Central Bedfordshire
LU3 house prices in Central Bedfordshire
The median sold price in LU3 between 12 Dec 2025 and 31 Jul 2026 was £322,750 across 250 recorded sales. LU3 covers part of Central Bedfordshire around the Barnfield ward. Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for this district — from official UK data, in one place.
Get the LU3 OfferCheckTypical sold price
£322,750
Range £185,400–£448,250 · 250 real sales
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 31 Jul 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.
The median sold price in LU3, Central Bedfordshire, was £322,750 across 250 recorded sales between 12 Dec 2025 and 31 Jul 2026. Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,516 a year — Central Bedfordshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27. Real recorded transactions — we never publish an estimated valuation.
On the map
Where LU3 sits in Central Bedfordshire
Latest sales
The most recent sales in LU3
119, BLUNDELL ROAD, LUTON
Detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£370,000
38, ST LAWRENCE AVENUE, LUTON
Terraced · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£300,000
4, KIRBY DRIVE, LUTON
Detached · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£485,000
186, WESTMORLAND AVENUE, LUTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£360,000
WARDOWN COURT, NEW BEDFORD ROAD, LUTON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 23 Jul 2026
£172,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors)
The data, honestly
LU3 sold prices at a glance
Typical price
£322,750
Lower end
£185,400
Upper end
£448,250
Sample size
250 sales
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter — LU3
By property type
What each type sells for — LU3
Tenure mix
Freehold vs leasehold — LU3
224 freehold (90%)
26 leasehold (10%)
Across the 250 most recent recorded sales in LU3. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions — never estimates. See every LU3 sale.
Area data
What else the records hold on LU3
Council tax, schools, area deprivation and planning activity for this district — each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in LU3
Band D · Central Bedfordshire · 2026-27
£2,516
a year — the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,677 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,957 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,237 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,516 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,075 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,634 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,194 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,032 |
These are Central Bedfordshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority LU3 falls in — not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Central Bedfordshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near LU3
The Meads Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LU3 2UE
257 m
Good · 2014
Icknield Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LU3 2JB
606 m
Good · 2013
Norton Road Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LU3 2NX
842 m
Good · 2024
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · LU3 2NS
920 m
Not graded
Woodlands Secondary School
Special schools · LU3 3SP
982 m
Outstanding · 2024
William Austin Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LU3 1UA
1.0 km
Good · 2016
Waulud Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LU3 3LZ
1.1 km
Good · 2012
Icknield High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · LU3 2AH
1.1 km
Good · 2024
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes — Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the LU3 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Planning applications
Planning activity around LU3
Luton/26/00760/FULHHUndecided
401 m
Erection of single storey front extension.
Received 2026-07-10
Luton/26/00694/FULHHUndecided
463 m
Erection of a wrap-around single storey side and rear extension to include new integral garage and the widening of the existing drop kerb to the property after demolition of existing garage and rear conservatories.
Received 2026-06-30
Luton/26/00631/FULHHPermitted
449 m
Erection of single storey front, side and rear extension
Received 2026-06-12 · decided 2026-08-11
Luton/26/00572/PARESPermitted
488 m
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 1 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Single storey rear extension. Depth 5.0m, Maximum height of extension 4.0m, Height to eaves 3.0m.
Received 2026-06-01 · decided 2026-07-20
Luton/26/00495/FULUndecided
266 m
Erection of a ground floor front extension with new first floor and roof with a rear dormer and five front rooflights to facilitate conversion of existing office building and change of use into 6 flat units (four 2 bed and two 1 bed flats) with new road access to existing site.
Received 2026-05-08
Luton/26/00463/LAWPPermitted
285 m
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Erection of rear dormer window to facilitate loft conversion and conversion of garage to habitable room.
Received 2026-05-05 · decided 2026-07-15
Applications are matched within 500 m of the LU3 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for LU3 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 757 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 2 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for LU3
Across the 12 sampled LU3 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 8, with a median of decile 4 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
LU3 1TB, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so LU3 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in LU3 that have recorded sales and 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in LU3, band by band
Central Bedfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the LU3 median sold price of £322,750 across 250 recorded sales — the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCentral Bedfordshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £322,750 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,677 | £140 | 0.52% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,957 | £163 | 0.61% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,237 | £186 | 0.69% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,516 | £210 | 0.78% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,075 | £256 | 0.95% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,634 | £303 | 1.13% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,194 | £350 | 1.30% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,032 | £419 | 1.56% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the LU3 median sold price — a comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
What individual homes in LU3 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for LU3. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.
119, BLUNDELL ROAD, LUTON
LU3 1SW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-07-31
38, ST LAWRENCE AVENUE, LUTON
LU3 1QS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-24
4, KIRBY DRIVE, LUTON
LU3 4AJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-07-24
186, WESTMORLAND AVENUE, LUTON
LU3 2PU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-24
WARDOWN COURT, NEW BEDFORD ROAD, LUTON
LU3 1LH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£172,000
2026-07-23
52, WHITEHAVEN, LUTON
LU3 4BY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-07-22
1, TRINITY CLOSE, LUTON
LU3 1TB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-20
46, ST MONICAS AVENUE, LUTON
LU3 1PN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£267,000
2026-07-17
46, WADHURST AVENUE, LUTON
LU3 1UH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£445,000
2026-07-15
THE HEIGHTS, MARSH ROAD, LUTON
LU3 2RT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£95,410
2026-07-13
19, OREGON WAY, LUTON
LU3 4AP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-09
82, GARDENIA AVENUE, LUTON
LU3 2NT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-08
12, THE CROFT, LUTON
LU3 3HQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-07-07
89, RUNFOLD AVENUE, LUTON
LU3 2EL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-07
7, HIGHBURY ROAD, LUTON
LU3 1AD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-06
54, PETERSFIELD GARDENS, LUTON
LU3 3TY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-03
15, AMES CLOSE, LUTON
LU3 4AS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-07-03
20, GREGORIES CLOSE, LUTON
LU3 1DL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£142,000
2026-07-03
3, QUICKSWOOD, LUTON
LU3 3XT · Detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£320,000
2026-07-01
6, BURFORD CLOSE, LUTON
LU3 4DS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-06-30
97A, MARSH ROAD, LUTON
LU3 2QG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-06-26
34, HIGH BEECH ROAD, LUTON
LU3 3DD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-06-26
67, LIMBURY ROAD, LUTON
LU3 2PJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-06-26
8, CRESSWELL GARDENS, LUTON
LU3 4EX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£372,000
2026-06-26
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link — we match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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- HM Land RegistrySold prices
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- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
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Nearby
Postcode districts near LU3
The closest districts to LU3 by straight-line distance between district centres — not the next letter of the alphabet.
- House prices in LU4 (Luton) 1.3 miles
- House prices in LU2 (Luton) 2.3 miles
- House prices in LU1 (Luton) 2.5 miles
- House prices in LU5 (Dunstable) 3.1 miles
- House prices in LU6 (Dunstable) 4.6 miles
- House prices in AL5 (Harpenden) 7.5 miles
- House prices in SG4 (Hitchin) 7.8 miles
- House prices in MK45 (Bedford) 8 miles
Where this comes from
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on — never estimates, never a valuation. Every LU3 sale in the lookup tool · The Luton property market · About Your Property Check.