| Postcode | MK44 3SP | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bedford | 
| Nearest station | Bedford St Johns (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | The Kings Arms (SE) St Marys Church (SE) St Marys Church (NW) The Vicarage (SE) The Vicarage (NW) Cottage Farm Nursery (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 18 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 52.118035 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.41326 | |
| Easting | 508741 | |
| Northing | 247822 | |
| Grid reference | TL087478 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 677098 5777322 | |
| what3words | frogs.distracts.blackouts | |
| FixPhrase | crispness magical seventh tapeless | |
| Plus code | 9C4X4H9P+6M | |
| Altitude | 29 metres (96 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 87 KMs (54.1 miles) | 
| Parish | Cardington | E04012993 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Shortstown | E05014515 | 
| Unitary Authority | Bedford | E06000055 | 
| County | Bedfordshire | E11000001 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Bedfordshire | E14001384 | 
| MP | Richard Fuller | Conservative | 
| Police force | Bedfordshire | |
| Water company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Bedford | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 | 
| Population (2011) | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 6 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Cardington | E63010770 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00088286 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Bedford 021D | E01034429 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Bedford 019A | E01017486 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Wilstead & Shortstown | E02007010 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams | E02003634 | 
| Travel to work area | Bedford | E30000166 | 
| Average property price in Milton Keynes | £348,307 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.8% |