Church End, Bedford house prices are built from 257 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 16 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £335,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +62.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +17.8%.
Median price paid
£335,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+62.6%
Change in real terms
+17.8%
Median per m²
£891
HM Land Registry257 sales1 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Church End, Bedford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Church End, Bedford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £130,000 | £288,661 |
| 2000s | 9 | £315,000 | £573,837 |
| 2010s | 9 | £425,000 | £599,250 |
| 2020s | 4 | £580,000 | £592,609 |
The highest yearly median on record for Church End, Bedford is £662,500 in 2025; the lowest is £95,000 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £118,000 to £662,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £262,016, so the real change over the whole record is +158.3% — about +3.21% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +62.6% in cash against +17.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twisden | 16 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 51 | 5 Dec 2025 | Detached | £586,000 | £598,739 |
| Hylands | 13 Nov 2025 | Detached | £635,000 | £648,804 |
| 49 | 31 Oct 2025 | Detached | £530,000 | £541,522 |
| The Manor | 8 Oct 2025 | Detached | £1,650,000 | £1,685,870 |
| 35 | 3 Oct 2025 | Detached | £850,000 | £868,478 |
| 4 | 12 Sep 2025 | Detached | £675,000 | £689,674 |
| April Cottage | 24 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £175,000 | £178,804 |
| Abbey View | 24 Mar 2025 | Detached | £1,035,000 | £1,057,500 |
| 38 | 7 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| The Old House | 30 Jan 2025 | Detached | £1,000,000 | £1,021,739 |
| Alycon | 14 Nov 2024 | Detached | £685,000 | £720,784 |
| 55 | 11 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £585,000 | £615,560 |
| 32 | 10 Jul 2024 | Detached | £625,000 | £657,649 |
| 32a | 20 Jun 2024 | Detached | £812,000 | £854,418 |
| Otterburn | 24 May 2024 | Detached | £455,000 | £478,769 |
| Avalon | 10 May 2024 | Detached | £330,000 | £347,239 |
| 21a | 22 Feb 2024 | Detached | £840,000 | £883,881 |
| Corncrake | 26 Jan 2024 | Detached | £675,000 | £710,261 |
| Five Fathings, 34 | 29 Sep 2023 | Detached | £512,500 | £553,736 |
| Oakdene | 26 Sep 2023 | Detached | £970,000 | £1,048,046 |
| 61 | 17 Aug 2023 | Terraced | £295,000 | £318,736 |
| 23 | 3 Mar 2023 | Detached | £1,215,000 | £1,312,759 |
| 55 | 14 Dec 2022 | Detached | £515,000 | £596,672 |
| 32a | 12 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £920,000 | £1,065,900 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Church End, Bedford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 Church End | £107,000 (1995) | £586,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 49 Church End | £330,000 (2007) | £530,000 (2025) | +2.7% | -0.3% |
| 35 Church End | £249,500 (2000) | £850,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 4 Church End | £220,000 (2001) | £675,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| APRIL COTTAGE Church End | £57,000 (1996) | £175,000 (2025) | +3.9% | +1.3% |
| 38 Church End | £191,000 (2004) | £650,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.0% |
| ALYCON Church End | £95,000 (1995) | £685,000 (2024) | +7.0% | +4.3% |
| 55 Church End | £90,000 (1995) | £585,000 (2024) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 32 Church End | £161,000 (1995) | £625,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 32A Church End | £136,000 (1996) | £812,000 (2024) | +6.6% | +3.9% |
| AVALON Church End | £85,000 (1999) | £330,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 21A Church End | £485,000 (2008) | £840,000 (2024) | +3.5% | +0.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Church End, Bedford is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 188 | 73.2% | £385,000 | £64,500 – £1,650,000 |
| Semi-detached | 36 | 14.0% | £187,000 | £11,025 – £920,000 |
| Terraced | 33 | 12.8% | £280,000 | £49,250 – £673,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Church End, Bedford
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 257 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 257 | 100.0% | £335,000 |
| New build | 2 | 0.8% | £88,250 |
| Existing home | 255 | 99.2% | £337,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -73.9%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 13 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Church End, Bedford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Church End, Bedford sits above that national figure — +112.7%.
Within Bedford the street ranks 495 of 2640 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £185,000 (+81.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £891 per square metre, across 1 of the 257 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £11,025 to £1,650,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Grange Road£235,500 median
- Silver Street£200,000 median
- Chapel Field£133,000 median
- Willington Road£225,000 median
- Green End Road£284,975 median
- Home Close£259,950 median
- Rookery Road£197,750 median
- Radwell Road£232,500 median
- Great North Road£116,500 median
- Green End£368,000 median
- The Lane£250,000 median
- Willoughby Close£153,000 median
- Barford Road£250,000 median
- Park Lane£258,073 median
- Spring Hill£372,500 median
- Fox Hedge Way£255,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 16 Church End7 sales
- 30 Church End6 sales
- 55 Church End5 sales
- 4 Church End4 sales
- 32A Church End4 sales
- 23 Church End4 sales
- 40 Church End4 sales
- POPWILLOWS Church End4 sales
- 35 Church End3 sales
- APRIL COTTAGE Church End3 sales
- 32 Church End3 sales
- CORNCRAKE Church End3 sales
- OAKDENE Church End3 sales
- CASTLE LEIGH Church End3 sales
- MINSTERLEY Church End3 sales
- CHESTNUT SPINNEY HOUSE Church End3 sales
- WAYSIDE COTTAGE, 8 Church End3 sales
- 56 Church End3 sales
- 11 Church End3 sales
- CHURCH FARM Church End3 sales
- WEST COTTAGE Church End3 sales
- WHITEWING Church End3 sales
- PARKFIELDS Church End3 sales
- THE HOLLIES Church End3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Church End, Bedford?
The median price paid in Church End, Bedford across every sale on the register is £335,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Church End, Bedford?
257 sales are on record for Church End, Bedford, the most recent completing on 16 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Church End, Bedford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +62.6% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +17.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Church End, Bedford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £662,500, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Church End, Bedford?
£891 per square metre, from the 1 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 16 Jan 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Church End, Bedford house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.