The UK Postcode Database

LU5 5SX

a postcode in Central Bedfordshire

Introduced in October 1984
LU5 5SX Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with LU5 5SX

Gainsborough Drive - 30 properties, USRN 35100162

Turner Close - 1 property, USRN 35100224

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9075 / 51°54'26"N

Longitude: -0.5077 / 0°30'27"W

UTM Reference: 30U 671439 5753681

OS Easting: 502755

OS Northing: 224265

OS Grid: TL027242

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR G4T.BH8

Mapcode Global: VHFRD.4BZ2

Open Location Code: 9C3XWF4R+XW

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91rv97

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 6c2

  • Baseline UK
  • Multicultural Inner Suburbs
  • Semi-Detached Family Renters

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 9424 / 32844

  • 3rd decile
  • more deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for LU5 5SX on Wednesday 22 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 03:24
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 04:26
Sunrise 05:09
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:08
Sunset 21:07
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 21:50
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 22:52
Hours of daylight today04:39 to 21:37
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:37 to 04:41
Moon Phase Waxing Gibbous
Moon Rises 14:26
Moon sets 22:49

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

Residential Property Sales in LU5 5SX

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
1 September 2023 24 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £272,000
20 December 2022 19 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £245,000
13 May 2022 2 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £260,000
24 September 2021 29 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £218,000
3 September 2021 25 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £210,000
18 June 2021 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £185,000
4 June 2021 33 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £253,000
3 July 2020 25 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £170,000
27 June 2019 6 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £208,000
29 March 2019 25 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £160,000
1 February 2019 1 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £165,000
24 November 2017 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £172,500
14 August 2017 20 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £249,000
10 August 2017 14 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Detached Freehold £171,000
7 July 2017 33 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £228,000
13 February 2017 3 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £155,500
7 February 2017 28 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £207,500
2 December 2016 24 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £197,500
9 September 2016 22 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £208,500
30 October 2015 25 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £110,000
7 August 2014 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £125,000
12 April 2013 6 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £128,700
3 February 2012 28 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £126,500
20 June 2011 20 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £140,500
25 March 2011 33 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £128,000
11 March 2011 31 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £123,500
9 June 2008 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £121,000
22 June 2007 24 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £136,000
31 January 2007 1 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £112,500
4 August 2006 31 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £129,000
15 February 2006 19 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £119,995
16 December 2005 22 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £126,500
4 November 2005 6 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £125,000
13 May 2005 11 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £138,000
3 May 2005 3 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £108,000
29 March 2005 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £102,500
20 August 2004 10 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £134,000
13 August 2004 28 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £124,000
10 May 2004 27 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £125,000
19 April 2004 23 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £90,000
7 October 2003 29 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £114,950
6 October 2003 4 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £107,000
16 June 2003 1 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £85,000
6 June 2003 3 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £88,500
17 February 2003 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £85,995
13 December 2002 28 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £106,000
12 December 2002 26 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £91,995
31 July 2002 5 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £95,000
4 July 2002 19 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £94,995
28 March 2002 18 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £74,000
23 November 2001 10 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £81,000
10 August 2001 1 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £54,500
27 July 2001 15 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £54,000
15 June 2001 22 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £78,500
8 June 2001 31 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £67,500
1 June 2001 27 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £65,500
20 April 2001 20 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £86,500
9 March 2001 11 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £77,995
26 May 2000 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £47,995
2 March 2000 19 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £59,995
22 September 1999 8 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £52,000
20 August 1999 24 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £49,995
7 May 1999 10 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £59,995
1 April 1999 26 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £44,500
12 February 1999 3 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £38,000
12 November 1998 5 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £59,995
4 September 1998 14 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Detached Freehold £36,950
14 August 1998 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £34,500
15 July 1998 15 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £34,000
26 June 1998 5 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £45,500
22 May 1998 31 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £46,000
28 April 1998 18 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £42,500
5 December 1997 28 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £42,500
31 October 1997 11 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £50,500
11 September 1997 21 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £44,500
16 May 1997 10 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £50,000
31 October 1996 33 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £42,000
30 August 1996 12 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £29,995
19 August 1996 17 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Semi-detached Freehold £24,500
28 November 1995 15 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £25,000
7 July 1995 27 Gainsborough Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5SX Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £38,500

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 5SX

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

MP

Alex Mayer Labour

Central Bedfordshire Council
Unitary Authority ward (UTW)

Houghton Regis East

Councillors

Chloe Alderman Labour

Pat Hamill Independent

Tracey McMahon Independent

LU5 5SX 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 5SX

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00088727 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01017580 Central Bedfordshire 026C 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
E05014412 Houghton Regis East 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
E33025746 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 NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E56000035 East of England Cancer Alliances Health 1 April 2024 NHS England
E63011236 Houghton Regis Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 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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