37, Station RoadTerraced | Feb 2000 | £98,000 | 95 m² | £1,032/m² | 2 |
| 41, Station RoadTerraced | Aug 2021 | £625,000 | 171 m² | £3,655/m² | 2 |
| 43, Station RoadDetached | Oct 1999 | £163,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Magnolia Cottage, 43, Station RoadDetached | Mar 2016 | £403,050 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bedford, a drive away (5.1 km), with 3.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
Central London is 79 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oakley Primary Academy, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Lincroft Academy, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 45 · 5.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Goldington Academy (5.5 km) and Bedford Free School (5.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Budgens, 1.6 km away, with Oakley Post Office & Newsagents closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Priory Medical Centre (1.3 km), with Herbert And Herbert the closest pharmacy (2.3 km).
For a haircut, Hazel Kaye is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bedford Hospital, 6.2 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
O For Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Bedford Arms the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 109 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 32% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Bromham Park, 2.9 km away; for exercise, Elizabeth Curtis riding school for the disabled (3.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Luton is 35 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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.
10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27-33, Station Road | II | 0 m |
| Coal Offices at Former Oakley Railway Station | II | 150 m |
| Goods Shed at Former Oakley Railway Station | II | 170 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.
North Bedfordshire constituency: Richard Fuller MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,414 (10.5%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 39%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
3 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 MK43 7RB →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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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 117 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 74 min
Nearest: Woburn Lido · about 40 min
Nearest: Gulliver's Land Resort · about 32 min
Nearest: Stadium MK · about 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 2 of 81 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 16 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.6% | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 6.3% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.7% | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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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