Bedford Castle
Suburb · 729 residents
65Good
Good · better than 7 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 64% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- 100% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 16% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Food & drink scores 16, below the typical 60
- Health scores 36, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Bedford Castle
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Bedford Castle a good place to live?
Bedford Castle scores 65/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (86) and schools (71).
It scores lowest on food & drink (16) and health (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Bedford Castle in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Bedford Castle
Bedford Castle sits close to the town centre, with the mix of detached and semi-detached houses you'd expect of an established residential pocket rather than a new-build estate — freehold front doors, mature plots, the kind of streets where a "For Sale" board tends to stay up for a family home rather than a flat chain.
The place reads as comfortably middle-of-the-table nationally: a median house price of £370,000 is above the national £281,000 and a shade over the Bedford borough figure too, which fits an area in the sixth income decile rather than the top or bottom. Detached homes here fetch £480,000 against a national detached median of £420,000, and even the semis and terraces sell at a marked premium to their national equivalents — this is not a cheap corner of Bedfordshire, though it isn't London-adjacent money either. Schooling carries real weight in the picture: Great Denham Primary School holds an Outstanding rating, and there's a run of "Good" primaries behind it, while Biddenham International School and Sports College covers secondary age with a Progress 8 score sitting right at the national average. With a median age of 34 and six transport stops serving the area, this reads as a place for people building a settled life close to schools rather than commuting purists chasing a fast rail link — there's no station named in the immediate picture, so this isn't one to sell on a quick hop to London.