Schools
57 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 9 secondary schools. Willow Nursery School is the nearest published school at 797 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU5 5WZ
Houghton Regis West · Central Bedfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Dunstable
- Ward
- Houghton Regis West
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Postcode district
- LU5
- Postcode sector
- LU5 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU5 5WZ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 2002
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU5
- Postcode sector
- LU5 5
- Latitude
- 51.897630
- Longitude
- -0.513631
- British National Grid easting
- 502,368
- British National Grid northing
- 223,163
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
- Electoral ward
- Houghton Regis West · E05014413
- Parish or community
- E04012808
- Westminster constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard · E14001206
- Output area
- E00088737
- Lower layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 026D · E01017581
- Middle layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 026 · E02003644
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LU5
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nimbus Park, Unit 4, Porz Avenue, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5WZ | 20 January 2017 | £40,260,000 |
| Nimbus Park, Unit 1, Porz Avenue, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5WZ | 3 June 2014 | £397,032 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 57
- Primary
- 36
- Secondary
- 9
- 797 m
Willow Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 810 m
The Vale Academy
Academy converter
- 895 m
Stannard School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,294
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,201
- Anti social behaviour 431
- Shoplifting 296
- Criminal damage and arson 227
- Public order 225
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU5 5 residents
- 18,581
Age bands in LU5 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.1%
3,830 residents
2,055 residents
5,363 residents
4,722 residents
2,403 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
15
within 5 km
PRIORY GARDENS SURGERY
GROVE VIEW INTEGRATED, COURT DRIVE, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4JD
ODS code E81014
861 m
HOUGHTON REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
PEEL STREET, HOUGHTON REGIS, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5EZ
ODS code E81027
977 m
WHEATFIELD SURGERY
60 WHEATFIELD ROAD, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0SY
ODS code E81008
1.2 km
KINGSBURY COURT SURGERY
CHURCH STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4RS
ODS code E81045
1.2 km
EASTGATE SURGERY
EASTGATE HOUSE, 28-34 CHURCH STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4RU
ODS code E81635
1.4 km
WEST STREET SURGERY
89 WEST STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU6 1SF
ODS code E81009
1.7 km
KIRBY ROAD SURGERY
58 KIRBY ROAD, DUNSTABLE, LU6 3JH
ODS code E81052
1.8 km
DR DV SHAH'S PRACTICE
PASTURES WAY, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0PF
ODS code E81076
1.9 km
DRS MIRZA SUKHANI & PARTNERS
THE SURGERY, 30 THE GREEN, HOCKWELL RING, LUTON, LU4 9NN
ODS code E81612
3.0 km
THE OAKLEY SURGERY
ADDINGTON WAY, LUTON, LU4 9FJ
ODS code E81025
3.3 km
SUNDON MEDICAL CENTRE
SUNDON PARK HC, 142-144 SUNDON PARK ROAD, SUNDON PARK, LUTON, LU3 3AH
ODS code E81040
3.6 km
DR WHM MATTA'S PRACTICE
37A LINDEN ROAD, LUTON, LU4 9QZ
ODS code E81010
3.9 km
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
473-475 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8DG
ODS code E81016
4.3 km
GARDENIA PRACTICE
2A GARDENIA AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 2NS
ODS code E81041
4.7 km
NEVILLE ROAD SURGERY
5 NEVILLE ROAD, LUTON, LU3 2JG
ODS code E81633
5.0 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Houghton Hall Business Park
BCT · Houghton Regis
- 0.2 miles
Lovett Way
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.2 miles
Lovett Way
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.3 miles
Verey Road
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.3 miles
Verey Road
BCT · Dunstable
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 026D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
13,972 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,294 published events cover 12 months, averaging 274.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,201 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.