| Postcode | MK45 3AB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bedford | 
| Nearest station | Bedford St Johns (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Old Lower School (S) 
The Bell (N) 
The Bell (SW) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 4 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 52.100407 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.420222 | |
| Easting | 508307 | |
| Northing | 245851 | |
| Grid reference | TL083458 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 676692 5775345 | |
| what3words | link.flap.heap | |
| FixPhrase | crispness magical sappiness unfilled | |
| Plus code | 9C4X4H2H+5W | |
| Altitude | 31 metres (100 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:03 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:29 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 86.5 KMs (53.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Cotton End | E04012995 | 
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 
| Population (2011) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 1 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00183498 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Bedford 021C | E01034428 | 
| 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 | £348,325 | 
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| Annual change | 0.5% |