| Postcode | MK42 6GH | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bedford | 
| Nearest station | Kempston Hardwick (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
| Known addresses | 2 Lapwing Road, Wixams | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 52.083269 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.467252 | |
| Easting | 505126 | |
| Northing | 243876 | |
| Grid reference | TL051438 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 673537 5773326 | |
| what3words | dinosaur.sniff.composed | |
| FixPhrase | crisply magical strum tweed | |
| Plus code | 9C4X3GMM+83 | |
| Altitude | 37 metres (122 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:37 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 88.6 KMs (55 miles) | 
| Parish | Houghton Conquest | E04012807 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Houghton Conquest & Haynes | E05014411 | 
| Unitary Authority | Central Bedfordshire | E06000056 | 
| County | Bedfordshire | E11000001 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Mid Bedfordshire | E14001359 | 
| MP | Blake Stephenson | Conservative | 
| Police force | Bedfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Central Bedfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 2023 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00177183 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Central Bedfordshire 008F | E01033817 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Central Bedfordshire 008B | E01017411 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Houghton Conquest & Clophill | E02003606 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Houghton Conquest & Clophill | E02003606 | 
| Travel to work area | Bedford | E30000166 | 
| Average property price in Milton Keynes | £348,307 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.8% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Lapwing Road, Wixams | New build detached (freehold) | Dec 2023 | £403,000 |