MK40 4EU
Last sold £500,000 in January 2010
1, Observer Close, Bedford
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Oct 2004 — £530,000
- Jan 2010 — £500,000 · −5.7% · 16 pts behind the UK market
What this home might be worth today
£876,000
Estimate range £832,000–£919,000
+75.1% since January 2010 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 37 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School is 520m away.
- Biddenham International School and Sports College is 614m away.
- Bedford station is 1.5km away.
- Bowels Wood is 2.5km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 40.8km away.
- River Great Ouse is 723m away.
- Pond is 239m away.
- River Ivel Navigation is 16.4km away.
- River Great Ouse is 736m away.
- Public Park is 1.1km away.
- Play Area is 470m away.
- Medina Food Store is 1.3km away.
- Day'S Lane (Opp) is 65m away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Bedford, 1.5km away
- 42 min London
- 70 min Nottingham
- 93 min Cambridge
- 115 min Sheffield
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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1 St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.3 miles State Ofsted Good
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3 Biddenham International School and Sports College · Secondary 0.4 miles State Attainment 8: 40.4 (2023)
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 144 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
Planning activity nearby
- Conversion of car port to garage. — Rejected, Jan 2026 source
- First floor side and rear extension and garage conversion with new front bay window — Permitted, May 2026 source
- Porch extension, single storey side extension, two storey side and rear extension,… — Undecided, Oct 2025 source
- Horse chestnut front garden - Crown reduction by 2/2.5 metres laterally and approximately… — Permitted, May 2026 source
- Erection of pool house in rear garden — Undecided, Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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