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Turvey

Turvey is a village in Bedfordshire, England, with a population of around 940. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Turvey area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bedford area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 185,227 residents at roughly 389 people per km².

Council
Bedford
County
Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 170th of 294 English council areas — better than 42% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability39
Affordable rents46
Good schools69
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation49
Employment23
Low council tax40

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 53% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:24

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

288 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 366 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 16 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bedford (10.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£329,830 average 4.4% YoY

Across Bedford · to 2026-06

Detached£560,990
Semi-detached£346,527
Terraced£275,742
Flat£159,325

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,170 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £798
  • 2 bed £1,027
  • 3 bed £1,256

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (11 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (11 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Lavendon Pre-School (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

185,227 residents in Bedford · 389/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 156 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 80,810)

A £1,648
B £1,922
C £2,197
D £2,472
E £3,021
F £3,570
G £4,120
H £4,943

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

85 schools · 35,894 pupils

54 primary · 13 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 35 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

75inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bedford Free SchoolOutstanding
  • Bedford AcademyGood
  • Goldington AcademyGood
  • St Thomas More Catholic SchoolGood
  • Mark Rutherford SchoolRequires improvement
  • Wixams AcademyRequires improvement
  • Biddenham International School and Sports College
  • Castle Newnham School
  • Daubeney Academy
  • Kempston Academy
  • Lincroft Academy
  • Sharnbrook Academy
  • Wootton Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bedford

Care & health services

272 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes73
  • GP practices34
  • Dentists50
  • Homecare agencies84
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bedford

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Turvey)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 70 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

221 applications decided

72.4% granted · 160 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Richard Fuller

Conservative

North Bedfordshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 12
  • Con 14
  • LD 13
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

25 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time, Become a Computer science Tutor in Turvey – Flexible & Remote, Online Arabic Tutoring Job in Turvey – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£780 median full-time weekly pay

4.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,626 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 90,060 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

59% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Gas 33% · Wind 17% · Imports 8%

143 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.7 women · 62.5 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Bedfordshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Turvey, Bedfordshire · 0.2 km

    Turvey is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Bedford town centre. The village is on the A428 road between Bedford and Nor…

  • All Saints Church, Turvey · 0.2 km

    All Saints Church, Turvey is a Grade I listed parish church in Turvey, Bedfordshire, England. The church originated in the Saxon period, and was largely rebuilt in the 13th century with later additions in the 14th and…

  • Stevington and Turvey Light Railway · 0.4 km

    The Stevington and Turvey Light Railway was a 2 ft narrow gauge light railway on the outskirts of the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England. It was about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) long. The railway was formed in the e…

  • A428 road · 0.4 km

    The A428 road is a major road in central and eastern England. It runs between the cities of Coventry and Cambridge by way of the county towns of Northampton and Bedford. The A428 was formerly part of the main route fr…

  • Turvey Abbey · 0.4 km

    Turvey Abbey is located in the village of Turvey in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is dated 1605 on the north facade and 1608 on the south facade. The building is stone, with a tile roof. A dovecote, which no…

  • Turvey House and Gardens · 0.4 km

    Turvey House and Gardens are a country house, gardens and parkland, situated by the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England. The gardens and parkland are listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Turvey?
Turvey is a town in Bedfordshire, England, in the Bedford local authority.
What is the population of Turvey?
Turvey has an approximate settlement population of 940.
How deprived is Turvey?
The Bedford local authority, which includes Turvey, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.