Wilstead

Wilstead is covered by postcode district MK45. It is in the Bedford council area, England.

Typical price £417,500 Homes sold in Wilstead, last 12 months. ▼ 15.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 39 of 68 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wilstead, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wilstead, by flood risk Of the 68 postcodes in Wilstead that ONS places, 68 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wilstead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A6 MK45 3BT: not on the flood risk listMK45 3BU: not on the flood risk listMK45 3BX: not on the flood risk listMK45 3BY: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DA: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DB: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DD: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DH: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DL: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DN: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DP: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DX: not on the flood risk listMK45 3DY: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EA: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EB: not on the flood risk listMK45 3ED: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EE: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EF: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EH: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EP: not on the flood risk listMK45 3ER: not on the flood risk listMK45 3ES: not on the flood risk listMK45 3ET: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EU: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EX: not on the flood risk listMK45 3EY: not on the flood risk listMK45 3FA: not on the flood risk listMK45 3FB: not on the flood risk listMK45 3FD: not on the flood risk listMK45 3FJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3FW: not on the flood risk listMK45 3FX: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HA: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HB: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HD: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HE: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HG: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HH: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HL: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HN: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HW: not on the flood risk listMK45 3JN: not on the flood risk listMK45 3JW: not on the flood risk listMK45 3PF: not on the flood risk listMK45 3PG: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WA: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WB: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WD: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WE: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WF: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WG: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WH: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WL: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WN: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WP: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WR: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WS: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WT: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WU: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WW: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WX: not on the flood risk listMK45 3WY: not on the flood risk listMK45 3XA: not on the flood risk list Wilstead Map of every postcode in Wilstead, by flood risk Of the 68 postcodes in Wilstead that ONS places, 68 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wilstead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Wilstead
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 68

Of the 68 postcodes in Wilstead that ONS places, 68 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0780, longitude -0.4460. 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

What is it like to live in Wilstead?

Homes sold for a typical £417,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15.7% on the 12 months before. At 39 of the 68 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 68 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is London Road Health Centre, 5.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Kempston Hardwick, 4.3 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 Wilstead?

Homes in Wilstead sold for a typical £417,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 22 sales, down 15.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£417,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£495,000
12 months to August 2026
£417,500

▼ down 15.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£464,000 15 sales
Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole MK45 district, Wilstead's main postcode district: a typical £398,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wilstead: 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 Wilstead?

None of the 68 postcodes now in use in Wilstead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 29 homes sold in Wilstead were newly built (45%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK45 district, 12%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn WilsteadAcross the MK45 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 22 (0%) 30 of 681 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 13 of 29 (45%) 105 of 913 (12%)

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 Wilstead?

Ofcom reports on 68 of the 68 postcodes in Wilstead. At 39 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit39 of 68
Postcodes where every home can get superfast68 of 68

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 Wilstead at risk of flooding?

None of the 68 postcodes in Wilstead is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Wilstead?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Wilstead. 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

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 Wilstead?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wilstead is Kempston Hardwick Rail Station, 4.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Kempston Hardwick Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
  • Stewartby Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive
  • Bedford St Johns Rail Station Railway station 5.9 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 Wilstead?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Wilstead. 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.

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

Is Wilstead safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 202 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wilstead 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. 14 September 2025
  2. 8 October 2025
  3. 13 November 2025
  4. 13 December 2025
  5. 11 January 2026
  6. 19 February 2026
  7. 20 March 2026
  8. 24 April 2026
  9. 22 May 2026
  10. 16 June 2026
  11. 18 July 2026
  12. 24 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences87 reports
Anti-social behaviour47 reports
Public order25 reports
Criminal damage and arson15 reports
Vehicle crime11 reports
Burglary7 reports
Other theft6 reports
Drugs2 reports

Also: theft from the person 1, other crime 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 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 Wilstead?

Council
Bedford
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)

All 68 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

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Wilstead postcodes

68 postcodes in use in Wilstead, by district:

MK45 postcode district,68 postcodes

That district is in the MK postcode area.

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Places near Wilstead

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wilstead's £417,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wixams1.8 km, £375,000Shortstown3.9 km, £300,000Stewartby4.4 km, £339,500Kempston5.4 km, £312,500Maulden5.5 km, £485,000Clophill5.7 km, £565,000Wootton5.9 km, £392,500Ampthill6.7 km, £425,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Wilstead

What is it like to live in Wilstead?
Homes sold for a typical £417,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15.7% on the 12 months before. At 39 of the 68 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 68 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is London Road Health Centre, 5.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Kempston Hardwick, 4.3 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 Wilstead?
Wilstead is covered by postcode district MK45, across 68 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wilstead in?
Wilstead is in the Bedford council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wilstead?
Wilstead is in the Mid Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Blake Stephenson (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wilstead?
Homes in Wilstead sold for a typical £417,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 22 sales, down 15.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wilstead?
In Wilstead, primary schools at its postcodes include Wilstead Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Wixams Academy, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wilstead have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wilstead is Kempston Hardwick, 4.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wilstead?
Ofcom reports on 68 of the 68 postcodes in Wilstead. At 39 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wilstead at risk of flooding?
None of the 68 postcodes in Wilstead is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Wilstead?
None of the 68 postcodes now in use in Wilstead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 29 homes sold in Wilstead were newly built (45%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK45 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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