| Postcode | MK42 0XR | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bedford | 
| Nearest station | Bedford St Johns (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Harrowden Lane (NW) Harrowden Lane (SE) The Crescent (NW) Halifax Road (SE) Brancker Avenue (S) Concorde Close (W) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 52.112647 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.433196 | |
| Easting | 507389 | |
| Northing | 247193 | |
| Grid reference | TL073471 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 675755 5776675 | |
| what3words | perky.fast.insert | |
| FixPhrase | crispness magical sector unsent | |
| Plus code | 9C4X4H78+3P | |
| Altitude | 40 metres (133 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Bedford | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | July 2003 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | August 2004 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references | 
| 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) | E00088288 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8D2 | |
| 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 | £348,307 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.8% |