About MK42
Kempston · Bedford · East of England
Also covers Wixams, Eastcotts, Fenlake, Pilgrims Rest and South End.
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Matched sales373 of 444 sales
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House prices per square metre in MK42
£3,600median per m²High confidence
95% CI £3,530–£3,730 per m² · n = 373 matched sales
The median sold price in MK42 (Kempston, Bedford) is £3,600 per square metre (£334 per ft²), based on 373 matched sales in the 12 months to August 2026, at a median sale price of £309,750. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +4.1% a year in cash terms, or +0.7% a year after inflation.
Map of 444 sales in MK42 in the last 12 months; median £3,600 per square metre. Full details are in the sold-prices table below.
Postcode district
Prices in MK42
Tenure
Median price per m²
£3,600
n = 373 matched sales
Median sale price
£309,750
n = 444 sales
How prices are spread in MK42
Distribution of £/m² for the matched resale sales in MK42 over the last 12 months. The median is £3,600/m² with a 95% CI of £3,530 to £3,730 and a middle 60% running £3,020 to £4,300. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £3,020
- p80 £4,300
- 95% CI £3,530–£3,730
The individual sales appear here once MK42's sold-price file loads. The markers are the published statistics.
By property type
| Property type | Median £/m² | Matched sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £3,900/m² | n = 73 |
| Semi-detached | £3,650/m² | n = 120 |
| Terraced | £3,720/m² | n = 119 |
| Flat | £3,060/m² | n = 61 |
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Tenure
£310,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £260,000–£370,000
86 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 373 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/08/26 | 3 Marina Court, Bedford | £260,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £4,190 | |
| 21/08/26 | 22A Farrer Street, Bedford | £326,000 | Semi | Freehold | £3,470 | |
| 14/08/26 | 29 Swan Road, Bedford | £320,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,760 | |
| 14/08/26 | 37 Romsey Way, Bedford | £309,500 | Semi | Freehold | £3,480 | |
| 14/08/26 | 48 Magnolia Close, Bedford | £305,001 | Terraced | Freehold | £3,050 | |
| 14/08/26 | 13 Rochester Way, Bedford | £272,250 | Terraced | Freehold | n/a | |
| 14/08/26 | 5 Pearcey Road, Bedford | £263,122 | Terraced | Freehold | £3,250 | |
| 13/08/26 | 6 Brambling Gardens, Bedford | £500,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,940 | |
| 12/08/26 | 4 Westminster Gardens, Bedford | £355,000 | Detached | Freehold | £4,440 | |
| 12/08/26 | Flat 124 Britannia House Palgrave Road, Bedford | £245,000 | Flat | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 11/08/26 | 9 Fylingdales Avenue, Bedford | £415,000 | Detached | Freehold | £4,280 | |
| 11/08/26 | 247 London Road, Bedford | £380,000 | Detached | Freehold | £4,940 | |
| 10/08/26 | 94A Bunyan Road, Bedford | £383,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,950 | |
| 07/08/26 | 15 Fylingdales Avenue, Bedford | £365,000 | Detached | Freehold | £4,060 | |
| 06/08/26 | 64 Reddall Close, Bedford | £311,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £3,750 | |
| 05/08/26 | 53 Hillesden Avenue, Bedford | £385,000 | Detached | Freehold | £3,470 | |
| 05/08/26 | 27 Firbank Road, Bedford | £275,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,990 | |
| 05/08/26 | 85 Woburn Road, Bedford | £240,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £3,870 | |
| 03/08/26 | 13 Colemore Grange, Bedford | £425,000 | Detached | Freehold | £3,200 | |
| 31/07/26 | 32 Swan Road, Bedford | £495,000 | Detached | Freehold | £4,270 |
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Head to head: MK42 vs MK45 · all comparisons · league tables
Ranked here: 18th of 195 in where price per square metre rose most in East of England
Nearby districts
Median price per square metre in the nearest districts.
- MK40 · Great Denham£3,660/m² median
- MK41 · Clapham£3,840/m² median
- MK43 · Marston Moretaine£3,990/m² median
- MK44 · Great Barford£3,940/m² median
- MK45 · Flitwick£4,340/m² median
- SG17 · Clifton£4,240/m² median
- SG18 · Langford£4,280/m² median
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Further reading
- Freehold and leasehold are different markets83% of matched sales here are freehold
- The new-build premium, and what happens on resaleNew-builds here sold at 22% above the resale median
- How to compare two areas before you moveSame measure, same window, same tenure: how to do it honestly
- What is a good price per square metre?How to read a price per square metre against its area
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HM Land Registry sold prices to August 2026 (registrations lag sales by 2–8 weeks) · updated August 2026 · how these figures are made
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<p>Source: <a href="https://realscout.uk/property-prices/mk42">RealScout</a>, house prices per square metre in Kempston (MK42) (2026-08). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.</p>
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