| Postcode | MK42 0UH |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bedford |
| Nearest station | Bedford St Johns (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
Harrowden Lane (NW)
Halifax Road (SE)
Harrowden Lane (SE)
Concorde Close (W)
Brancker Avenue (S)
The Crescent (NW)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 20 View |
| Known addresses |
1 East Square, Shortstown
5 East Square, Shortstown
10 East Square, Shortstown
13 East Square, Shortstown
15 East Square, Shortstown
16 East Square, Shortstown
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 52.112299 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.434143 | |
| Easting | 507325 | |
| Northing | 247153 | |
| Grid reference | TL073471 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 675691 5776634 | |
| what3words | called.soils.manliness | |
| FixPhrase | crispness magical sector unabashed | |
| Plus code | 9C4X4H68+W8 | |
| Altitude | 41 metres (134 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:54 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:52 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 88 KMs (54.7 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 | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Population (2011) | 46 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 18 | |
| 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 town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Shortstown | E63010784 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00088290 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Bedford 021B | E01017487 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Bedford 019B | E01017487 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 East Square, Shortstown | Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2022 | £280,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | May 2015 | £147,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2002 | £85,000 | |
| 10 East Square, Shortstown | Terraced (freehold) | Jan 2020 | £246,000 |
| Other (freehold) | Aug 2016 | £171,500 | |
| 5 East Square, Shortstown | Terraced (freehold) | Jul 2017 | £220,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2013 | £135,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | May 2012 | £112,000 | |
| 13 East Square, Shortstown | Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2015 | £175,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2007 | £145,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Sep 2001 | £53,000 | |
| 15 East Square, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2008 | £125,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2007 | £101,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2001 | £58,000 | |
| 16 East Square, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 1997 | £38,500 |