MK42 8LP

Last sold £350,000 in October 2023

8, Spring Road, Bedford

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
5 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,292 sq ft / 120 sq m
EPC rating
E
Elevation
About 37m — higher than about 50% of homes in Bedford

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Price history in context

  • Oct 2023 — £350,000 · +22.8% · 8 pts behind the UK market
  • Dec 2016 — £285,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £350,000 £285,000 2016 2023

The life around it

  • St John's School 365m
  • Camestone School 599m
  • Bedford St Johns station 1.3km
  • Hanger Wood/Oxleys 4.1km
  • The coast (coastline) 41.1km
  • Lake 537m
  • River Great Ouse 1.0km
  • River Ivel Navigation 14.3km
  • River Great Ouse 550m
  • Public Park 565m
  • Addison Howard Park 98m
  • Costcutter 346m
  • Savannah Close (Adj) 70m

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, 1.3km 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

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.

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 — 114 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Planning activity nearby

  • Permitted Placement of a metal cycle locker in front garden Apr 2026 source
  • Undecided Remove Horse Chestnut to ground level Aug 2025 source
  • Undecided T1 Lime Tree - Prune and crown-reduce all overhanging branches back to the exact property… Jul 2026 source
  • Undecided Change of use to MOT centre with car repairs and servicing. Aug 2025 source
  • Undecided One and two storey side and rear extensions and demolition of existing outbuildings. Apr 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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