SG17 5RY

Purcell Way, Shefford

Median, last 3 years

£455,000

1 sale, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£455,000

5 Sep 2023

Standard sales

since 1995 (+1 additional entry)

SG17 district median

£395,000

242 sales, 12 months to May 2026

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

2009 to 2023. Every year since 1995 is in the figures below.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

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Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2023 (few sales)	£540,000	2
2022 (few sales)	£415,000	1
2021 (few sales)	£535,000	1
2020 (few sales)	£401,750	2
2018 (few sales)	£425,000	1
2017 (few sales)	£479,000	1
2016 (few sales)	£470,000	1
2015	£344,000	3
2013 (few sales)	£311,250	2
2012	£304,250	4
2010 (few sales)	£263,500	1
2009 (few sales)	£302,500	2
2007 (few sales)	£274,975	2
2006 (few sales)	£278,000	2
2005	£250,000	4
2003 (few sales)	£257,750	2
2002	£208,839	3
2001	£203,000	3
1999	£130,998	4
1998 (few sales)	£124,475	2
1997 (few sales)	£112,500	2
1996 (few sales)	£98,000	1
1995 (few sales)	£105,000	1

Sale history (48 records · 15 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
25, PURCELL WAY 5 Sep 2023 · Detached · Freehold Previously £425,000 (Apr 2018) · +7%	5 Sep 2023	Detached · Freehold	£455,000
27, PURCELL WAY 25 Jan 2023 · Detached · Freehold Previously £315,000 (Apr 2012) · +98%	25 Jan 2023	Detached · Freehold	£625,000
22, PURCELL WAY 11 May 2022 · Detached · Freehold	11 May 2022	Detached · Freehold	£415,000
24, PURCELL WAY 25 Mar 2021 · Detached · Freehold Previously £470,000 (Jun 2016) · +14%	25 Mar 2021	Detached · Freehold	£535,000
12, PURCELL WAY 29 Sep 2020 · Detached · Freehold	29 Sep 2020	Detached · Freehold	£387,000
23, PURCELL WAY 27 Apr 2020 · Detached · Freehold Previously £263,500 (Mar 2010) · +58%	27 Apr 2020	Detached · Freehold	£416,500
25, PURCELL WAY 12 Apr 2018 · Detached · Freehold Previously £302,500 (Apr 2012) · +40%	12 Apr 2018	Detached · Freehold	£425,000
4, PURCELL WAY 27 Nov 2017 · Detached · Freehold Previously £280,000 (Nov 2009) · +71%	27 Nov 2017	Detached · Freehold	£479,000
24, PURCELL WAY 21 Jun 2016 · Detached · Freehold	21 Jun 2016	Detached · Freehold	£470,000
2, PURCELL WAY 30 Nov 2015 · Detached · Freehold	30 Nov 2015	Detached · Freehold	£390,000
11, PURCELL WAY 4 Sep 2015 · Detached · Freehold Previously £288,000 (Jun 2015)	4 Sep 2015	Detached · Freehold	£330,000
11, PURCELL WAY Cat B 25 Jun 2015 · Detached · Freehold	25 Jun 2015	Detached · Freehold	£288,000
20, PURCELL WAY 13 Mar 2015 · Detached · Freehold Previously £132,000 (Apr 1999) · +161%	13 Mar 2015	Detached · Freehold	£344,000
15, PURCELL WAY 13 Nov 2013 · Detached · Freehold Previously £232,000 (Nov 2005) · +8%	13 Nov 2013	Detached · Freehold	£250,000
8, PURCELL WAY 8 Mar 2013 · Detached · Freehold Previously £325,000 (Feb 2009) · +15%	8 Mar 2013	Detached · Freehold	£372,500
21, PURCELL WAY 21 Sep 2012 · Detached · Freehold	21 Sep 2012	Detached · Freehold	£306,000
25, PURCELL WAY 23 Apr 2012 · Detached · Freehold Previously £189,000 (Nov 2001) · +60%	23 Apr 2012	Detached · Freehold	£302,500
27, PURCELL WAY 5 Apr 2012 · Detached · Freehold Previously £278,000 (Feb 2003) · +13%	5 Apr 2012	Detached · Freehold	£315,000
7, PURCELL WAY 23 Jan 2012 · Detached · Freehold Previously £208,839 (May 2002) · +26%	23 Jan 2012	Detached · Freehold	£262,500
23, PURCELL WAY 18 Mar 2010 · Detached · Freehold Previously £237,500 (May 2003) · +11%	18 Mar 2010	Detached · Freehold	£263,500
4, PURCELL WAY 30 Nov 2009 · Detached · Freehold	30 Nov 2009	Detached · Freehold	£280,000
8, PURCELL WAY 13 Feb 2009 · Detached · Freehold	13 Feb 2009	Detached · Freehold	£325,000
9, PURCELL WAY 21 Mar 2007 · Detached · Freehold Previously £270,000 (Jan 2007) · +4%	21 Mar 2007	Detached · Freehold	£279,950
9, PURCELL WAY 26 Jan 2007 · Detached · Freehold Previously £218,000 (Jun 2002) · +24%	26 Jan 2007	Detached · Freehold	£270,000
29, PURCELL WAY 17 Nov 2006 · Detached · Freehold Previously £250,000 (Sep 2005) · +14%	17 Nov 2006	Detached · Freehold	£285,000
14, PURCELL WAY 30 Aug 2006 · Detached · Freehold Previously £250,000 (Jul 2005) · +8%	30 Aug 2006	Detached · Freehold	£271,000
15, PURCELL WAY 28 Nov 2005 · Detached · Freehold	28 Nov 2005	Detached · Freehold	£232,000
29, PURCELL WAY 9 Sep 2005 · Detached · Freehold Previously £139,000 (Jul 1999) · +80%	9 Sep 2005	Detached · Freehold	£250,000
19, PURCELL WAY 12 Aug 2005 · Detached · Freehold Previously £203,000 (Dec 2001) · +23%	12 Aug 2005	Detached · Freehold	£250,000
14, PURCELL WAY 12 Jul 2005 · Detached · Freehold Previously £192,000 (Jul 2002) · +30%	12 Jul 2005	Detached · Freehold	£250,000
23, PURCELL WAY 21 May 2003 · Detached · Freehold	21 May 2003	Detached · Freehold	£237,500
27, PURCELL WAY 3 Feb 2003 · Detached · Freehold	3 Feb 2003	Detached · Freehold	£278,000
14, PURCELL WAY 5 Jul 2002 · Detached · Freehold Previously £98,000 (Oct 1996) · +96%	5 Jul 2002	Detached · Freehold	£192,000
9, PURCELL WAY 14 Jun 2002 · Detached · Freehold	14 Jun 2002	Detached · Freehold	£218,000
7, PURCELL WAY 31 May 2002 · Detached · Freehold · New build	31 May 2002	Detached · Freehold · New build	£208,839
19, PURCELL WAY 3 Dec 2001 · Detached · Freehold Previously £115,000 (Sep 1997) · +77%	3 Dec 2001	Detached · Freehold	£203,000
25, PURCELL WAY 16 Nov 2001 · Detached · Freehold	16 Nov 2001	Detached · Freehold	£189,000
35, PURCELL WAY 29 Jun 2001 · Detached · Freehold	29 Jun 2001	Detached · Freehold	£203,000
10, PURCELL WAY 2 Nov 1999 · Detached · Freehold Previously £110,000 (Jul 1997) · +18%	2 Nov 1999	Detached · Freehold	£129,995
29, PURCELL WAY 23 Jul 1999 · Detached · Freehold Previously £131,950 (Feb 1998) · +5%	23 Jul 1999	Detached · Freehold	£139,000
17, PURCELL WAY 25 Jun 1999 · Detached · Freehold	25 Jun 1999	Detached · Freehold	£125,950
20, PURCELL WAY 23 Apr 1999 · Detached · Freehold Previously £117,000 (Jan 1998) · +13%	23 Apr 1999	Detached · Freehold	£132,000
29, PURCELL WAY 2 Feb 1998 · Detached · Freehold	2 Feb 1998	Detached · Freehold	£131,950
20, PURCELL WAY 29 Jan 1998 · Detached · Freehold	29 Jan 1998	Detached · Freehold	£117,000
19, PURCELL WAY 12 Sep 1997 · Detached · Freehold	12 Sep 1997	Detached · Freehold	£115,000
10, PURCELL WAY 25 Jul 1997 · Detached · Freehold	25 Jul 1997	Detached · Freehold	£110,000
14, PURCELL WAY 10 Oct 1996 · Detached · Freehold	10 Oct 1996	Detached · Freehold	£98,000
33, PURCELL WAY 27 Oct 1995 · Detached · Freehold	27 Oct 1995	Detached · Freehold	£105,000

Cat B An additional Price Paid entry (category B): a repossession, a buy-to-let with an identifiable mortgage, a purchase by a company or other non-private buyer, or a sale of another kind of property. Left out of every average.

Area

Postcode district: SG17
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 10 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01017438
Introduced: Aug 1992

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

Central Bedfordshire, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £356,758
Change since July 2025: +1.2%
First-time buyers: £300,772

Average by property type

Detached: £609,817
Semi-detached: £377,901
Terraced: £299,825
Flat / maisonette: £173,264

The official index for Central Bedfordshire as a whole, not SG17 5RY alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

SG17 5RX £514,500 · 2 sales
SG17 5RW £467,750 · 6 sales
SG17 5AG £326,000 · 9 sales
SG17 5SD £520,000 · 1 sale
SG17 5AP £287,500 · 9 sales
SG17 5AN £320,750 · 8 sales
SG17 5RZ £345,000 · 8 sales
SG17 5AR £308,889 · 2 sales
SG17 5RT £290,000 · 4 sales
SG17 5ZE £455,000 · 2 sales
SG17 5TA £225,000 · 1 sale
SG17 5SE £463,500 · 4 sales