LU6 2PN
Last sold £187,500 in November 2000
242, Common Road, Dunstable
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Nov 2000 — £187,500 · +56.3% · 15 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 1998 — £120,000
What this home might be worth today
£586,000
Estimate range £557,000–£616,000
+212.7% since November 2000 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 19 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Kensworth Church of England Academy 1.6km
- Lark Rise Academy 2.4km
- Whipsnade Central station 2.0km
- Heath Wood 846m
- The coast (coastline) 43.7km
- Lake 4.9km
- Pond 1.5km
- Canal 8.8km
- River Ouzel 3.8km
- Public Park 700m
- Playing Field 1.2km
- Kensworth Supermarket 1.0km
- Farmer's Boy (O/S) 457m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 97.4% of premises — not all
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 Leagrave, 6.9km away
- 37 min London
- 95 min Cambridge
- 109 min Oxford
- 115 min Brighton
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
Planning
- In the green belt — new building is tightly restricted.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 128 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- Orchard Estate, Land Park Lane, Dunstable £1,800,000 · 2025
- 252, Common Road, Dunstable £160,000 · 1996
- 278, Common Road, Dunstable £275,000 · 2007
- 288, Common Road, Dunstable £250,000 · 2009
- 284a, Common Road, Dunstable £190,000 · 2011
- Dazzleberry House, Common Road, Dunstable £880,000 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Discharge of Conditions 6 & 7 against planning permission ref. CB/25/00819/FULL… May 2026 source
- Conditions Discharge of Conditions 2,4 against planning permission ref. CB/25/00819/FULL (Demolition… Nov 2025 source
- Permitted Erection of a side and rear single storey extension, front porch extension, installation… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Replacement of velux rooflights with two rear dormer windows Oct 2025 source
- Conditions Discharge of Conditions 3,5,9,10,11 and 12 against planning permission ref.… Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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