MK44 1SE
Last sold £372,500 in June 2016
8, Arkwright Road, Bedford
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,507 sq ft / 140 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 45m
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Price history in context
- Jun 2016 — £372,500 · +49.0% · 17 pts behind the UK market
- May 2003 — £249,950 · +21.3% · 10 pts behind the UK market
- Jan 2002 — £206,000 · +22.6% · 15 pts ahead of the UK market
- Sep 2000 — £168,000
What this home might be worth today
£513,000
Estimate range £487,000–£538,000
+37.6% since June 2016 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 10 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Sharnbrook Primary 3.9km
- Milton Ernest CofE Primary School 9-min walk
- Bedford station 6.9km
- Twin Wood 2.4km
- The coast (coastline) 39.0km
- River Great Ouse 360m
- Pond 675m
- Canal 14.7km
- River Great Ouse 377m
- Public Park 3.0km
- Playing Field 226m
- Budgens 3.5km
- Huntsmans Way (Adj) 76m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
- 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, 6.9km 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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,580 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Among the lowest for England & Wales — 145 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 21, Arkwright Road, Bedford £115,000 · 1999
- 11, Arkwright Road, Bedford £175,000 · 2001
- 7, Arkwright Road, Bedford £235,000 · 2006
- 29, Arkwright Road, Bedford £308,000 · 2007
- 5, Arkwright Road, Bedford £285,000 · 2013
- 3, Arkwright Road, Bedford £377,500 · 2017
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Single storey side/rear extension and relocation of boundary fence. May 2026 source
- Permitted 1 x 9m light wooden pole. Dec 2025 source
- Undecided Subdivision of existing single bungalow to form 2 bungalows with new entrance extension… Mar 2026 source
- Withdrawn 16/01397/FUL - Non-Material Minor Amendment to include revised kerb alignments, extended… Nov 2025 source
- Permitted New brick wall, close-boarded timber fences and timber posts to form upgraded site… May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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