17 Merchant Gate, Bedford has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of B. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 28 Apr 2017.

The property is connected to mains gas and has high performance glazing. It is heated using a boiler and radiators (mains gas).

17 Merchant Gate, Bedford last changed hands on 5th July 2017, selling for £348,000. The transaction was logged as a leasehold flat by HM Land Registry.

That is its only recorded sale since 1995.

The market for similar properties has dropped by 25.7% since July 2017.

• Sold Jul 2017£348,000

Land Registry records and our Estate Agent network show 35 sales of comparable properties within 420 metres of 17 Merchant Gate, Bedford since 2017.

Most recently, 20 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS, a leasehold flat, sold at £300,000 on the 24th October 2025.

Read more about house prices in MK40.

• Sold Oct 2025£300,000 | 3 Bed Flat20 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS20 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Oct 2024£365,000 | 3 Bed Flat34, Duckmill Crescent, Bedford, MK42 0AF34, Duckmill Crescent, Bedford, MK42 0AF
• Sold Jul 2024£385,000 | 3 Bed Flat32, Duckmill Crescent, Bedford, MK42 0AF32, Duckmill Crescent, Bedford, MK42 0AF
• Sold Nov 2023£435,000 | 3 Bed Flat23, Duckmill Crescent, Bedford, MK42 0AF23, Duckmill Crescent, Bedford, MK42 0AF
• Sold Aug 2021£410,000 | 2 Bed Flat22 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS22 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Mar 2021£340,000 | 3 Bed Flat25 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS25 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Nov 2019£350,000 | 3 Bed Flat35 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS35 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Dec 2018£340,000 | 3 Bed Flat38 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS38 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Nov 2017£312,000 | 3 Bed Flat28 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS28 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Oct 2017£327,000 | 3 Bed Flat2 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS2 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Sep 2017£305,000 | 3 Bed Flat5 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS5 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Aug 2017£332,000 | 3 Bed Flat15 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS15 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Jul 2017£390,000 | 3 Bed Flat21 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS21 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Jul 2017£342,000 | 3 Bed Flat43 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS43 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Jul 2017£395,000 | 3 Bed Flat46 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS46 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Jul 2017£347,000 | 3 Bed Flat12 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS12 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Jul 2017£348,000 | 3 Bed Flat40 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS40 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Jun 2017£332,000 | 3 Bed Flat33 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS33 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Jun 2017£340,000 | 3 Bed Flat7 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS7 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS
• Sold Jun 2017£329,000 | 3 Bed Flat10 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS10 Merchant Gate, Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40 1AS

Our analysis of the public data ranks 17 Merchant Gate, Bedford as the 11th largest and the 9th most expensive of the 74 addresses on Riverside Square, Bedford, MK40.

Against the MK40 postcode district average, it is £20k less expensive than the typical property.

• Priory Primary School

  500 m away
• Cauldwell School

  1.0 km away
• Livingstone Primary School

  1.1 km away

• Bedford Free School

  300 m away
• Castle Newnham School

  1.7 km away
• Biddenham International School and Sports College

  1.9 km away

• Bedford St Johns

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  600 m away
• Bedford

  |

  700 m away
• Kempston Hardwick

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  5.3 km away

Environment Agency data suggests this area has a Low risk of flooding.