DIY InventoryBedford: neighbourhoods, postcodes and homes
The areas of Bedford, their postcodes and the kind of homes you’ll find, with what to record at check-in.
Postcode districts: MK40, MK41, MK42, MK43, MK44, MK45, PE19
Bedford town centre and Castle MK40
Victorian and Edwardian terraces and town houses, many split into flats, with flats over shops and newer riverside apartment blocks.
Queens Park MK40
Dense late-Victorian terraced streets west of the centre, many privately let.
Putnoe and Brickhill MK41
Mainly post-war and 1960s–80s semi-detached and detached family houses.
Kempston MK42
Older terraces near the centre alongside large post-war estates and newer housing to the south.
Goldington MK41
Post-war estates of semis and terraces, including former council homes.
Wixams MK42
A new town of modern new-build houses and flats built since the late 2000s.
Great Denham and Biddenham MK40
Modern new-build estates of detached and semi-detached houses with some apartment blocks.
Sharnbrook MK44
A rural village of stone cottages, period houses and later infill homes.
Wootton MK43
A large village with older cottages and extensive modern estates.
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Bedford postcodes: questions
Which postcodes are in Bedford?
Bedford covers all or part of these postcode districts: MK40, MK41, MK42, MK43, MK44, MK45, PE19. Some districts cross into neighbouring areas.
Can I get a report for one postcode?
Yes. The free property report shows the EPC, sold prices nearby, crime, flood risk and a rental yield calculator for any UK postcode.