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Cotton End Road, Wilstead, MK45

Land size
3 acres
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3

Key Features

  • Approx 3 acres, with excellent equestrian, business and lifestyle appeal.
  • Spacious 5–6 bedroom home with 3 reception rooms and flexible living space.
  • Formerly licensed cattery business offering strong income potential.
  • Historic, unlisted, 1850s barn with hayloft, plus tack room currently used as a bar.
  • Private landscaped garden with extensive decking, hot tub, lawn and mature planting.
  • Three garages and multiple outbuildings in a sought-after village with excellent local amenities.

Description

Set within around three acres, this impressive and highly adaptable property offers a rare blend of lifestyle appeal and genuine business potential. The house and outbuildings sit on a plot of around one acre, including a paddock, with an adjoining two-acre field to the west.

The main house provides substantial and versatile accommodation, featuring five to six bedrooms alongside three well-proportioned reception rooms. The layout works particularly well for modern family living, easily accommodating larger households, multi-generational arrangements, or those requiring dedicated space for home working. For equestrian buyers, the property is equally well suited, with extensive paddock land and a selection of outbuildings that lend themselves to stabling, storage, or future enhancement (subject to any necessary consents).

The grounds support a strong rural lifestyle with practical functionality throughout. Additional character is provided by an unlisted 1850s barn with hayloft, complemented by an adjoining tack room currently used as a bar. The gardens are private and enclosed, designed for outdoor enjoyment with extensive decking, lawned areas, mature planting, and a hot tub, making them ideal for entertaining.

Further benefits include multiple outbuildings and three garages, providing excellent storage, workshop space, or conversion potential, depending on requirements. A rare feature is the cattery premises, already established on site along with kitchen and storage. Whilst no longer being operated as a business, the cattery was fully licensed and presents a well-structured income opportunity for those looking to operate a home-based business. It offers a solid foundation for continued use or further development, subject to requirements.

In summary, this is a rare opportunity combining spacious family living, established business use, and equestrian facilities, all set within a desirable village location offering local amenities including two pubs, a post office, pharmacy, and primary school.

Disclaimer

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Buyers will also be asked to provide full proof of, and source of funds - full details of acceptable proof will be provided upon receipt of your offer.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
G
Date Posted
2026-06-03

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,165 Homes with Land listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).

This Property£333,333 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £379,659 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains
Water
Mains
Heating
Gas Central Heating
Broadband
Full Fibre (FTTP)
Sewerage
Mains

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Wilstead Primary School0.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Cotton End Forest School1.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    435
    Type
    Community school
  • Lakeview School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    436
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Wixams Tree Primary Academy1.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    559
    Type
    Free schools
  • Willow Grove Primary School1.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    104
    Type
    Free schools

Secondary

  • Wixams Academy1.6 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    903
    Type
    Free schools
  • Bedford Academy2.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,480
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Daubeney Academy3.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    576
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Marston Vale Middle School3.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    9 to 13
    Pupils
    563
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bedford Free School3.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    536
    Type
    Free schools

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op FR Wixams, Wixams1.3 miles
Morrisons Daily Shortstown North Drive, Shortstown2 miles
Tesco New Cardington Express, Shortstown2.1 miles

GP surgery

Bedoc Healthcare3.2 miles

Pharmacy

Wilstead Pharmacy0.7 miles

Hospital

Bedford Hospital3.6 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces175 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Kempston Hardwick Rail Station3.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Hooked Lane99 metres

Typical drive times

Wixams5 min · 1.8 miles
Bedford12 min · 5.5 miles
Kempston10 min · 4.7 miles
Shefford10 min · 6.1 miles
Milton Keynes (city)24 min · 19 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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