SG17 5EL
Last sold £180,000 in August 1997
1, Rectory Close, Shefford
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 44m — higher than about 60% of homes in Shefford
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Price history in context
- Aug 1997 — £180,000
What this home might be worth today
£810,000
Estimate range £770,000–£851,000
+350.0% since August 1997 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 39 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Clifton All Saints Academy 9-min walk
- Samuel Whitbread Academy 25-min walk
- Arlesey station 2.9km
- Lower Alders 3.4km
- The coast (coastline) 39.1km
- Lake 1.4km
- Pond 294m
- River Ivel Navigation 741m
- River Ivel 1.4km
- Bellcote Meadow 1.3km
- Playing Field 228m
- Henlow Village Stores 1.5km
- All Saints' Church (Opp) 56m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
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 Biggleswade, 5.8km away
- 35 min London
- 59 min Cambridge
- 107 min Brighton
- 117 min Nottingham
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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2 Samuel Whitbread Academy · Secondary 0.7 miles State Attainment 8: 47.1 — top 40% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,590 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- In the Clifton Conservation Area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 70 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 2, Rectory Close, Shefford £218,000 · 1999
- 5, Rectory Close, Shefford £515,000 · 2020
- 43, Church Street, Shefford £1,350,000 · 2021
- Clistone, Stanford Lane, Shefford £366,000 · 2019
- Sunnyside, Stanford Lane, Shefford £530,000 · 2015
- 1, Clifton House Gardens, Shefford £895,000 · 2010
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Prior Notification of proposed demolition: removal of the cricket pavilion. Feb 2026 source
- Undecided Discharge of Conditions 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 &10 against planning permission ref.… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Single storey rear extension. Garage conversion… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of bay window/porch to side, with new front porch, and erection of a single… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Discharge of Conditions 3, 4, 5 & 6 against Listed Building Consent ref. CB/25/02279/LB… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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