Bedford

MK40 house prices in Bedford

Name: Sold house prices in MK40, Bedford
Creator: HM Land Registry
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The median sold price in MK40 between 9 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026 was £323,000 across 250 recorded sales. MK40 covers part of Bedford around the Biddenham ward. Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for this district — from official UK data, in one place.

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Typical sold price

£323,000

Range £154,500–£582,000 · 250 real sales

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.

The median sold price in MK40, Bedford, was £323,000 across 250 recorded sales between 9 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026. Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,472 a year — Bedford's published charge for 2026-27.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Bedford, 2026-27. Real recorded transactions — we never publish an estimated valuation.

On the map

Where MK40 sits in Bedford

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in MK40

CASTLE QUAY, CASTLE LANE, BEDFORD
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 25 Aug 2026
£185,000
6, MENTMORE CLOSE, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£340,000
81, SAXON WAY, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£357,000
21, ROWAN CLOSE, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£400,000
83, DUDLEY STREET, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£290,000

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Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors)

The data, honestly

MK40 sold prices at a glance

Typical price

£323,000

Lower end

£154,500

Upper end

£582,000

Sample size

250 sales

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter — MK40

By property type

What each type sells for — MK40

Tenure mix

Freehold vs leasehold — MK40

165 freehold (66%)

85 leasehold (34%)

Across the 250 most recent recorded sales in MK40. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions — never estimates. See every MK40 sale.

Area data

What else the records hold on MK40

Council tax, schools, area deprivation and planning activity for this district — each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.

Council tax

What council tax costs in MK40

Band D · Bedford · 2026-27

£2,472

a year — the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.

Annual council tax charge for each band in Bedford, 2026-27
Band	1991 value	A year
A	up to £40,000	£1,648
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,922
C	£52,001–£68,000	£2,197
D	£68,001–£88,000	£2,472
E	£88,001–£120,000	£3,021
F	£120,001–£160,000	£3,570
G	£160,001–£320,000	£4,120
H	over £320,000	£4,943

These are Bedford's charges for 2026-27, the authority MK40 falls in — not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Bedford · data to 2026-27 financial year

Schools

Schools near MK40

Priory Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · MK40 1JD
211 m
Outstanding · 2014
Polam School
Independent schools · MK40 2BU
303 m
Not graded
Livingstone Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · MK41 7LG
565 m
Good · 2023
Bedford College
16 plus · Colleges · MK42 9AH
800 m
Not graded
Queen's Park Academy
Primary · Academies · MK40 4HA
834 m
Good · 2022
Bedford Free School
Middle deemed secondary · Free Schools · MK42 9AD
928 m
Outstanding · 2020
Bedford School
Independent schools · MK40 2TU
1.0 km
Not graded
Edith Cavell Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · MK41 7NH
1.1 km
Good · 2014

School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes — Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the MK40 district centroid, not from any address.

Source: Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record

Planning applications

Planning activity around MK40

Bedford/26/01193/LDEUndecided
223 m
Certificate to confirm lawful existing use as 8 bedroom HMO in excess of 10 years.
Received 2026-06-25
Bedford/26/01100/TCAPermitted
388 m
T1 Ash - Fell. T2 Silver Birch - Reduce height by 3m and sides by 1m.T3 Sycamore - Reduce height by 2.5m and sides by 1.5m.
Received 2026-06-10 · decided 2026-07-16
Bedford/26/01099/TCAPermitted
388 m
T1 Maple - Reduce height by 2m and sides by 1.5m T2 London Plane - Reduce height by 3m and sides by 2m. G1 Lawson Cypress hedge - Reduce height by 2m.
Received 2026-06-10 · decided 2026-07-17
Bedford/26/01104/TCAPermitted
298 m
T1 Eucalyptus - Reduce height by 4m and sides by 3m
Received 2026-06-10 · decided 2026-07-16
Bedford/26/00985/FULUndecided
424 m
Single storey side and rear extension with flat roof, glazed roof section, rooflight, aluminium framed doors, brick parapet detailing, and associated internal alterations following demolition of sections of existing ground-floor external walls.
Received 2026-05-26
Bedford/26/00982/S73Undecided
436 m
Change of use from retail (Class A1) to hot food (Class A3) including variation of Condition 3 attached to 00/01556/COU to allow for extended opening hours.
Received 2026-05-25

Applications are matched within 500 m of the MK40 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for MK40 for the current picture.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 2045 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 22 July 2026

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for MK40

Across the 12 sampled MK40 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 9, with a median of decile 7 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

MK40 3SZ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so MK40 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in MK40 that have recorded sales and 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices

Two sources, one table

What it costs to run a home in MK40, band by band

Bedford's council tax for 2026-27 set against the MK40 median sold price of £323,000 across 250 recorded sales — the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.

Council tax band, its 1991 valuation range, the annual and monthly charge in Bedford for 2026-27, and that charge as a share of the MK40 median sold price
Band	1991 valueVOA basis	A yearBedford	A month÷ 12	Of the median÷ £323,000
A	up to £40,000	£1,648	£137	0.51%
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,922	£160	0.60%
C	£52,001–£68,000	£2,197	£183	0.68%
D	£68,001–£88,000	£2,472	£206	0.77%
E	£88,001–£120,000	£3,021	£252	0.94%
F	£120,001–£160,000	£3,570	£298	1.11%
G	£160,001–£320,000	£4,120	£343	1.28%
H	over £320,000	£4,943	£412	1.53%

The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the MK40 median sold price — a comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Bedford, 2026-27.

Address by address

What individual homes in MK40 sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 239 distinct addresses in the records we hold for MK40. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.

CASTLE QUAY, CASTLE LANE, BEDFORD
MK40 3FE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-08-25
6, MENTMORE CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK40 4FD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-08-17
81, SAXON WAY, BEDFORD
MK40 4GP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£357,000
2026-08-17
21, ROWAN CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK40 4SJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-08-17
83, DUDLEY STREET, BEDFORD
MK40 3SZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-08-11
38, ROSAMOND ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 3UG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-08-10
78, IDDESLEIGH ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 4LL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-07
109, GEORGE STREET, BEDFORD
MK40 3SJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-07-31
26, KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 2NR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£790,000
2026-07-31
152, HOWBURY STREET, BEDFORD
MK40 3QS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-07-31
59, HENLEY ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 4FX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£157,500
2026-07-31
7, PEMBROKE STREET, BEDFORD
MK40 3RH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£387,500
2026-07-28
13, CLOVELLY WAY, BEDFORD
MK40 3BJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-28
1, DYNEVOR ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 2DB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£182,500
2026-07-24
21, GREENKEEPERS ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 4FS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-07-23
22, ALWIN COURT, BEDFORD
MK40 4SP · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£286,000
2026-07-22
CROWN QUAY, PREBEND STREET, BEDFORD
MK40 1BN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£150,000
2026-07-21
58, BRADGATE ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 3GB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-20
PORTIA HOUSE, SHAKESPEARE ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 2DR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,500
2026-07-20
1, REGENTS MEWS, BEDFORD
MK40 4DL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-07-17
21, PEACOCK LANE, BEDFORD
MK40 4WS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£386,000
2026-07-17
ASPLEY COURT, 1, WARWICK AVENUE, BEDFORD
MK40 2UH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£103,000
2026-07-17
10, ST MICHAELS ROAD, BEDFORD
MK40 2LT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-07-17
59, WATERCRESS RISE, BEDFORD
MK40 4US · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-07-17

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link — we match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

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Crime rate

Street-level reported crime from Police.UK, by category.

Flood risk

Live Environment Agency warnings and long-term risk.

EPC ratings

Energy certificates A–G from the GOV.UK register.

Boundaries

Location and how to get the official Title Plan.

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Every MK40 figure is official, sourced and dated

We never show estimated “valuations” or magic numbers — just real recorded data from the UK's official registers, refreshed continuously.

HM Land RegistrySold prices
MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
Department for Education · OfstedSchools
Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
Police.UKStreet-level crime
Environment AgencyFlood risk
postcodes.io · ONSGeography

Questions, answered

The MK40 report: your questions

What is the average house price in MK40?

The median sold price in MK40, Bedford was £323,000 across 250 recorded sales between 9 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026. Most sales fell between £154,500 and £582,000. That is the median of real HM Land Registry transactions, not an estimate or a valuation.

How much is council tax in MK40?

MK40 is billed by Bedford, whose Band D charge for 2026-27 is £2,472 a year. Every band from A to H is listed on this page. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and there is no free per-address dataset for it, so we never guess an individual home's band — look it up on GOV.UK and read your row.

Which schools are near MK40?

The Department for Education's register lists 8 open schools within 3 km of the MK40 district centre, the nearest being Priory Primary School (last Ofsted grade: Outstanding). These are nearest by straight-line distance from the district centroid — they are not catchment or admission areas, which councils set individually and do not publish centrally.

Is MK40 a deprived area?

On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 MK40 postcodes we sampled run from decile 2 to decile 9, with a median of decile 7 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. Deprivation is published for small areas, not postcode districts, so a district like MK40 usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.

Have there been planning applications near MK40?

The last check of the local planning authority register found 2045 applications within 500 m of the MK40 district centre; the most recent are listed on this page with their reference, description and status as the authority published them. For an up-to-the-minute search, use the planning tool with your full postcode.

Can I see what an individual address in MK40 sold for?

Yes — this page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 239 distinct addresses in the records we hold for MK40, each with its price and date. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so a home that has never been sold does not appear; and we link an address to its own property page only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

How up to date are the MK40 sold prices?

Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, covering sales up to 28 August 2026. The store is rebuilt monthly. New sales can take several weeks to appear in the official register after completion, so the very latest transactions may not show yet.

Does MK40 cover my exact street?

MK40 is the outward half of the postcode and covers the whole district, so the district-wide figures on this page are medians and ranges — not a valuation of any single property. The address list gives you the door-level picture, and the free checks take a full postcode.

Nearby

Postcode districts near MK40

The closest districts to MK40 by straight-line distance between district centres — not the next letter of the alphabet.

The Bedford property market Every MK40 sale in the sold price tool Council tax bands in MK40 Schools near MK40 Planning applications in MK40

Where this comes from

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on — never estimates, never a valuation. Every MK40 sale in the lookup tool · The Bedford property market · About Your Property Check.