Kempston

Kempston is covered by postcode districts MK42, MK43 and MK45. It is in the Bedford council area, England.

Typical price £312,500 Homes sold in Kempston, last 12 months. ▲ 5.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 455 of 515 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 37 of 520 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 83 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 9+ At least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Kempston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Kempston, by flood risk Of the 520 postcodes in Kempston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 483 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Kempston, Great Denham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A421 MK42 7AE: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7BF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7BS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7BT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7BU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7BX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7BY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7BZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DD: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DE: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7DZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7ED: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EE: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7ER: not on the flood risk listMK42 7ES: not on the flood risk listMK42 7ET: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7EZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7FZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GD: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7GZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HD: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HE: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7HY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JD: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JE: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7JZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LD: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7LZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7ND: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NE: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7NZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PD: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PE: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7PY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7QX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RD: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RE: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RL: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RU: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RW: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7RZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7SB: not on the flood risk listMK42 7SF: not on the flood risk listMK42 7SG: not on the flood risk listMK42 7SH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7SQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7SX: not on the flood risk listMK42 7SY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TN: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TP: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TR: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TS: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TT: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TY: not on the flood risk listMK42 7TZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 7UH: not on the flood risk listMK42 7XT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8AY: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8BX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DR: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8DX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8EA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8EB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8ED: not on the flood risk listMK42 8EG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8EH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8EJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8EN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8EP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8ER: not on the flood risk listMK42 8ES: not on the flood risk listMK42 8ET: not on the flood risk listMK42 8EX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HR: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8HZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JR: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JY: not on the flood risk listMK42 8JZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LR: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LY: not on the flood risk listMK42 8LZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8ND: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NR: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NY: not on the flood risk listMK42 8NZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8PY: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QR: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8QY: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8RU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8ST: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8SY: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TR: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TS: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8TZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UA: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UB: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UD: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UE: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UF: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UG: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UH: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UL: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UN: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UP: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UR: not on the flood risk listMK42 8US: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UT: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UU: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UW: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UX: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UY: not on the flood risk listMK42 8UZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9AZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9DE: not on the flood risk listMK42 9DF: not on the flood risk listMK42 9DG: not on the flood risk listMK42 9DQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9DU: not on the flood risk listMK42 9DX: not on the flood risk listMK42 9DY: not on the flood risk listMK42 9DZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9EA: not on the flood risk listMK42 9EJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9QA: not on the flood risk listMK42 9QG: not on the flood risk listMK42 9QJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9QL: not on the flood risk listMK42 9QS: not on the flood risk listMK42 9QT: not on the flood risk listMK42 9QZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9RA: not on the flood risk listMK42 9RD: not on the flood risk listMK42 9RH: not on the flood risk listMK42 9RJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9RL: not on the flood risk listMK42 9RP: not on the flood risk listMK42 9RR: not on the flood risk listMK42 9RU: not on the flood risk listMK42 9XE: not on the flood risk listMK43 8RB: not on the flood risk listMK43 8RD: not on the flood risk listMK43 9AA: not on the flood risk listMK43 9AB: not on the flood risk listMK43 9AX: not on the flood risk listMK43 9GX: not on the flood risk listMK43 9SS: not on the flood risk listMK45 3JA: not on the flood risk listMK42 7AA: low flood risk at worstMK42 7AB: low flood risk at worstMK42 7AT: low flood risk at worstMK42 7AU: low flood risk at worstMK42 7AX: low flood risk at worstMK42 7BA: low flood risk at worstMK42 7BD: low flood risk at worstMK42 7BE: low flood risk at worstMK42 7BG: low flood risk at worstMK42 7BP: low flood risk at worstMK42 7DJ: low flood risk at worstMK42 8PG: low flood risk at worstMK42 8QG: low flood risk at worstMK42 8RX: low flood risk at worstMK42 8RY: low flood risk at worstMK42 8RZ: low flood risk at worstMK42 8TP: low flood risk at worstMK42 8WA: low flood risk at worstMK42 9DD: low flood risk at worstMK42 9XF: low flood risk at worstMK42 7AZ: medium flood risk at worstMK42 7BB: medium flood risk at worstMK42 7BH: medium flood risk at worstMK42 7BJ: medium flood risk at worstMK42 7FB: medium flood risk at worstMK42 7GB: medium flood risk at worstMK42 7BL: high flood riskMK42 7BN: high flood riskMK42 7DB: high flood riskMK42 7FD: high flood riskMK42 7FE: high flood riskMK42 7GE: high flood riskMK42 7HU: high flood riskMK42 8AA: high flood riskMK42 8DY: high flood riskMK42 8SZ: high flood riskMK42 9EE: high flood risk KempstonGreat Denham 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to MK42 7BN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Kempston, by flood risk Of the 520 postcodes in Kempston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 483 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Kempston, Great Denham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A421 KempstonGreat Denham
  • A home or business at high risk: 11
  • At medium risk at worst: 6
  • At low risk at worst: 20
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 483
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 520 postcodes in Kempston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 483 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 52.1165, longitude -0.4949. 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.

MK42 7FE16 at high riskMK42 9EE10 at high riskMK42 7BN5 at high riskMK42 8AA4 at high riskMK42 7FD2 at high riskMK42 8DY2 at high riskMK42 8SZ1 at high riskMK42 7BL1 at high riskMK42 7DB1 at high riskMK42 7GE1 at high riskMK42 7HU1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. MK42 7BN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Kempston?

Homes sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 455 of the 515 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 83 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 520 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bedford St Johns, 2.4 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 Kempston?

Homes in Kempston sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 179 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£312,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£295,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £391,500 38 sales
  • Semi-detached £320,000 64 sales
  • Terraced £276,000 54 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £210,000 23 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole MK42 district, Kempston's main postcode district: a typical £317,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kempston: 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 Kempston?

6 of the 520 postcodes now in use in Kempston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 280 homes sold in Kempston were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK42 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

MK42 8EJsince October 2023MK42 7PQsince June 2022MK42 7PYsince September 2021MK42 7LZsince June 2021MK42 7NZsince April 2021MK42 7PGsince June 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn KempstonAcross the MK42 district
The 12 months to August 2026 3 of 179 (2%) 41 of 479 (9%)
The 12 months to August 2025 10 of 280 (4%) 177 of 848 (21%)

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 Kempston?

Ofcom reports on 515 of the 520 postcodes in Kempston. At 455 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit455 of 515
Postcodes where every home can get superfast498 of 515

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Kempston at risk of flooding?

37 of the 520 postcodes in Kempston 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 83 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 37 of 520 postcodes High: 44Medium: 39Low: 228

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 Kempston?

The open schools at the postcodes in Kempston (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Kempston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kempston is Bedford St Johns Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Bedford St Johns Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Bedford Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Kempston Hardwick Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle

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 Kempston?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Kempston. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Kempston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 2,411 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kempston 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

  1. 208 September 2025
  2. 182 October 2025
  3. 208 November 2025
  4. 177 December 2025
  5. 181 January 2026
  6. 173 February 2026
  7. 231 March 2026
  8. 226 April 2026
  9. 191 May 2026
  10. 193 June 2026
  11. 225 July 2026
  12. 216 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences849 reports
Anti-social behaviour322 reports
Shoplifting317 reports
Criminal damage and arson185 reports
Public order184 reports
Other theft140 reports
Vehicle crime130 reports
Drugs90 reports

Also: other crime 70, burglary 58, possession of weapons 24, bicycle theft 17, robbery 16, theft from the person 9.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Kempston?

Council
Bedford
Parliamentary constituencies
Bedford (482), North Bedfordshire (30) and Mid Bedfordshire (8)
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Kempston

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Kempston postcodes

520 postcodes in use in Kempston, by district:

MK42 postcode district,512 postcodesMK43 postcode district,7 postcodesMK45 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the MK postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Kempston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kempston's £312,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Great Denham1.6 km, £337,500Wootton3.3 km, £392,500Bedford3.6 km, £327,500Wixams3.7 km, £375,000Bromham4.2 km, £415,000Shortstown4.5 km, £300,000Stewartby5.1 km, £339,500Clapham5.4 km, £295,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Kempston

What is it like to live in Kempston?
Homes sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 455 of the 515 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 83 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 520 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bedford St Johns, 2.4 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 Kempston?
Kempston is covered by postcode districts MK42, MK43 and MK45, across 520 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Kempston in?
Kempston is in the Bedford council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Kempston?
Homes in Kempston sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 179 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Kempston?
In Kempston, primary schools at its postcodes include Bedford Road Primary Academy, Grange Academy and Greys Education Centre; secondary schools at its postcodes include Grange Academy, Greys Education Centre and Rivertree Free School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Kempston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kempston is Bedford St Johns, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Kempston?
Ofcom reports on 515 of the 520 postcodes in Kempston. At 455 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Kempston at risk of flooding?
37 of the 520 postcodes in Kempston 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 83 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 Kempston?
6 of the 520 postcodes now in use in Kempston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 280 homes sold in Kempston were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK42 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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