Map of MK17 8LX postcode

General information

Postcode	MK17 8LX
Post Town	Milton Keynes
Nearest station	Woburn Sands (2 km)
Bus stops	Walton Road (E) Walton Road (W) Gregories Drive (NE) Gregories Drive (SW) Phoebe Lane (NE) Phoebe Lane (W)
Roads in this postcode	Kings Close Ortensia Drive
Number of UPRNs	21 View
Known addresses	Wavendon Tower, Ortensia Drive, Wavendon
Main property type	Other
Businesses	BMX INFORMATION SYSTEMS (U.K.) LIMITED CHRISTIE INTRUDER ALARMS LIMITED CROWOOD PROPERTY LIMITED INTELLIGENT PROCESSING SOLUTIONS LIMITED NISCAYAH HOLDINGS LIMITED PACOM UK LIMITED PLUXEE UK LTD SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES (UK) LIMITED SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES LTD SECURITAS SERVICES HOLDING UK LIMITED SECURITAS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED SECURITAS TRANSPORT AVIATION SECURITY (UK) LIMITED SOUTHERN MONITORING SERVICES LIMITED TREK BICYCLE CORPORATION LIMITED UNISYS EUROPE LIMITED UNISYS EUROPEAN SERVICES LIMITED UNISYS FINANCE LIMITED UNISYS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED UNISYS HOLDINGS UNISYS LIMITED UNISYS PAYMENT SERVICES LIMITED UNISYS PENSION SCHEME TRUSTEE LIMITED UNISYS TREASURY SERVICES LIMITED UNISYS UK PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	52.025511
	Longitude	-0.679116
	Easting	490725
	Northing	237167
	Grid reference	SP907371
	UTM reference	30U 659228 5766418
	what3words	stroke.soccer.rising
	FixPhrase	crisply magenta shopping unfrosted
	Plus code	9C4X28GC+69
	Altitude	93 metres (305 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:27
	Sunset (today)	17:09
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	97 KMs (60.3 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Wavendon	E04012193
Ward	Danesborough & Walton	E05009413
Unitary Authority	Milton Keynes	E06000042
County	Buckinghamshire	E10000002
Constituency (2024)	Milton Keynes Central	E14001369
MP	Emily Darlington	Labour
Police force	Thames Valley
NUTS/ITL 3	Milton Keynes
NUTS/ITL 2	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
NUTS/ITL 1	South East
Country	England	E92000001

Data

Date introduced	June 1996
Last updated	December 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

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	18,385 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£62,700 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)	Milton Keynes	E63010901
Census output area (2021)	E00183443
Census output area (2011)	E00084449
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Milton Keynes 024A	E01016734
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Milton Keynes 024A	E01016734
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands	E02003482
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands	E02003482
Travel to work area	Milton Keynes	E30000243

Nearby schools

Wavendon Gate School (Primary)

Walton High (Secondary)

Property sales

Average property price in Milton Keynes	£349,128
Annual change	-0.5%
View all properties sold in the MK postcode area

Properties recently sold in this postcode

Address	Type	Date	Price
Wavendon Tower, Ortensia Drive, Wavendon	Other (freehold)	Nov 2020	£23,632,741

View all properties sold in the MK17 8 sector

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