What is the most expensive house sold in Shortstown? £825,000

260 Old Harrowden Road, Bedford is the most expensive house sold in Shortstown, at £825,000 in August 2023. The 100 highest recorded sales start at £455,000.

Sold
August 2023
10th highest sale
£580,000
100th highest sale
£455,000

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, not asking prices. How we calculate this

All house prices in Shortstown

How much do the most expensive houses in Shortstown sell for?

The 100 most expensive houses sold in Shortstown went for between £455,000 and £825,000.

Shortstown, part of Bedford, has seen some remarkable property sales. The most expensive house on the list sold for an impressive £825,000 in 2023, while the least expensive went for £455,000. Interestingly, the latest sale recorded was in 2026, showing the area's market remains active. Overall, there have been 2,924 sales in Shortstown since 1995.

What are the 100 most expensive houses sold in Shortstown?

260 Old Harrowden Road, Bedford tops the list at £825,000, followed by 251 Old Harrowden Road, Bedford at £700,000. Select a house to see where it is and what it sold for before.

  • Top 10
  • 11 to 50
  • 51 to 100
  1. Sale history
    YearSold forChange on previous sale
    2023 £825,000First recorded sale
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How does Shortstown compare with the rest of Bedford?

Shortstown has the 47th highest recorded sale of the 49 areas in Bedford.

  1. 45

    £925,000

  2. 46

    £910,000

  3. 47

    Shortstown (this area)

    £825,000

  4. 48

    £777,500

  5. 49

    £575,000

Most expensive houses in Bedford

What else do people ask about Shortstown?

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Where does this data come from?

Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

Last updated 6 November 2026 at 00:29 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Shortstown dataset covers 139 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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