Orchard Drive
Central Bedfordshire, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 53/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 55/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: family indicators 75/100; green-space proximity 53/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 55/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: liquidity proxy 50/100; market proxy 55/100. Recorded median sale price: £402,500 from 9 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transaction activity 50%, Market 50%; no return forecast. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: green-space proximity 53/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 60/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100. Recorded median sale price: £402,500 from 9 transactions. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
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Orchard Drive is located in Central Bedfordshire, near Leighton Buzzard. The associated LSOA area has 24 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 10 of the 12 selected months. Coverage is insufficient for an annual safety score. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. No nearby amenity records are available in this extract. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Orchard Drive Footpath) is 58m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £402,500. Based on 9 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,459; owner-occupied homes 40.4%; social housing 2.9%; retired population 19.5%; average household size 2.5. There are 8 schools within 2 km, 8 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 449m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 62/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 63/100. Its recorded district percentile is 99. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
Property Market
Terraced | Freehold | Transactions: Some recorded transactions
Source release: 2026-08-28; registrations received through 2026-07-31. Earlier periods can be revised by late registrations. Standard and additional transactions are included, so property mix can affect the median.
Based on 9 transactions. Moderate sample — prices may not fully represent current market value.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Median comparisons use two full calendar years five years apart, with at least five sales in each. Different properties may have sold; this is not a house-price index or a prediction of returns.
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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Orchard Drive, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre 532m · 7 min walk
- Énergie Fitness 846m · 11 min walk
libraries (2)
- The Library & Resources Centre 625m · 8 min walk
- Leighton Buzzard Library 1447m · 18 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Garden of Remembrance 448m · 6 min walk
- Linslade Recreation Ground 504m · 6 min walk
- Tiddenfoot Waterside Park 923m · 12 min walk
- Parsons Close Recreation Ground 1211m · 15 min walk
- Parson's Close Community Garden 1244m · 16 min walk
schools (5)
- Linslade School 450m · 6 min walk
- Cedars Upper School 659m · 8 min walk
- Linslade Lower School 747m · 9 min walk
- Southcott Lower School 977m · 12 min walk
- Leighton Middle School 1072m · 13 min walk
Transport Links
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Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees. Limited data available for this street — interpret scores with caution.
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