| Postcode | MK42 0FY |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bedford |
| Nearest station | Bedford St Johns (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
The Crescent (NW)
North Drive (S)
De Havilland Avenue (NE)
Harrowden Lane (NW)
Harrowden Lane (SE)
Brancker Avenue (S)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 7 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Oswald Close, Shortstown
2 Oswald Close, Shortstown
4 Oswald Close, Shortstown
5 Oswald Close, Shortstown
6 Oswald Close, Shortstown
7 Oswald Close, Shortstown
|
| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 52.112432 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.429275 | |
| Easting | 507658 | |
| Northing | 247175 | |
| Grid reference | TL076471 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 676024 5776660 | |
| what3words | mute.spends.bottle | |
| FixPhrase | crispness magical secular uncloak | |
| Plus code | 9C4X4H6C+X7 | |
| Altitude | 42 metres (139 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:54 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:52 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 87.7 KMs (54.5 miles) |
| Parish | Shortstown | E04012997 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | December 2011 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Shortstown | E63010784 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00183495 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Bedford 021A | E01034427 |
| 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 | £348,226 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.1% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oswald Close, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2023 | £267,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2019 | £212,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2017 | £204,995 | |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2011 | £142,453 | |
| 7 Oswald Close, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2015 | £213,950 |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2012 | £190,000 | |
| 6 Oswald Close, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2014 | £156,000 |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2012 | £140,600 | |
| 1 Oswald Close, Shortstown | New build flat (freehold) | Jun 2012 | £132,950 |
| 2 Oswald Close, Shortstown | New build flat (freehold) | Mar 2012 | £139,950 |
| 5 Oswald Close, Shortstown | New build flat (freehold) | Feb 2012 | £125,000 |