| Postcode | LU5 5AW |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Dunstable |
| Nearest station | Leagrave (5 km) |
| Bus stops |
Portland Close (W)
Townsend Farm Road (N)
Blackburn Road (N)
Mayer Way (S)
Blackburn Road (S)
Morrisons (NE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 17 View |
| Known addresses |
Unit 8 Portland Close, Townsend Industrial Estate
Units A - C, Portland Close, Townsend Industrial Estate
|
| Main property type | Other |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.901465 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.525467 | |
| Easting | 501547 | |
| Northing | 223574 | |
| Grid reference | TL015235 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 670238 5752972 | |
| what3words | income.flood.remove | |
| FixPhrase | crisping maggot satin union | |
| Plus code | 9C3XWF2F+HR | |
| Altitude | 134 metres (441 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:54 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:54 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 80.5 KMs (50 miles) |
| Parish | Houghton Regis | E04012808 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Houghton Regis West | E05014413 |
| Unitary Authority | Central Bedfordshire | E06000056 |
| County | Bedfordshire | E11000001 |
| Constituency (2024) | Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard | E14001206 |
| MP | Alex Mayer | Labour |
| Police force | Bedfordshire | |
| Water company | Affinity Water | |
| Sewage company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Central Bedfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | July 1983 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Houghton Regis | E63011236 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00088747 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Central Bedfordshire 026A | E01017578 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Central Bedfordshire 026A | E01017578 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Houghton Regis South | E02003644 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Houghton Regis South | E02003644 |
| Travel to work area | Luton | E30000237 |
| Average property price in Luton | £328,315 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 1.9% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 8 Portland Close, Townsend Industrial Estate | Other (freehold) | Aug 2015 | £4,574,000 |
| Units A - C, Portland Close, Townsend Industrial Estate | Other (freehold) | Dec 2014 | £2,963,365 |