Heath & Reach · Central Bedfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| The Blackbirds, 10, Watling Street, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LY | 13 February 2026 | £280,000 |
| The Blackbirds, 7, Watling Street, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LY | 1 August 2025 | £267,500 |
| The Blackbirds, 15, Watling Street, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LY | 6 June 2025 | £305,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Hockliffe Lower School
Academy converter
Stanbridge Lower School
Community school
Beaudesert Lower School
Community school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
17 female, 15 male
1,738 residents
836 residents
2,367 residents
2,596 residents
1,747 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LU7 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
1
within 5 km
LUTON ROAD, TODDINGTON, DUNSTABLE, LU5 6DE
ODS code E81034
4.1 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Birchs Close
BCT · Hockliffe
Hockliffe Signals
BCT · Hockliffe
Birchs Close
BCT · Hockliffe
Hockliffe Signals
BCT · Hockliffe
Hockliffe School
BCT · Hockliffe
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
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £291,500 from 8 recorded sales in LU7 9LY. 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.
Published establishments
13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 4 secondary schools. Hockliffe Lower School is the nearest published school at 380 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
70 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.