LU4 9XS
Last sold £49,995 in November 1999
8, Wharfedale, Luton
- Property type
- Terraced
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 126m
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Price history in context
- Nov 1999 — £49,995 · +16.3% · 2 pts behind the UK market
- May 1998 — £43,000
What this home might be worth today
£178,000
Estimate range £169,000–£187,000
+255.7% since November 1999 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 200 nearby sales within a year · terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- The Gill Blowers Nursery School 7-min walk
- Leagrave Primary School 6-min walk
- Leagrave station 18-min walk
- Great Bramingham Wood 2.4km
- The coast (coastline) 48.1km
- Lake 962m
- Pond 655m
- Canal 12.7km
- Houghton Brook 278m
- Public Park 110m
- Play Area 240m
- Morrisons Daily 954m
- Strangers Way (Nr) 60m
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 Leagrave, 1.0km 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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
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 1,550 hours a year — sunnier than 40% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 161 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 28, Wharfedale, Luton £97,500 · 2002
- 20, Wharfedale, Luton £62,500 · 2004
- 7, Wharfedale, Luton £118,000 · 2005
- 22, Wharfedale, Luton £120,500 · 2010
- 17, Wharfedale, Luton £107,500 · 2022
- 10, Wharfedale, Luton £196,000 · 2016
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Change of use from Class C3 dwellinghouse to a children's residential care home (Use… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 1 Class A… May 2026 source
- Rejected Erection of one two bedroom dwellinghouse and change of use of grass verge to… Dec 2025 source
- Permitted Internal remodelling of the existing building along with minor elevation and fenestration… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Development of Land for Residential Purposes - Erection of 48 residential units after… Jan 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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