About MK42
Kempston · Bedford · East of England
Also covers Wixams, Eastcotts, Fenlake, Pilgrims Rest and South End.
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Matched sales377 of 445 sales
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House prices per square metre in MK42
£3,600median per m²High confidence
95% CI £3,540–£3,760 per m² · n = 377 matched sales
The median sold price in MK42 (Kempston, Bedford) is £3,600 per square metre (£334 per ft²), based on 377 matched sales in the 12 months to July 2026, at a median sale price of £304,000. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +4.2% a year in cash terms, or +0.7% a year after inflation.
Map of 445 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 = 377 matched sales
Median sale price
£304,000
n = 445 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 £3,540 to £3,760 and a middle 60% running £3,040 to £4,340. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £3,040
- p80 £4,340
- 95% CI £3,540–£3,760
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 = 72 |
| Semi-detached | £3,670/m² | n = 125 |
| Terraced | £3,700/m² | n = 117 |
| Flat | £3,080/m² | n = 63 |
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Tenure
£302,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £255,000–£365,000
84 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 377 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/07/26 | 5 Brize Gardens, Bedford | £510,000 | Detached | Freehold | £3,890 | |
| 24/07/26 | 17 Belfry Close, Bedford | £275,000 | Semi | Freehold | £4,170 | |
| 23/07/26 | 5 Ladybird Way, Bedford | £355,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £3,700 | |
| 22/07/26 | 9 Denton Close, Bedford | £420,000 | Detached | Freehold | £3,850 | |
| 22/07/26 | Flat E 6 Garland Crescent, Bedford | £157,500 | Flat | Leasehold | £2,720 | |
| 21/07/26 | Flat 3 52 Carmichael Drive, Bedford | £212,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £2,990 | |
| 10/07/26 | 21 Oliver Close, Bedford | £275,000 | Flat | Freehold | £4,580 | |
| 03/07/26 | 44 Beauvais Avenue, Bedford | £197,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £2,940 | |
| 02/07/26 | 34 Crane Lane, Bedford | £402,000 | Detached | Freehold | £4,370 | |
| 02/07/26 | 2 Knoll Gardens, Bedford | £366,000 | Detached | Freehold | £4,880 | |
| 01/07/26 | 3 Churchville Road, Bedford | £245,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £3,030 | |
| 30/06/26 | 91 Spring Road, Bedford | £317,000 | Detached | Freehold | £3,410 | |
| 30/06/26 | 15 Ramsey Close, Bedford | £160,000 | Semi | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 29/06/26 | 79 Brooklands Avenue, Bedford | £345,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £3,520 | |
| 29/06/26 | 80 Spring Road, Bedford | £319,000 | Semi | Freehold | £3,040 | |
| 29/06/26 | 7 Gent Court, Bedford | £301,000 | Semi | Freehold | £4,860 | |
| 26/06/26 | 18 Harlequin Crescent, Bedford | £377,500 | Semi | Freehold | £5,720 | |
| 26/06/26 | 19 Ditmas Avenue, Bedford | £365,000 | Semi | Freehold | £4,060 | |
| 26/06/26 | 11 Whittingstall Avenue, Bedford | £304,000 | Semi | Freehold | £3,850 | |
| 26/06/26 | Flat H 10 Newton Street, Bedford | £210,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £4,670 |
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Head to head: MK42 vs MK45 · all comparisons · league tables
Ranked here: 16th of 194 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£3,680/m² median
- MK41 · Clapham£3,840/m² median
- MK43 · Marston Moretaine£3,980/m² median
- MK44 · Great Barford£3,900/m² median
- MK45 · Flitwick£4,350/m² median
- SG17 · Clifton£4,200/m² median
- SG18 · Langford£4,270/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 18% 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 July 2026 (registrations lag sales by 2–8 weeks) · updated July 2026 · how these figures are made
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