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On Shefford Road, in Clifton, Meppershall & Stondon
What it's like at SG17 5QS: every home that has sold on Shefford 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Shefford Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 168 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 172, Shefford RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £228,000 | 118 m² | £1,932/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 174, Shefford RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £440,000 | 98 m² | £4,490/m² | 3 |
| 176, Shefford RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1997 | £72,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 178, Shefford RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £195,000 | 92 m² | £2,120/m² | 1 |
| 190, Shefford RoadDetached | Aug 2015 | £425,000 | 129 m² | £3,295/m² | 1 |
| 194, Shefford RoadDetached | Nov 2003 | £297,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 196, Shefford RoadDetached | Sept 2017 | £630,000 | 287 m² | £2,195/m² | 1 |
| 196a, Shefford RoadDetached | Mar 2003 | £345,000 | 219 m² | £1,575/m² | 1 |
| 198, Shefford RoadDetached | Aug 2007 | £325,000 | 48 m² | £6,771/m² | 1 |
| 198a, Shefford RoadDetached | Aug 2020 | £592,000 | 218 m² | £2,716/m² | 1 |
| 200, Shefford RoadDetached | Jan 2008 | £395,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 200a, Shefford RoadDetached | Feb 2025 | £520,000 | 108 m² | £4,815/m² | 3 |
| 200b, Shefford RoadDetached | Mar 2013 | £400,000 | 201 m² | £1,990/m² | 2 |
| 200c, Shefford RoadDetached | Aug 2012 | £496,000 | 235 m² | £2,111/m² | 2 |
| 202a, Shefford RoadDetached | Nov 2000 | £370,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 204, Shefford RoadDetached | Nov 2020 | £360,000 | 104 m² | £3,462/m² | 1 |
| 206, Shefford RoadTerraced | May 2014 | £295,000 | 134 m² | £2,201/m² | 2 |
| 208, Shefford RoadTerraced | Sept 2016 | £335,000 | 109 m² | £3,073/m² | 1 |
| 210, Shefford RoadDetached | Jul 2024 | £890,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 212, Shefford RoadDetached | May 2004 | £320,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 216, Shefford RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £201,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 218, Shefford RoadSemi-detached | May 2019 | £360,000 | 109 m² | £3,303/m² | 1 |
| 220, Shefford RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £395,000 | 102 m² | £3,873/m² | 3 |
| 226, Shefford RoadDetached | Jul 2026 | £565,000 | 109 m² | £5,183/m² | 2 |
| 1, The Lodge, 198, Shefford RoadFlat | Aug 2014 | £119,000 | 48 m² | £2,479/m² | 2 |
| 2, The Lodge, 198, Shefford RoadFlat | Jun 2013 | £118,000 | 47 m² | £2,511/m² | 2 |
| 4, The Lodge, 198, Shefford RoadFlat | Dec 2016 | £152,275 | 49 m² | £3,108/m² | 2 |
| Clivedale, Shefford RoadOther · company-owned | May 2025 | £415,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 5, The Lodge, 198, Shefford RoadFlat | Nov 2008 | £150,000 | 70 m² | £2,143/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Arlesey, a drive away (3.7 km), with 688k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Samuel Whitbread School, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 9A, 9B); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 58 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Clifton All Saints Academy, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Samuel Whitbread Academy, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 46.7 · 9.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 850 m away; J W Baxter Butchers (1.0 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shefford Health Centre (450 m), with Shefford Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Shefford Nail Bar is 1.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Lister Hospital, 12 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 47% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Riverside Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Admiral the nearest pub (1.0 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 35 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 912 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Shefford Millenium Green, 600 m away; for exercise, DITG Gymnasium (2.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Luton is 16 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% 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.
8 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.
Hitchin constituency: Alistair Strathern MP (Labour), since October 2023. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,109 (15.4%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
14 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 SG17 5QS →
On this street: 1 of 129 homes with certificates have solar panels, 3 a heat pump, and 11 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.4% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.4% | 88.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.7% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.3% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.1% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Central Bedfordshire since 2011.
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 168 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 73 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 45 min
Nearest: Shepreth Wildlife Park · 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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