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MK40 4US, Bedford

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Average sold price
£366,915
60 recorded sales since 2016
Last 12 months
£381,250
5 sales
Council tax (Band D)
£2,472
Bedford
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Sold prices in MK40 4US

AddressDatePriceType
59, Watercress Rise17 Jul 2026£415,000Semi-detached
5, Watercress Rise21 May 2026£386,500Detached
29, Watercress Rise13 May 2026£480,000Detached
14, Watercress Rise2 Dec 2025£159,750Semi-detached
56, Watercress Rise24 Nov 2025£465,000Detached
60, Watercress Rise5 Mar 2025£487,500Detached
55, Watercress Rise20 Dec 2024£375,000Detached
65, Watercress Rise19 Apr 2024£337,500Semi-detached
65, Watercress Rise21 Jul 2023£440,000Semi-detached
11, Watercress Rise23 Feb 2023£189,750Semi-detached
4, Watercress Rise20 Aug 2021£358,000Detached
12, Watercress Rise3 Jul 2021£387,000Detached New build
14, Watercress Rise28 Jun 2021£135,000Semi-detached
48, Watercress Rise1 Jun 2021£300,000Semi-detached
1, Watercress Rise29 Mar 2021£465,000Detached
40, Watercress Rise26 Feb 2021£427,000Detached New build
49, Watercress Rise18 Feb 2021£280,000Semi-detached
2, Watercress Rise12 Feb 2021£460,000Detached New build
54, Watercress Rise11 Dec 2020£258,000Semi-detached
67, Watercress Rise20 Nov 2020£305,000Semi-detached
36, Watercress Rise25 Sep 2020£455,000Detached New build
4, Watercress Rise28 Aug 2020£325,400Detached New build
49, Watercress Rise31 Jul 2020£295,000Semi-detached
38, Watercress Rise30 Apr 2020£465,000Detached New build
39, Watercress Rise28 Feb 2020£380,000Detached New build
27, Watercress Rise20 Dec 2019£260,000Semi-detached New build
25, Watercress Rise20 Dec 2019£260,000Semi-detached New build
23, Watercress Rise20 Dec 2019£260,000Semi-detached New build
21, Watercress Rise20 Dec 2019£260,000Semi-detached New build
19, Watercress Rise19 Dec 2019£450,000Detached New build
10, Watercress Rise15 Nov 2019£360,000Semi-detached New build
29, Watercress Rise1 Nov 2019£405,000Detached New build
37, Watercress Rise30 Oct 2019£300,000Semi-detached New build
35, Watercress Rise30 Oct 2019£300,000Semi-detached New build
33, Watercress Rise30 Oct 2019£260,000Semi-detached New build
31, Watercress Rise30 Oct 2019£260,000Semi-detached New build
17, Watercress Rise30 Oct 2019£300,000Detached New build
15, Watercress Rise30 Oct 2019£300,000Semi-detached New build
42, Watercress Rise23 Sep 2019£385,000Detached New build
46, Watercress Rise30 Aug 2019£405,000Detached New build
44, Watercress Rise26 Jul 2019£462,500Detached New build
8, Watercress Rise28 Jun 2019£296,000Semi-detached New build
6, Watercress Rise28 Jun 2019£275,000Semi-detached New build
14, Watercress Rise28 Jun 2019£1,578,000Other
26, Watercress Rise28 May 2019£340,000Detached New build
24, Watercress Rise24 May 2019£340,000Detached New build
22, Watercress Rise24 May 2019£437,500Detached New build
3, Watercress Rise5 Apr 2019£450,000Detached New build
5, Watercress Rise15 Mar 2019£340,000Detached New build
1, Watercress Rise4 Jan 2019£450,000Detached New build
50, Watercress Rise4 May 2018£295,000Semi-detached New build
51, Watercress Rise29 Mar 2018£294,500Semi-detached New build
53, Watercress Rise27 Mar 2018£415,000Detached New build
52, Watercress Rise28 Feb 2018£260,000Semi-detached New build
48, Watercress Rise28 Feb 2018£295,000Semi-detached New build
56, Watercress Rise28 Feb 2018£400,000Detached New build
54, Watercress Rise26 Feb 2018£260,000Semi-detached New build
49, Watercress Rise31 Jan 2018£295,000Semi-detached New build
58, Watercress Rise29 Jan 2018£415,000Detached New build
55, Watercress Rise21 Dec 2017£320,000Detached New build

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Tenure: 96% freehold, 4% leasehold.

Streets in MK40 4US

Schools near MK40 4US

SchoolTypeOfstedDistance
St James' CofE AcademyPrimary–0.5 mi
Biddenham International School and Sports CollegeSecondary–0.6 mi
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-SchoolPrimaryGood0.6 mi
Great Ouse Primary AcademyPrimaryGood0.6 mi
Westfield Primary SchoolPrimaryGood0.9 mi
Bromham CofE Primary SchoolPrimary–1.1 mi

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Living in MK40 4US

Nearest stations

  • Bedford station 1.3 mi · 26 min walk
  • Bedford St Johns station 2.0 mi · 39 min walk
  • Kempston Hardwick station 3.7 mi · 1 hr 13 min walk

Supermarkets

  • Sainsburys 0.9 mi
  • Aldi 0.9 mi
  • Tesco Express 1.2 mi
  • Sainsburys Local 1.2 mi

Pharmacies

  • Bromham Pharmacy 1.1 mi
  • The Village Pharmacy 1.2 mi
  • Herbert And Herbert 1.2 mi

Dentists

  • Queens Park Health Centre 1.0 mi
  • The Dental Practice (136 Bromham Road) 1.2 mi
  • Shakespeare Clinic 1.2 mi

GP surgeries

  • Queens Park Health Centre 1.0 mi
  • Linden Road Surgery 1.2 mi
  • Ashburnham Road Surgery 1.4 mi

Mobile signal

4G indoors from all four networks: 85% of homes in Bedford (England & Wales 89%).

Source: Ofcom, Jul 2025.

Deprivation

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Decile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived), English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Income7 of 10
Employment10 of 10
Education and skills8 of 10
Health and disability9 of 10
Crime5 of 10
Access to housing and services3 of 10
Living environment9 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Who lives in MK40 4US

Ethnic group

HereBedford
White73%75.7%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.6%12.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%4.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%5.3%
Other ethnic group2.1%1.8%

Religion

HereBedford
Christian50.5%47.6%
No religion28.6%34.1%
Muslim5.8%7.1%
Not answered4.9%5.8%
Hindu4.8%1.6%
Sikh4.7%2.2%
Buddhist0.3%0.3%
Jewish0.3%–

Country of birth

HereBedford
Born in the UK83.6%78.6%
Born outside the UK16.4%21.4%

Highest qualification

HereBedford
Level 4 qualifications and above54.3%34.7%
Level 3 qualifications13.9%16.2%
Level 2 qualifications11.6%13.5%
No qualifications8%16.8%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.1%10.4%
Apprenticeship4.3%5.6%
Other qualifications1.8%2.9%

General health

HereBedford
Very good health57.4%48.8%
Good health32%35%
Fair health8.1%11.8%
Bad health1.8%3.4%
Very bad health0.7%0.9%

Occupation

HereBedford
Professional occupations29.7%20.1%
Managers, directors and senior officials26.7%13%
Associate professional and technical occupations13.1%13.5%
Administrative and secretarial occupations9.7%9%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations5%9%
Skilled trades occupations4.8%9.7%
Elementary occupations4.4%11.9%
Sales and customer service occupations3.5%7.2%
Process, plant and machine operatives3.1%6.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereBedford
2 cars or vans in household43.7%30.5%
1 car or van in household31.9%40.2%
3 or more cars or vans in household18.4%11%
No cars or vans in household6.1%18.2%

Economic activity

HereBedford
Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.4%62.5%
Economically inactive36%35.3%
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%2.2%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

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