LU5 6GY

a postcode in Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire

Introduced in July 2020

LU5 6GY	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 6GY

Claudia Gardens - 41 properties, USRN 6000841

West Highland Drive - 1 property, USRN 6001526

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9123 / 51°54'44"N

Longitude: -0.5442 / 0°32'39"W

UTM Reference: 30U 668909 5754128

OS Easting: 500232

OS Northing: 224746

OS Grid: TL002247

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR G4S.182

Mapcode Global: VHFRC.J65D

Open Location Code: 9C3XWF64+W8

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91rv48

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 5b1

Ethnically Diverse Suburb-an Professionals
Suburban Professionals
Families in Multi-Ethnic Terraces

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 6GY on Thursday 23 July 2026

Astromomical twilight begins (full darkness ends)	01:24
Nautical twilight begins (First light)	03:27
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	04:28
Sunrise	05:11
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:08
Sunset	21:06
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	21:49
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	22:50
Astromomical twilight ends (full darkness starts)	00:52

Hours of daylight today	04:41 to 21:36
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	21:36 to 04:42
Moon Phase	Waxing Gibbous
Moon Rises	15:41
Moon sets	23:12

For a full sun and moon calendar for LU5 6GY, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in LU5 6GY

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
5 February 2024	33 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£310,000
16 December 2022	7 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Freehold	£405,000
2 December 2022	9 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£425,000
17 October 2022	35 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£327,000
9 September 2022	5 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£560,000
1 August 2022	34 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£477,500
1 August 2022	16 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£482,500
19 May 2022	36 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£475,000
22 April 2022	39 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£500,000
21 April 2022	14 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£480,000
11 March 2022	18 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£390,000
25 February 2022	22 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£388,000
25 February 2022	20 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£390,000
18 February 2022	26 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£480,000
28 January 2022	32 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£510,000
28 January 2022	28 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£475,000
8 July 2021	21 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£89,000
28 May 2021	23 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£130,500
14 May 2021	11 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£76,000
14 May 2021	25 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£153,750
26 March 2021	4 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£460,000
18 January 2021	37 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£490,000
18 December 2020	12 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£445,000
23 November 2020	8 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Freehold	£266,000
17 November 2020	45 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£383,175
13 November 2020	43 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£380,000
6 November 2020	2 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£420,000
27 October 2020	41 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£495,000
8 October 2020	10 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Freehold	£273,000
30 September 2020	47 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£430,000
30 September 2020	6 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Freehold	£272,995
24 August 2020	39 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£495,000
14 August 2020	33 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£269,995
31 July 2020	35 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Semi-detached	Freehold	£270,000
17 July 2020	1 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£450,000
6 July 2020	3 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Detached	Freehold	£435,000
17 March 2020	11 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Other property type	Freehold	£507,501
17 March 2020	31 Claudia Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6GY	Other property type	Freehold	£121,491

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 6GY

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 6GY 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 6GY

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00088739		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E00177124		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	21 March 2021	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
E33025745		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
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

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