LU7 3LR

Leighton-Linslade South · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LU7 1NS 100 m
LU7 1WS 110 m
LU7 3PS 122 m
LU7 3NT 160 m
LU7 3PY 164 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LU7 3LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LU
Postcode district
LU7
Postcode sector
LU7 3
Latitude
51.915837
Longitude
-0.654706
British National Grid easting
492,624
British National Grid northing
224,999

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
Parish or community
E04011965
Output area
E00088613
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 021A · E01017555
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 021 · E02003639

Postcode source versions

Explore LU7

38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Lovent Drive, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3LR 27 March 2025 £465,000
8, Lovent Drive, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3LR 21 October 2024 £440,000
21, Lovent Drive, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3LR 9 August 2024 £470,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
13
Secondary
6
  1. Clipstone Brook Lower School

    Community school

    297 m
  2. Benjamin College

    Other independent special school

    322 m
  3. Brooklands Middle School

    Academy converter

    572 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,483
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 854
  • Anti social behaviour 326
  • Shoplifting 306
  • Criminal damage and arson 221
  • Vehicle crime 171

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
69

36 female, 33 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
3.5
LU7 3 residents
15,363

Age bands in LU7 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

2,736 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

1,296 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.9%

3,962 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

3,839 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

2,882 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LU7 3 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

5

within 5 km

  • SALISBURY HOUSE SURGERY

    LAKE STREET, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 1RS

    ODS code E81004

    382 m

  • DR JL HENDERSON & PARTNERS

    29 BASSETT ROAD, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 1AR

    ODS code E81003

    743 m

  • LEIGHTON ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E81044

    913 m

  • 3W HEALTH

    WING SURGERY, 46 STEWKLEY ROAD, WING, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 0NE

    ODS code K82070

    4.7 km

  • ASHCROFT SURGERY

    STEWKLEY ROAD, WING, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 0NE

    ODS code K82061

    4.7 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

  • Linwood Grove

    BCT · Leighton Buzzard

    0.2 miles
  • Linwood Grove

    BCT · Leighton Buzzard

    0.2 miles
  • Marigold House

    BCT · Leighton Buzzard

    0.2 miles
  • Council Offices

    BCT · Leighton Buzzard

    0.2 miles
  • Council Offices

    BCT · Leighton Buzzard

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 021A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,761 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
4 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
15
Low risk addresses
5
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 £467,500 from 4 recorded sales in LU7 3LR. 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. Clipstone Brook Lower School is the nearest published school at 297 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,483 published events cover 12 months, averaging 206.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 854 events.

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