Map of MK43 9SS postcode

General information

Postcode	MK43 9SS
Post Town	Bedford
Nearest station	Kempston Hardwick (1 km)
Bus stops	The Bower (NW) Bird Grove (SE) Bird Grove (NW) Fletcher Road (NW) Fletcher Road (SE)
Roads in this postcode	Ridge Road Woburn Road
Number of UPRNs	9 View
Known addresses	No addresses found
Businesses	BIDWELL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED BLUEWATER GLOBAL LIMITED CARLTON PACKAGING HOLDINGS LTD CARLTON PACKAGING LLP CIKI HOLDINGS LTD CIKI LTD HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP LIMITED LARSON-JUHL UK LIMITED LEIDOS SECURITY DETECTION & AUTOMATION U.K. LTD. MAGNOLIA GROUP LIMITED MOORDAT HOLDINGS LTD MOORDAT LTD MOVIANTO HOLDING UK LIMITED MOVIANTO UK LIMITED NORTHAMPTON ACQUISITION LTD PHARMACARE LOGISTICS LIMITED RIDEAU WEST LTD TRANSPHARMA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED WALDEN DIGITAL UK LIMITED XTAPER LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	52.104426
	Longitude	-0.512873
	Easting	501951
	Northing	246164
	Grid reference	TL019461
	UTM reference	30U 670331 5775571
	what3words	hinted.attic.ringside
	FixPhrase	crispness maggot scapegoat undress
	Plus code	9C4X4F3P+QV
	Altitude	34 metres (113 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:55
	Sunset (today)	15:53
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	92.4 KMs (57.4 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Kempston Rural	E04011895
Ward	Wootton & Kempston Rural	E05014517
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	July 2019
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

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	21,844 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£47,400 Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)	Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)	Urban city and town
Built up area (2024)	Kempston	E63010775
Census output area (2021)	E00183427
Census output area (2011)	5A2
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Bedford 018H	E01034424
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Bedford 018D	E01017516
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Kempston West & South	E02003633
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Kempston West & South	E02003633
Travel to work area	Bedford	E30000166

Nearby schools

Balliol Primary School (Primary)

Kempston Academy (Secondary)

Ridgeway School

Property sales

Average property price in Milton Keynes	£348,226
Annual change	0.1%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode

No recent recorded sales

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