The UK Postcode Database

MK42 7QU

a postcode in Bedford

Introduced in January 1980
MK42 7QU 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 MK42 7QU

Chantry Road - 58 properties, USRN 27300566

Adams Close - 1 property, USRN 27301771

Chantry Avenue - 1 property, USRN 27300565

Ronald Close - 1 property, USRN 27300676

Orchard Street - 1 property, USRN 27300663

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1115 / 52°6'41"N

Longitude: -0.4947 / 0°29'41"W

UTM Reference: 30U 671546 5776397

OS Easting: 503175

OS Northing: 246972

OS Grid: TL031469

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR G2B.MR2

Mapcode Global: VHFQF.C6T5

Open Location Code: 9C4X4G64+H4

Maidenhead Locator System: IO92sc06

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): 21844 / 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 MK42 7QU on Thursday 9 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:54
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 04:05
Sunrise 04:52
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:07
Sunset 21:21
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:08
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:20
Hours of daylight today04:22 to 21:51
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:51 to 04:23
Moon Phase Waning Crescent
Moon Sets 15:23
Moon Rises 23:45

For a full sun and moon calendar for MK42 7QU, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in MK42 7QU

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
15 March 2024 18 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £261,000
11 January 2024 18 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £240,000
28 July 2023 23 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £270,000
21 April 2022 65 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £282,500
16 December 2021 55 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £252,000
6 May 2021 39 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £349,000
26 March 2021 41 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £340,000
8 January 2021 14 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £275,000
26 November 2020 36 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £285,000
30 June 2020 69 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £255,000
20 December 2019 65 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £200,000
28 November 2019 57 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £244,000
6 September 2019 18 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £212,000
13 September 2018 35 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £245,000
30 July 2018 63 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £265,200
15 March 2018 20 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £289,000
27 February 2018 6 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £240,000
7 December 2017 43 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £276,000
30 October 2017 39 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £325,000
26 May 2017 44 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £315,000
26 April 2016 40 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £249,000
20 January 2016 21 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £265,000
1 May 2015 69 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £186,000
13 March 2015 2 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £235,000
12 February 2015 32 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £240,000
26 September 2014 21 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £180,000
6 June 2014 44 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £237,000
18 December 2013 24 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £195,000
11 July 2013 63 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £134,000
8 March 2013 22 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £180,000
17 December 2012 43 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £145,000
1 March 2012 48 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £156,000
12 August 2011 45 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £144,000
15 July 2011 8 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £200,000
20 April 2011 12 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £145,000
1 October 2010 71 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £188,000
18 August 2010 40 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £188,000
11 May 2010 67 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £160,000
22 December 2009 39 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £155,000
19 December 2008 24 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £125,000
12 November 2008 61 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £117,000
17 June 2008 34 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £235,000
17 June 2008 34a Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £235,000
16 June 2008 55 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £165,000
21 September 2007 55 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £125,000
29 June 2007 46 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £185,000
25 January 2007 40 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £190,000
1 December 2006 47 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
26 July 2006 69 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £128,000
4 November 2005 34 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £207,000
20 July 2005 29 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £159,000
20 January 2005 40 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £178,000
5 January 2005 71 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £176,000
17 September 2004 47 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £95,000
20 August 2004 16 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
6 April 2004 67 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £131,995
31 October 2003 45 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £117,500
30 October 2003 50 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £132,000
17 December 2002 46 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £150,000
22 November 2002 48 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £153,000
7 October 2002 41 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £130,000
14 June 2002 36 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £125,000
21 March 2002 22 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £102,000
1 November 2001 40 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £107,000
10 August 2001 71 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £123,000
8 February 2001 51 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £67,995
25 August 2000 45 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £75,000
13 June 2000 46 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £89,000
15 October 1999 28 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £73,000
13 August 1999 8 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £75,000
25 June 1999 30 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £82,000
19 May 1999 20 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £90,000
13 June 1997 8 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £56,000
10 January 1997 49 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £52,000
2 October 1996 67 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £41,000
28 June 1996 20 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Detached Freehold £67,500
22 December 1995 65 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £32,000
20 October 1995 29 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Semi-detached Freehold £47,500
5 May 1995 50 Chantry Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7QU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £52,500

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 MK42 7QU

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Bedford

MP

Mohammad Yasin Labour

Bedford Borough Council
Unitary Authority ward (UTW)

Kempston South

Councillor

Carl Meader Labour

MK42 7QU also falls within the Civil Parish of Kempston, 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 MK42 7QU

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00088435 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 21 March 2021 ONS
E01017516 Bedford 018D Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E01034423 Bedford 018G Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 21 March 2021 ONS
E02003633 Bedford 018 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04011894 Kempston Civil Parishes Administrative 1 April 2009 DLUHC
E05014506 Kempston South Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 4 May 2023 DLUHC
E06000055 Bedford Unitary Authorities Administrative 1 April 2009 DLUHC
E12000006 East of England Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001084 Bedford Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000026 Bedfordshire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000166 Bedford Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33025704 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
E63010775 Kempston 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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