LU7 0AS

Heath & Reach · Central Bedfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Postcode district
LU7
Postcode sector
LU7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LU7 0BN 53 m
LU7 0AR 163 m
LU7 0FL 224 m
LU7 0BW 235 m
LU7 0BH 236 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LU7 0AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LU
Postcode district
LU7
Postcode sector
LU7 0
Latitude
51.949439
Longitude
-0.656482
British National Grid easting
492,433
British National Grid northing
228,734

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
Parish or community
E04011955
Output area
E00088722
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 019A · E01017577
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 019 · E02003637

Postcode source versions

Explore LU7

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Reach Green, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 0AS 2 August 2024 £400,000
2, Reach Green, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 0AS 14 March 2024 £295,000
4, Reach Green, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 0AS 8 March 2023 £370,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
13
Secondary
6
  1. St Leonards CE Academy

    Academy converter

    394 m
  2. Oak Bank School

    Academy special converter

    1.5 km
  3. Heathwood Lower School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
95
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 33
  • Other theft 10
  • Vehicle crime 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Public order 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

17 female, 19 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.1
LU7 0 residents
9,780

Age bands in LU7 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,582 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

989 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.6%

2,078 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

3,112 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

2,326 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LU7 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • DR JL HENDERSON & PARTNERS

    29 BASSETT ROAD, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 1AR

    ODS code E81003

    3.5 km

  • SALISBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    LAKE STREET, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 1RS

    ODS code E81004

    3.7 km

  • LEIGHTON ROAD SURGERY

    1 LEIGHTON ROAD, LINSLADE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 1LB

    ODS code E81044

    3.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Reach Green

    BCT · Heath and Reach

    0.0 miles
  • Reach Green

    BCT · Heath and Reach

    0.1 miles
  • Brickhill Road

    BCT · Heath and Reach

    0.2 miles
  • Brickhill Road

    BCT · Heath and Reach

    0.2 miles
  • Sheepcote Crescent

    BCT · Heath and Reach

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 019A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,566 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £370,000 from 3 recorded sales in LU7 0AS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Central Bedfordshire is £356,453 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Leonards CE Academy is the nearest published school at 394 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

95 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 33 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.