Chicksands
Chicksands is covered by postcode district SG17. It is in the Central Bedfordshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Chicksands, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 2
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 72
Of the 76 postcodes in Chicksands that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 72 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0364, longitude -0.3613. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Chicksands?
Homes sold for a typical £352,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 5 of the 21 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 20 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 76 postcodes. The nearest school is Campton Academy, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Shefford Health Centre, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 6.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Chicksands?
Homes in Chicksands sold for a typical £352,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 6 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Semi-detached 1 sale, too few to price
- Terraced £350,000 5 sales
Across the whole SG17 district, Chicksands's main postcode district: a typical £395,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chicksands: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Chicksands?
None of the 76 postcodes now in use in Chicksands came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 8 homes sold in Chicksands were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG17 district, 9%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Chicksands | Across the SG17 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 6 (0%) | 2 of 198 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 8 (0%) | 24 of 281 (9%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Chicksands?
Ofcom reports on 21 of the 76 postcodes in Chicksands. At 5 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chicksands at risk of flooding?
4 of the 76 postcodes in Chicksands have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 20 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Chicksands?
There is no primary school at the postcodes in Chicksands; these are the nearest to its middle. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Chicksands?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chicksands is Arlesey Rail Station, 6.6 km away in a straight line.
- Arlesey Rail Station Railway station 6.6 kmDrive
- Biggleswade Rail Station Railway station 8.7 kmDrive
- Flitwick Rail Station Railway station 9.9 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Chicksands?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Chicksands. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Shefford Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2024 · Phone 01462 818620 2.7 kmCycle
- Lower Stondon Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01462 850305 4.7 kmCycle
- Saffron Health Partnership Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01767 316346 8.5 kmDrive
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chicksands safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 170 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chicksands over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 5 September 2025
- 10 October 2025
- 17 November 2025
- 5 December 2025
- 11 January 2026
- 16 February 2026
- 16 March 2026
- 38 April 2026
- 14 May 2026
- 4 June 2026
- 19 July 2026
- 15 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: possession of weapons 6, burglary 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Chicksands?
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hitchin
- Police force area
- Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- MP
- Alistair Strathern (Labour)
All 76 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Chicksands
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Central Bedfordshire about council tax Council tax, on centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Chicksands postcodes
76 postcodes in use in Chicksands, by district:
That district is in the SG postcode area.
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Places near Chicksands
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chicksands's £352,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Chicksands
- What is it like to live in Chicksands?
- Homes sold for a typical £352,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 5 of the 21 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 20 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 76 postcodes. The nearest school is Campton Academy, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Shefford Health Centre, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 6.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Chicksands?
- Chicksands is covered by postcode district SG17, across 76 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Chicksands in?
- Chicksands is in the Central Bedfordshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Chicksands?
- Chicksands is in the Hitchin parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alistair Strathern (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Chicksands?
- Homes in Chicksands sold for a typical £352,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 6 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Chicksands?
- In Chicksands, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Campton Academy, 650 metres away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Robert Bloomfield Academy, 1.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Chicksands have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chicksands is Arlesey, 6.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Chicksands?
- Ofcom reports on 21 of the 76 postcodes in Chicksands. At 5 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Chicksands at risk of flooding?
- 4 of the 76 postcodes in Chicksands have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 20 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Chicksands?
- None of the 76 postcodes now in use in Chicksands came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 8 homes sold in Chicksands were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG17 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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