Bedford
MK45 house prices in Bedford
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Bedford, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£375,000
Range £219,193–£630,375 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Mar 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in MK45: the typical (median) sold price is £375,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). MK45 is an active market, with about 44 recorded sales a month. By property type, 33% were semi-detached homes (typically £366,250) and 32% were detached homes (typically £515,000).
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 MK45: steady sales, so price from the evidence
MK45 sees about 44 sales a month, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are selling, MK45 sales mostly ran from £219,193 to £630,375, 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 buying, typical prices in MK45 sit well above the UK average, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Before an offer goes in on any MK45 home, look at long-term flood risk, council tax (Band D is £2,472 a year) and what has been built or proposed nearby, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
The free MK45 OfferCheck pulls sold prices, flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools into one sourced page; the Report says which matter for the home you have in mind.
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At a glance
MK45 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£375,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
44.2
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,472
A year
On the map
Where MK45 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 MK45
33, BEAUMONT ROAD, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 25 Aug 2026
£500,000
25, FISHER CLOSE, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£325,000
6A, HINKSLEY ROAD, BEDFORD
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£365,000
26, FISHERSWOOD ROAD, BEDFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£386,250
1, SALISBURY ROAD, BEDFORD
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£515,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). MK45 includes the Ampthill ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in MK45
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in MK45 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £515,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £202,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 79 | £515,000 | £365,000–£704,000 |
| Semi-detached | 82 | £366,250 | £310,500–£539,500 |
| Terraced | 64 | £315,500 | £214,500–£445,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 20 | £202,500 | £157,500–£287,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Mar 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in MK45
The quarterly typical price rose 6.4%, from £353,750 in Q1 2026 (46 sales) to £376,500 in Q3 2026 (64 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £353,750 | 46 |
| Q2 2026 | £375,000 | 140 |
| Q3 2026 | £376,500 | 64 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Mar 2026 and 25 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of MK45 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most MK45 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £219,193 and £630,375, around a typical £375,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Mar 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in MK45
Semi-detached homes were 33% of recorded sales (82 of 245). 90% of sales were freehold and 10% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached32%
- Semi-detached33%
- Terraced26%
- Flat / maisonette8%
Tenure
- Freehold90%
- Leasehold10%
See the figures
226 freehold (90%) and 24 leasehold (10%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in MK45. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Mar 2026 and 25 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 (MK45) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £515,000 against £202,500 for flats: about 2.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (90%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 44 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 6 March 2026 and 25 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 MK45
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 MK45
£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 MK45 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 MK45
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Maulden Lower School.
All schools
Maulden Lower School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · MK45 2AU
1.1 km
Good · 2012
Russell Lower School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · MK45 2TD
1.5 km
Good · 2011
Redborne Upper School and Community College
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · MK45 2NU
1.9 km
Good · 2017
Alameda Middle School
Secondary · Academies · MK45 2QR
2.1 km
Good · 2018
The Firs Lower School
Primary · Academies · MK45 2QR
2.1 km
Good · 2013
Greenfield CofE VC Lower School
Primary · Academies · MK45 5ES
2.4 km
Good · 2024
Kingsmoor Lower School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · MK45 1EY
2.5 km
Good · 2011
Templefield Lower School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · MK45 1AJ
2.8 km
Good · 2017
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 MK45 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near MK45
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 MK45
We hold no cached planning record for MK45: either nothing was found near the district centre when it was last checked, or this district has not been checked yet. Either way we do not fetch on this page, so you can run a live planning search for MK45.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for MK45
Decile 9 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 MK45 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
MK45 1AL, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 9 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 MK45 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in MK45: 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 MK45, band by band
Bedford's council tax for 2026-27 set against the MK45 median sold price of £375,000 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÷ £375,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,648 | £137 | 0.44% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,922 | £160 | 0.51% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,197 | £183 | 0.59% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,472 | £206 | 0.66% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,021 | £252 | 0.81% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,570 | £298 | 0.95% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,120 | £343 | 1.10% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,943 | £412 | 1.32% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the MK45 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 MK45 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 248 distinct addresses in the records we hold for MK45. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
33, BEAUMONT ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 1AL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-08-25
25, FISHER CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK45 4NF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-08-21
6A, HINKSLEY ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 1HH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-08-21
26, FISHERSWOOD ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 3RN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£386,250
2026-08-21
1, SALISBURY ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 1UD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£515,000
2026-08-14
59, THE MEADOWS, BEDFORD
MK45 1XG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-08-14
49, FIR TREE CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK45 1NY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-08-12
15, WINDMILL ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 1AT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£357,500
2026-08-07
20, HOME FARM WAY, BEDFORD
MK45 5LL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£590,000
2026-08-07
128, MEADOW ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 3RE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£347,000
2026-08-07
44, CEDAR CLOSE, BEDFORD
MK45 2UD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-08-06
23, THE KNOLL, BEDFORD
MK45 2DB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,600
2026-08-05
28, MEADOW ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 3GJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-08-05
52, AMPTHILL ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 1AY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-08-03
52, WINGATE DRIVE, BEDFORD
MK45 2XF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-31
37, LONGCROFT DRIVE, BEDFORD
MK45 4SF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-07-31
8, THE BRACHE, BEDFORD
MK45 2DR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£476,000
2026-07-31
120, MANOR ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 4NS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£493,000
2026-07-31
58, POPPY DRIVE, BEDFORD
MK45 2AW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£460,000
2026-07-31
32, OSPREY ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 1RU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-31
6, BROOKES ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 1BX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-07-31
40A, BEDFORD ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 3NA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£455,000
2026-07-30
24, LUTON ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 3EX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-07-30
116, BEDFORD ROAD, BEDFORD
MK45 4LR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-07-29
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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Data sources
Every MK45 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.