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Postcode sector

MK42 6 · Wixams & Elstow

Bedford · district MK42 · 126 postcodes

Median £/m²£3,670/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation—
Sales, 24 months277with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,640/m² to £1,830/m²: 6 sales£1,830/m² to £2,030/m²: 1 sale£2,030/m² to £2,230/m²: 4 sales£2,230/m² to £2,430/m²: 3 sales£2,430/m² to £2,630/m²: 2 sales£2,630/m² to £2,820/m²: 13 sales£2,820/m² to £3,020/m²: 9 sales£3,020/m² to £3,220/m²: 17 sales£3,220/m² to £3,420/m²: 25 sales£3,420/m² to £3,620/m²: 51 sales£3,620/m² to £3,820/m²: 40 sales£3,820/m² to £4,010/m²: 46 sales£4,010/m² to £4,210/m²: 14 sales£4,210/m² to £4,410/m²: 22 sales£4,410/m² to £4,610/m²: 5 sales£4,610/m² to £4,810/m²: 5 sales£4,810/m² to £5,000/m²: 2 sales£5,000/m² to £5,200/m²: 3 sales£5,200/m² to £5,400/m²: 5 sales£5,400/m² to £5,600/m²: 4 salesMK42 6MK42£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k£6k
MK42 6
£3,670/m² middle · £3,380–£3,960/m² middle half · 277 sales
District MK42
£3,650/m² middle · £3,200–£4,120/m² middle half · 1310 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025MK42, 2026: 115Bedford houses, 2026: 117
  • MK42 6
  • MK42
  • Bedford houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverMK42 6District MK42
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year——−1.8%+1.5%
5 years——−1.7%+3.3%
10 years——+0.4%+3.8%
20 years——+0.4%+3.3%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£2,000–£8,000/m²
  1. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  2. MK45 3Houghton Conquest & Clophill£3,550–£4,280/m²
  3. MK42 0Kingsbrook£3,330–£4,270/m²
  4. MK42 8Kempston Central & East£3,220–£4,290/m²
  5. MK42 6Wixams & Elstow£3,380–£3,960/m²
  6. MK42 7Kempston West & South£3,230–£4,080/m²
  7. MK42 9Cauldwell£2,980–£3,730/m²
  8. MK42 5CauldwellToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Peregrine Way54136 m²£3,750/m²
Bedford Road5166 m²£4,720/m²
Southern Cross5077 m²£3,660/m²
Harlequin Crescent43104 m²£3,540/m²
Crane Lane4296 m²£4,090/m²
Red Salmon Road42140 m²£3,750/m²
Primrose Drive39104 m²£3,610/m²
Brooklands Avenue37103 m²£3,180/m²
Lakeside Drive3581 m²£4,160/m²
Tawny Avenue2462 m²£3,940/m²
Cuckoo Road22106 m²£3,600/m²
Orchid Way21118 m²£3,470/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.