Keeley Green
Suburb · 105 residents
53Fair
Fair · better than 2 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
- Schools scores 76, well above the typical 60
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- Health scores 11, below the typical 60
- Food & drink scores 33, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Keeley Green
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Keeley Green a good place to live?
Keeley Green scores 53/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for schools (76).
It scores lowest on health (11) and food & drink (33).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Keeley Green in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Keeley Green
Keeley Green reads as a village that hasn't quite noticed the rest of Bedford sprawling toward it — detached and terraced houses sitting on quiet roads, a population small enough that it barely registers on a map, and the kind of streets where a car passing counts as activity. This is not a place with a high street pulse; it's a place people choose precisely because it doesn't have one.
The numbers back up that quiet-corner feel, though they need a little translation. On income and deprivation measures Keeley Green sits well above the national average — a top-decile score for both — which puts it among the more comfortable pockets of the East of England rather than a place of visible strain. Housing here is dominated by freehold houses, terraced and detached in a roughly even mix, and a terraced house typically sells for around £300,000 against a national terraced median closer to £230,000 — so the "For Sale" board on a Keeley Green street is selling scarcity and space, not a bargain. Against Bedford itself, the borough it sits within, prices run only slightly ahead, so you're not paying a dramatic premium to be on the edge rather than in the centre. Kempston Hardwick station gives a rail option out, useful for anyone commuting rather than working locally, and with a median age in the low forties this reads more as a settled, established-family and older-professional community than a young commuter enclave.