Gillespie Close, Bedford house prices are built from 184 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2001 and the most recent on 27 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £120,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +147.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +79.2%.
Median price paid
£120,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+147.3%
Change in real terms
+79.2%
Median per m²
£1,879
HM Land Registry184 sales34 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Gillespie Close, Bedford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Gillespie Close, Bedford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2001 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 | £115,500 | £210,407 |
| 2010s | 2 | £112,000 | £157,920 |
| 2020s | 1 | £277,000 | £283,022 |
The highest yearly median on record for Gillespie Close, Bedford is £277,000 in 2025; the lowest is £70,000 in 2001. Across the full 25-year record the cash median has moved from £70,000 to £277,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £137,274, so the real change over the whole record is +106.2% — about +3.06% 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: +147.3% in cash against +79.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £157,000 | £157,000 |
| 34 | 16 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £152,000 | £152,000 |
| 6 | 28 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| 10 | 31 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £337,174 |
| 40 | 29 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 25 | 9 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 28 | 14 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £277,000 | £283,022 |
| 5 | 1 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £158,500 | £166,780 |
| 4 | 25 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £295,000 | £310,410 |
| 15 | 11 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £152,000 | £164,230 |
| 24 | 28 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £315,000 | £340,345 |
| 22 | 10 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £292,000 | £315,494 |
| 72 | 22 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £280,000 | £324,404 |
| 8 | 31 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £296,909 |
| 11 | 21 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £168,320 |
| 24 | 26 Jun 2020 | Terraced | £248,000 | £321,102 |
| 26 | 12 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £228,000 | £295,207 |
| 5 | 20 Feb 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £137,000 | £177,383 |
| 56 | 23 Aug 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £176,577 |
| 67 | 31 May 2019 | Terraced | £217,000 | £283,831 |
| 8 | 19 Feb 2019 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £294,295 |
| 65 | 29 Jun 2018 | Terraced | £241,000 | £321,181 |
| 48 | 22 Dec 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £183,736 |
| 28 | 8 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £245,000 | £333,446 |
| 66 | 24 Nov 2017 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £347,056 |
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 Gillespie Close, Bedford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Gillespie Close | £70,000 (2001) | £157,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
| 34 Gillespie Close | £109,950 (2004) | £152,000 (2026) | +1.5% | -1.3% |
| 6 Gillespie Close | £137,000 (2003) | £310,000 (2025) | +3.8% | +0.9% |
| 10 Gillespie Close | £143,300 (2003) | £330,000 (2025) | +3.9% | +1.0% |
| 40 Gillespie Close | £110,750 (2004) | £160,000 (2025) | +1.8% | -1.1% |
| 25 Gillespie Close | £72,050 (2001) | £160,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| 28 Gillespie Close | £128,500 (2003) | £277,000 (2025) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
| 5 Gillespie Close | £59,995 (2001) | £158,500 (2024) | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| 4 Gillespie Close | £134,350 (2003) | £295,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
| 15 Gillespie Close | £68,550 (2001) | £152,000 (2023) | +3.7% | +0.9% |
| 24 Gillespie Close | £149,995 (2003) | £315,000 (2023) | +3.8% | +0.9% |
| 22 Gillespie Close | £128,500 (2003) | £292,000 (2023) | +4.2% | +1.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Gillespie Close, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 113 | 61.4% | £106,600 | £55,995 – £160,000 |
| Terraced | 47 | 25.5% | £160,000 | £123,000 – £315,000 |
| Semi-detached | 15 | 8.2% | £163,500 | £133,500 – £330,000 |
| Detached | 9 | 4.9% | £165,000 | £120,000 – £235,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Gillespie Close, Bedford
114 of the sales on record are leasehold and 70 freehold — 62.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £106,800 and the median freehold sale £161,000 — a gap of +50.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 114 | 62.0% | £106,800 |
| Freehold | 70 | 38.0% | £161,000 |
| New build | 70 | 38.0% | £105,500 |
| Existing home | 114 | 62.0% | £134,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -21.3%. 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 5 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 07
Living in Gillespie Close, Bedford
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bedford, 53.4% of 89,810 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 533 | 0.6% |
| B | 15,837 | 17.6% |
| C | 31,561 | 35.1% |
| D | 27,652 | 30.8% |
| E | 10,931 | 12.2% |
| F | 2,620 | 2.9% |
| G | 676 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bedford at £1,169 a month as of Jun 2026 — £797 for a one-bedroom home and £1,255 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £120,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.69% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of MK42, 329 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 134 violent, 9 burglary, 15 vehicle-related and 40 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.0 times busier.
Against the 185,225 residents the 2021 census counted in Bedford, that is 1.78 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Gillespie Close, Bedford
The 2021 census counted 185,225 residents in Bedford across 74,949 households. 64.6% of those households own their home and 35.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
20 state and independent schools have a MK42 postcode: 12 primary, 5 secondary, 2 nursery, 1 16 plus. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,480 |
| Wixams Academy | Secondary | Free schools | 903 |
| King's Oak Primary School | Primary | Community school | 826 |
| Kempston Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 773 |
| Daubeney Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 576 |
| Wixams Tree Primary Academy | Primary | Free schools | 559 |
| Bedford Free School | Secondary | Free schools | 536 |
| Shackleton Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 487 |
| Shortstown Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 479 |
| Kempston Rural Primary School | Primary | Community school | 439 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford St Johns Rail Station | Rail | 1.5 km |
| Bedford Rail Station | Rail | 2.3 km |
| Kempston Hardwick Rail Station | Rail | 3.5 km |
| Stewartby Rail Station | Rail | 6.2 km |
Section 09
How Gillespie Close, Bedford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Gillespie Close, Bedford sits below that national figure — -23.8%.
Within Bedford the street ranks 2269 of 2640 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £185,000 (-35.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,879 per square metre, across 34 of the 184 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 £55,995 to £330,000. 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.
Gillespie Close, Bedford sits in Bedford, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bedford at 9.1 times median local earnings of £37,994 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Redwood Grove£77,500 median
- Palgrave Road£148,500 median
- Cardington Road£85,000 median
- Alburgh Close£78,000 median
- Spring Road£140,000 median
- Brooklands Avenue£249,950 median
- Margetts Road£125,000 median
- Wilkinson Road£229,995 median
- Harrowden Road£140,000 median
- London Road£121,500 median
- Dorsey Drive£114,000 median
- Elstow Road£167,500 median
- Chantry Avenue£148,500 median
- Hilton Close£219,248 median
- Haynes Road£154,000 median
- Hillgrounds Road£125,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 15 Gillespie Close5 sales
- 24 Gillespie Close5 sales
- 35 Gillespie Close5 sales
- 13 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 10 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 28 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 5 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 22 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 65 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 48 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 51 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 12 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 39 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 9 Gillespie Close4 sales
- 6 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 40 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 4 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 72 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 8 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 11 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 26 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 56 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 67 Gillespie Close3 sales
- 66 Gillespie Close3 sales
Back to Bedford house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Gillespie Close, Bedford?
The median price paid in Gillespie Close, Bedford across every sale on the register is £120,000. 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 Gillespie Close, Bedford?
184 sales are on record for Gillespie Close, Bedford, the most recent completing on 27 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Gillespie Close, Bedford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +147.3% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +79.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Gillespie Close, Bedford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £277,000, 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 Gillespie Close, Bedford?
£1,879 per square metre, from the 34 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 27 Mar 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, “Gillespie Close, 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.