Bedford
MK43 house prices in Bedford
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Bedford, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£381,500
Range £239,792–£650,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 26 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in MK43: the typical (median) sold price is £381,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). MK43 is an active market, with about 34 recorded sales a month. By property type, 42% were detached homes (typically £515,000) and 33% were semi-detached homes (typically £350,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,472 a year: Bedford's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Bedford, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on MK43: steady sales, so price from the evidence
MK43 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 34 sales a month, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are thinking of selling, the £239,792 to £650,000 range is where most MK43 sales landed, so find the sold homes closest to yours and price against those; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in MK43 sit well above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
On any MK43 home we would check whether the home is at risk of flooding, council tax (Band D is £2,472 a year) and what has been built or proposed nearby, and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
Next step: the free MK43 OfferCheck, which sets flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools next to these prices, with every source named.
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At a glance
MK43 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£381,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
34.3
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,472
A year
On the map
Where MK43 sits in Bedford
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in MK43
40, EAGLE WAY, BEDFORD
Detached · Freehold · 26 Aug 2026
£770,000
12, TUDOR CLOSE, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£560,000
19, BRIDGE END, BEDFORD
Detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£865,000
13, BRIDGEND, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£383,000
12, THE MILL, BEDFORD
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£820,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). MK43 includes the Ampthill ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in MK43
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in MK43 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £515,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £185,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 103 | £515,000 | £375,700–£784,000 |
| Semi-detached | 81 | £350,000 | £255,000–£430,000 |
| Terraced | 50 | £313,500 | £224,050–£431,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 12 | £185,000 | £120,250–£427,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 26 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in MK43
The quarterly typical price fell 3.6%, from £389,000 in Q1 2026 (109 sales) to £375,000 in Q3 2026 (42 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £389,000 | 109 |
| Q2 2026 | £380,000 | 99 |
| Q3 2026 | £375,000 | 42 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 26 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of MK43 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most MK43 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £239,792 and £650,000, around a typical £381,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 26 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in MK43
Detached homes were 42% of recorded sales (103 of 246). 94% of sales were freehold and 6% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached42%
- Semi-detached33%
- Terraced20%
- Flat / maisonette5%
Tenure
- Freehold94%
- Leasehold6%
See the figures
234 freehold (94%) and 16 leasehold (6%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in MK43, including 2 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 26 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Bedford (MK43) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £515,000 against £185,000 for flats: about 2.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (94%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 34 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 16 January 2026 and 26 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on MK43
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in MK43
£2,472
Band D a year in Bedford, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| 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 MK43 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 MK43
3
open schools within 3 km, nearest Wootton Academy.
All schools
Wootton Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · MK43 9HT
2.3 km
Good · 2017
Wootton Primary School
Primary · Academies · MK43 9JT
2.7 km
Not graded
Kempston Rural Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · MK42 7FJ
2.8 km
Good · 2023
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 MK43 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 3 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near MK43
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around MK43
1
application within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 22 October 2026.
Recent applications
Bedford/22/01199/FULPermitted
355 m
Single storey side extension, alterations to existing rear roof on the ground floor and addition of new first floor window.
Received 2022-05-20 · decided 2022-07-13
Applications are matched within 500 m of the MK43 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 1 of 1 held; run a live planning search for MK43 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1 application matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 22 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for MK43
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled MK43 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 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.
MK43 7EW, 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 MK43 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in MK43: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in MK43, band by band
Bedford's council tax for 2026-27 set against the MK43 median sold price of £381,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBedford | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £381,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,648 | £137 | 0.43% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,922 | £160 | 0.50% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,197 | £183 | 0.58% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,472 | £206 | 0.65% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,021 | £252 | 0.79% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,570 | £298 | 0.94% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,120 | £343 | 1.08% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,943 | £412 | 1.30% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the MK43 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
Address by address
What individual homes in MK43 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 250 distinct addresses in the records we hold for MK43. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
40, EAGLE WAY, BEDFORD
MK43 7EW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£770,000
2026-08-26
12, TUDOR CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK43 8LB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£560,000
2026-08-21
19, BRIDGE END, BEDFORD
MK43 8LS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£865,000
2026-08-18
13, BRIDGEND, BEDFORD
MK43 7LP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£383,000
2026-08-18
12, THE MILL, BEDFORD
MK43 8EW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£820,000
2026-08-17
8, THE PASTURES, BEDFORD
MK43 9NZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-08-12
6, BURRIDGES CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK43 7QE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-08-10
13, MALTINGS CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK43 0BY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-08-10
7, BEEBY WAY, BEDFORD
MK43 7LW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£763,000
2026-08-10
4, BROCKLEHANGER EDGE, BEDFORD
MK43 1AB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-10
FINCH COTTAGE, CLIFTON ROAD, BEDFORD
MK43 8AS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-08-07
4, HUNTS PATH, BEDFORD
MK43 7SR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-06
8, PRIORY CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK43 8BG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£760,000
2026-08-04
5, BATCHELDOR GARDENS, BEDFORD
MK43 8SP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-08-03
13A, CLOSE ROAD, BEDFORD
MK43 7PP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£122,500
2026-07-31
5, WATSON WAY, BEDFORD
MK43 0RG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-07-31
25, WHITEHALL, BEDFORD
MK43 0RS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-31
103, HIGH STREET, BEDFORD
MK43 0BS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,000
2026-07-28
73, PARTRIDGE PIECE, BEDFORD
MK43 0BL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£282,500
2026-07-28
6, OXFORD BLUE WAY, BEDFORD
MK43 9GF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-27
20, ELDERBERRY WAY, BEDFORD
MK43 8FG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£433,500
2026-07-27
13, STEWARTBY WAY, BEDFORD
MK43 9LX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-24
45, MOLIVERS LANE, BEDFORD
MK43 8LD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-07-24
14, IBBETT CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK43 9BT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-23
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.
Questions, answered
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Postcode districts near MK43
The closest districts to MK43 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in MK46 (Olney) 6.8 miles
- House prices in MK16 (Newport Pagnell) 7.1 miles
- House prices in MK45 (Bedford) 7.2 miles
- House prices in MK10 (Milton Keynes) 7.6 miles
- House prices in MK15 (Milton Keynes) 8.2 miles
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Data sources
Every MK43 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- 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
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. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.