Central Bedfordshire
SG18 house prices in Central Bedfordshire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Central Bedfordshire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£365,000
Range £209,000–£520,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SG18: the typical (median) sold price is £365,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SG18 is an active market, with about 31 recorded sales a month. By property type, 35% were semi-detached homes (typically £375,000) and 26% were detached homes (typically £472,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,516 a year: Central Bedfordshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on SG18: steady sales, so price from the evidence
SG18 sees about 31 sales a month, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are selling, SG18 buyers have mostly paid between £209,000 and £520,500, so compare like with like on type, size and condition; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are buying, on price, SG18 is well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
On any SG18 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (739 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,516 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
Next step: the free SG18 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
SG18 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£365,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
30.8
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,516
A year
On the map
Where SG18 sits in Central Bedfordshire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in SG18
81, STRATTON WAY, BIGGLESWADE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£385,000
60, HITCHIN ROAD, BIGGLESWADE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£472,500
23, PLANETS WAY, BIGGLESWADE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£397,000
80, CHURCH STREET, BIGGLESWADE
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£412,000
20, DEVON DRIVE, BIGGLESWADE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£465,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SG18 includes the Biggleswade East ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in SG18
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SG18 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £472,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £227,250.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 64 | £472,500 | £403,600–£655,800 |
| Semi-detached | 86 | £375,000 | £311,750–£475,000 |
| Terraced | 57 | £306,000 | £206,000–£378,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 38 | £227,250 | £164,200–£275,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SG18
The quarterly typical price was flat, from £351,250 in Q4 2025 (18 sales) to £350,000 in Q3 2026 (39 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £351,250 | 18 |
| Q1 2026 | £369,000 | 94 |
| Q2 2026 | £365,000 | 99 |
| Q3 2026 | £350,000 | 39 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SG18 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SG18 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £209,000 and £520,500, around a typical £365,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SG18
Semi-detached homes were 35% of recorded sales (86 of 245). 85% of sales were freehold and 15% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached26%
- Semi-detached35%
- Terraced23%
- Flat / maisonette16%
Tenure
- Freehold85%
- Leasehold15%
See the figures
213 freehold (85%) and 37 leasehold (15%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SG18, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Dec 2025 and 21 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 Central Bedfordshire (SG18) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £472,500 against £227,250 for flats: about 2.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 31 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 17 December 2025 and 21 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 SG18
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 SG18
£2,516
Band D a year in Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,677 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,957 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,237 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,516 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,075 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,634 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,194 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,032 |
These are Central Bedfordshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority SG18 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 Central Bedfordshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near SG18
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Biggleswade Academy.
All schools
Biggleswade Academy
Primary · Academies · SG18 8JU
713 m
Good · 2024
St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG18 0LY
815 m
Good · 2011
Lawnside Academy
Primary · Academies · SG18 0LX
873 m
Good · 2023
Stratton School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SG18 8JB
1.2 km
Requires improvement · 2022
Ivel Valley School & College
Special schools · SG18 0NL
1.3 km
Good · 2014
Edward Peake CofE VC School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · SG18 0EJ
1.8 km
Requires improvement · 2022
Langford Village Academy
Primary · Academies · SG18 9QA
2.6 km
Good · 2024
OneSchool Global UK - Biggleswade Campus
Independent schools · SG18 0EP
2.7 km
Not graded
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 SG18 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SG18
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 SG18
739
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
CentralBedfordshire/CB/26/01399/FULLUndecided
148 m
Creation of dropped kerb
Received 2026-05-05
CentralBedfordshire/CB/26/00935/LBPermitted
331 m
Listed Building: Replace existing roof window panels with conservation velux roof windows
Received 2026-03-24 · decided 2026-06-18
CentralBedfordshire/CB/26/00880/FULLUndecided
400 m
Change of Use of industrial unit (B2/B8) to gym with installation of internal mezzanine level, repainting of external elevations and alterations to external service yard to create car and cycle parking (retrospective).
Received 2026-03-18
CentralBedfordshire/CB/26/00292/FULLPermitted
294 m
Single storey side extension with roof lights and a pitched roof. Single storey porch with a monopitch roof.
Received 2026-01-30 · decided 2026-06-03
CentralBedfordshire/CB/26/00249/FULLRejected
384 m
New boundary fence 1.95m high adjacent to an existing highway
Received 2026-01-27 · decided 2026-04-07
CentralBedfordshire/CB/25/03988/FULLPermitted
287 m
Conversion of an attached garage into habitable rooms
Received 2025-12-18 · decided 2026-04-16
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SG18 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 SG18 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 739 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SG18
Decile 6 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 SG18 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 8, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SG18 9BU, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 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 SG18 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SG18: 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 SG18, band by band
Central Bedfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SG18 median sold price of £365,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCentral Bedfordshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £365,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,677 | £140 | 0.46% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,957 | £163 | 0.54% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,237 | £186 | 0.61% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,516 | £210 | 0.69% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,075 | £256 | 0.84% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,634 | £303 | 1.00% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,194 | £350 | 1.15% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,032 | £419 | 1.38% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SG18 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, Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in SG18 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 246 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SG18. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
81, STRATTON WAY, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 0NW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-21
60, HITCHIN ROAD, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 9BU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£472,500
2026-08-20
23, PLANETS WAY, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8FD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£397,000
2026-08-17
80, CHURCH STREET, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 9QA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£412,000
2026-08-14
20, DEVON DRIVE, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 0FJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-08-14
34, TATE DRIVE, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8UD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-12
74, PLANETS WAY, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8FB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-11
7, OSPREY ROAD, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8DZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£262,000
2026-08-10
16, EMPIRE CLOSE, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8AF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£287,500
2026-08-07
15, ORCHARD CLOSE, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 0NE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£198,000
2026-08-04
19, GEMINI LANE, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8DN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-08-04
7, OAK CRESCENT, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 9DH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-08-03
5, EVANS GROVE, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8JG · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-08-03
20, HITCHIN STREET, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8BE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£166,000
2026-08-03
18, HITCHIN ROAD, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 9BT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-03
9, BLUNHAM ROAD, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8BY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-07-31
72, URBAN WAY, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 0HT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£194,899
2026-07-31
24, BUNYAN ROAD, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8QQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£248,000
2026-07-31
4, BITTERN DRIVE, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8DU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-07-31
20, BODDINGTON GARDENS, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 0PJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-07-28
7, WILSHERES ROAD, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 0BU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-27
10, HAWKING DRIVE, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8GN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-24
1, SOUNDY PADDOCK, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 0RQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-07-24
15, MALLARD WALK, BIGGLESWADE
SG18 8DY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£149,637
2026-07-24
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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Nearby
Postcode districts near SG18
The closest districts to SG18 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in SG19 (Sandy) 4.1 miles
- House prices in SG17 (Shefford) 4.5 miles
- House prices in SG15 (Arlesey) 4.8 miles
- House prices in SG16 (Henlow) 5 miles
- House prices in SG7 (Baldock) 6.6 miles
- House prices in SG6 (Letchworth Garden City) 7.4 miles
- House prices in SG5 (Hitchin) 7.7 miles
- House prices in MK42 (Bedford) 9.1 miles
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Data sources
Every SG18 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.