Map of MK42 0AW postcode

General information
Postcode MK42 0AW
Post Town Bedford
Nearest station Bedford St Johns (3 km)
Bus stops
Priory Business Park (E)
St Martins Way (SW)
St Martins Way (NE)
Priory Business Park (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 14 View
Known addresses
Unit 2, Apex Business Park, Cambridge Road, Bedford
Main property type Other
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 52.122407
Longitude -0.425434
Easting 507896
Northing 248290
Grid reference TL078482
UTM reference 30U 676248 5777779
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Plus code 9C4X4HCF+XR
Altitude 29 metres (97 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:26
Sunset (today) 17:08
Distance away
Distance to sea 88 KMs (54.7 miles)
Administrative areas
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
NUTS/ITL 3 Bedford
NUTS/ITL 2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced August 2016
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)
16,138 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£55,000
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)BedfordE63010690
Census output area (2021)E00088286
Census output area (2011)E00088286
Lower layer super output area (2021)Bedford 021DE01034429
Lower layer super output area (2011)Bedford 019AE01017486
Middle layer super output area (2021)Wilstead & ShortstownE02007010
Middle layer super output area (2011)Elstow, Shortstown & WixamsE02003634
Travel to work areaBedfordE30000166
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
AddressTypeDatePrice
Unit 2, Apex Business Park, Cambridge Road, BedfordOther (freehold)Mar 2025£4,720,994
Other (freehold)Mar 2019£5,335,000


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