Central Bedfordshire

SG8 house prices in Central Bedfordshire

Name: Sold house prices in SG8, Central Bedfordshire
Creator: HM Land Registry
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The median sold price in SG8 between 5 Dec 2025 and 29 Jul 2026 was £388,750 across 250 recorded sales. SG8 covers part of Central Bedfordshire around the Barrington ward. Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for this district — from official UK data, in one place.

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Typical sold price

£388,750

Range £196,100–£740,000 · 250 real sales

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Dec 2025 and 29 Jul 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.

The median sold price in SG8, Central Bedfordshire, was £388,750 across 250 recorded sales between 5 Dec 2025 and 29 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 SG8 sits in Central Bedfordshire

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in SG8

56A, TANNERY DRIFT, ROYSTON
Detached · Freehold · 29 Jul 2026
£679,950
24, KING JAMES WAY, ROYSTON
Detached · Freehold · 27 Jul 2026
£550,000
KENNEDY COURT, FISH HILL, ROYSTON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 23 Jul 2026
£159,000
6, VALLEY RISE, ROYSTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Jul 2026
£610,000
112, NORTH END, ROYSTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 13 Jul 2026
£333,000

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Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors)

The data, honestly

SG8 sold prices at a glance

Typical price

£388,750

Lower end

£196,100

Upper end

£740,000

Sample size

250 sales

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter — SG8

By property type

What each type sells for — SG8

Tenure mix

Freehold vs leasehold — SG8

208 freehold (83%)

42 leasehold (17%)

Across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SG8. 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 SG8 sale.

Area data

What else the records hold on SG8

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 SG8

Band D · Central Bedfordshire · 2026-27

£2,516

a year — the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.

Annual council tax charge for each band in Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27
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 SG8 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 SG8

Roman Way Academy
Primary · Academies · SG8 5EQ
858 m
Good · 2023
King James Academy Royston
All-through · Academies · SG8 7JH
1.1 km
Good · 2018
Icknield Walk First School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG8 7EZ
1.5 km
Outstanding · 2014
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · SG8 7DB
1.6 km
Outstanding · 2017
Tannery Drift School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG8 5DE
1.9 km
Good · 2011
Studlands Rise First School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG8 9HB
2.0 km
Good · 2016
Melbourn Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG8 6DB
3.0 km
Good · 2016

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 SG8 district centroid, not from any address.

Source: Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 7 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record

Planning applications

Planning activity around SG8

NorthHertfordshire/26/01694/LDCPUndecided
469 m
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear conservatory.
Received 2026-07-20
SouthCambs/23/02559/CONDCConditions
324 m
Submission of details required by conditions 9 (Lighting Design Strategy for Biodiversity) and 12 (Water Efficiency Calculations) of planning permission 23/02559/FUL.
Received 2025-11-27 · decided 2025-12-31
NorthHertfordshire/25/01453/NMAPermitted
427 m
Material change to outbuilding (as non-material amendment to planning application reference 24/02108/FPH granted on 26.11.2024).
Received 2025-06-24 · decided 2025-07-10
NorthHertfordshire/25/01756/NMAPermitted
427 m
Material change to outbuilding (as non-material amendment to planning application reference 24/02108/FPH granted on 26.11.2024).
Received 2025-06-24 · decided 2025-07-10
SouthCambs/23/02556/CONDBConditions
303 m
Submission of details required by conditions 3 (hard and soft landscape works), 4 (biodiversity enhancement), 5 (lighting design strategy for biodiversity), 6 (cycle parking and on site storage of waste), 8 (carbon emissions) and 10 (verification report) of planning permission 23/02556/FUL
Received 2025-06-20 · decided 2025-07-31
NorthHertfordshire/25/01452/NMAUndecided
427 m
Material change to outbuilding (as non-material amendment to planning permission reference 24/02108/FPH granted on 26.11.2024).
Received 2025-06-03

Applications are matched within 500 m of the SG8 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 SG8 for the current picture.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 105 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for SG8

Across the 12 sampled SG8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

SG8 7EF, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 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 SG8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SG8 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 SG8, band by band

Central Bedfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SG8 median sold price of £388,750 across 250 recorded sales — the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.

Council tax band, its 1991 valuation range, the annual and monthly charge in Central Bedfordshire for 2026-27, and that charge as a share of the SG8 median sold price
Band	1991 valueVOA basis	A yearCentral Bedfordshire	A month÷ 12	Of the median÷ £388,750
A	up to £40,000	£1,677	£140	0.43%
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,957	£163	0.50%
C	£52,001–£68,000	£2,237	£186	0.58%
D	£68,001–£88,000	£2,516	£210	0.65%
E	£88,001–£120,000	£3,075	£256	0.79%
F	£120,001–£160,000	£3,634	£303	0.93%
G	£160,001–£320,000	£4,194	£350	1.08%
H	over £320,000	£5,032	£419	1.29%

The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SG8 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 SG8 sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 249 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SG8. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.

56A, TANNERY DRIFT, ROYSTON
SG8 5DE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£679,950
2026-07-29
24, KING JAMES WAY, ROYSTON
SG8 7EF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£550,000
2026-07-27
KENNEDY COURT, FISH HILL, ROYSTON
SG8 9JZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£159,000
2026-07-23
6, VALLEY RISE, ROYSTON
SG8 9EY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£610,000
2026-07-14
112, NORTH END, ROYSTON
SG8 5PD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£333,000
2026-07-13
7, PRIORY CLOSE, ROYSTON
SG8 7DU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-07-10
1, WESTACRE, ROYSTON
SG8 6GG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£715,000
2026-07-08
40, HALE CLOSE, ROYSTON
SG8 6ET · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£429,605
2026-07-03
123, THE CAUSEWAY, ROYSTON
SG8 5JB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-03
5, ORCHARD GATE, ROYSTON
SG8 6BS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£568,000
2026-07-03
54, ORCHARD ROAD, ROYSTON
SG8 5HA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-03
HIGH PEAK, LONDON ROAD, ROYSTON
SG8 8EY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£825,000
2026-07-02
32, BOGS GAP LANE, ROYSTON
SG8 0PN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-01
14, RUSSET WAY, ROYSTON
SG8 6HE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-06-30
14, HIGH STREET, ROYSTON
SG8 8EE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-06-30
48, BEECHWOOD AVENUE, ROYSTON
SG8 6BW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-06-26
64, ORCHARD ROAD, ROYSTON
SG8 6BB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£638,812
2026-06-26
68A, HIGH STREET, ROYSTON
SG8 6AJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£735,000
2026-06-26
11, BEECHWOOD AVENUE, ROYSTON
SG8 6BH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-06-26
85, FROG END, ROYSTON
SG8 6RF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-06-26
14, WEST COURT, ROYSTON
SG8 5BE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-06-26
83, GOODES COURT, ROYSTON
SG8 5FP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£182,000
2026-06-26
27, BROOKSIDE, ROYSTON
SG8 5TQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-06-25
68, RUSSET WAY, ROYSTON
SG8 6HF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-06-24

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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Crime rate

Street-level reported crime from Police.UK, by category.

Flood risk

Live Environment Agency warnings and long-term risk.

EPC ratings

Energy certificates A–G from the GOV.UK register.

Boundaries

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Every SG8 figure is official, sourced and dated

We never show estimated “valuations” or magic numbers — just real recorded data from the UK's official registers, refreshed continuously.

HM Land RegistrySold prices
MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
Department for Education · OfstedSchools
Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
Police.UKStreet-level crime
Environment AgencyFlood risk
postcodes.io · ONSGeography

Questions, answered

The SG8 report: your questions

What is the average house price in SG8?

The median sold price in SG8, Central Bedfordshire was £388,750 across 250 recorded sales between 5 Dec 2025 and 29 Jul 2026. Most sales fell between £196,100 and £740,000. That is the median of real HM Land Registry transactions, not an estimate or a valuation.

How much is council tax in SG8?

SG8 is billed by Central Bedfordshire, whose Band D charge for 2026-27 is £2,516 a year. Every band from A to H is listed on this page. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and there is no free per-address dataset for it, so we never guess an individual home's band — look it up on GOV.UK and read your row.

Which schools are near SG8?

The Department for Education's register lists 7 open schools within 3 km of the SG8 district centre, the nearest being Roman Way Academy (last Ofsted grade: Good). These are nearest by straight-line distance from the district centroid — they are not catchment or admission areas, which councils set individually and do not publish centrally.

Is SG8 a deprived area?

On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 SG8 postcodes we sampled run from decile 6 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. Deprivation is published for small areas, not postcode districts, so a district like SG8 usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.

Have there been planning applications near SG8?

The last check of the local planning authority register found 105 applications within 500 m of the SG8 district centre; the most recent are listed on this page with their reference, description and status as the authority published them. For an up-to-the-minute search, use the planning tool with your full postcode.

Can I see what an individual address in SG8 sold for?

Yes — this page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 249 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SG8, each with its price and date. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so a home that has never been sold does not appear; and we link an address to its own property page only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

How up to date are the SG8 sold prices?

Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, covering sales up to 31 July 2026. The store is rebuilt monthly. New sales can take several weeks to appear in the official register after completion, so the very latest transactions may not show yet.

Does SG8 cover my exact street?

SG8 is the outward half of the postcode and covers the whole district, so the district-wide figures on this page are medians and ranges — not a valuation of any single property. The address list gives you the door-level picture, and the free checks take a full postcode.

Nearby

Postcode districts near SG8

The closest districts to SG8 by straight-line distance between district centres — not the next letter of the alphabet.

Every SG8 sale in the sold price tool Council tax bands in SG8 Schools near SG8 Planning applications in SG8

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 SG8 sale in the lookup tool · About Your Property Check.