MK42 8NR
Last sold £124,950 in August 1997
159, Spring Road, Bedford
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 36m
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Price history in context
- Aug 1997 — £124,950
What this home might be worth today
£562,000
Estimate range £534,000–£590,000
+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 100 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Springfield Primary School 14-min walk
- Camestone School 7-min walk
- Bedford St Johns station 1.5km
- Kempston Wood 4.3km
- The coast (coastline) 41.3km
- Lake 1.0km
- Pond 1.1km
- River Ivel Navigation 13.9km
- River Great Ouse 1.0km
- The Green 865m
- Play Area 285m
- Costcutter 499m
- Jowitt Avenue (Adj) 285m
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 Bedford St Johns, 1.5km away
- 56 min London
- 107 min Cambridge
- 115 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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,560 hours a year — sunnier than 50% 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.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 65 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 135, Spring Road, Bedford £55,000 · 1997
- 157, Spring Road, Bedford £124,000 · 1998
- 165, Spring Road, Bedford £190,000 · 2001
- 143, Spring Road, Bedford £135,000 · 2005
- 167, Spring Road, Bedford £115,000 · 2007
- 131, Spring Road, Bedford £186,000 · 2008
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Removal of 4 Oak trees or prune by 70% Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Single storey side and rear extension Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Certificate to confirm the single storey rear infill extension already commenced did not… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of single detached garage and erection of double detached garage. Single… Jan 2026 source
- Permitted Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (Use… Jan 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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