The UK Postcode Database

LU5 5BQ

a postcode in Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire

Introduced in August 1992
LU5 5BQ Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with LU5 5BQ

Blackburn Road - 34 properties, USRN 35102018

Townsend Farm Road - 1 property, USRN 35100223

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8982 / 51°53'53"N

Longitude: -0.5239 / 0°31'26"W

UTM Reference: 30U 670357 5752618

OS Easting: 501661

OS Northing: 223218

OS Grid: TL016232

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR G4T.SFW

Mapcode Global: VHFRC.VKW5

Open Location Code: 9C3XVFXG+7C

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91rv75

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 6b2

  • Suburbanites
  • Semi-Detached Suburbia
  • White Suburban Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 20772 / 32844

  • 7th decile
  • somewhat less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for LU5 5BQ on Saturday 15 March 2025

Astromomical twilight begins (full darkness ends) 04:21
Nautical twilight begins (First light) 05:02
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 05:41
Sunrise 06:15
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:10
Sunset 18:06
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 18:40
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 19:19
Astromomical twilight ends (full darkness starts) 20:00
Hours of daylight today05:45 to 18:36
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
18:36 to 05:42
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 06:38
Moon Rises 19:49

For a full sun and moon calendar for LU5 5BQ, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in LU5 5BQ

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
17 May 2024 Unit D3, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Freehold £237,000
15 January 2024 Dantom House, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Freehold £1,150,000
30 June 2023 Unit B2, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Freehold £220,000
3 April 2023 Unit B1, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Freehold £235,000
11 November 2022 Unit D8, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Freehold £188,000
6 July 2022 Unit D2, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Freehold £175,000
6 May 2021 Unit 6-7, Townsend Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Leasehold £158,000
6 May 2021 Unit 6-7, Townsend Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Leasehold £237,000
8 September 2020 Unit D5-D7, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Freehold £300,000
26 April 2019 Unit D1, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Freehold £335,000
2 April 2019 Unit 4, Townsend Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Leasehold £246,500
21 March 2019 Unit 5, Townsend Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Other property type Leasehold £260,000
21 September 2010 Unit B1, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Detached Freehold £115,000
11 April 2008 Unit 2, Townsend Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Detached Leasehold £325,000
17 September 2007 Unit D1, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Detached Freehold £325,000
4 May 2004 Unit D4, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £95,000
7 September 2001 Unit D4, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £80,000
23 July 1999 Unit B1, Ivinghoe Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Dunstable LU5 5BQ Detached Freehold £72,000

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for LU5 5BQ

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

MP

Alex Mayer Labour

Central Bedfordshire Council
Unitary Authority ward (UTW)

Houghton Regis West

Councillors

Yvonne Farrell Liberal Democrats

Susan Goodchild Liberal Democrats

LU5 5BQ also falls within the Civil Parish of Houghton Regis, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for LU5 5BQ

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00088736 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01017578 Central Bedfordshire 026A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02003644 Central Bedfordshire 026 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04012808 Houghton Regis Civil Parishes Administrative 1 April 2019 DLUHC
E05014413 Houghton Regis West Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 4 May 2023 DLUHC
E06000056 Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authorities Administrative 1 April 2009 DLUHC
E12000006 East of England Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001206 Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000026 Bedfordshire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000237 Luton Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33023570 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000057 South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000249 NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB - M1J4Y Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E40000007 East of England NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E54000024 Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2016 NHS
E56000035 East of England Cancer Alliances Health 1 April 2024 NHS England
E63004127 Houghton Regis Built Up Areas Census 1 December 2022 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

All public sector data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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