| Postcode | MK45 3BL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bedford | 
| Nearest station | Kempston Hardwick (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | Applewood (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 52.063315 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.426155 | |
| Easting | 507990 | |
| Northing | 241717 | |
| Grid reference | TL079417 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 676432 5771206 | |
| what3words | forklift.spurring.mornings | |
| FixPhrase | crisply magical squall twilight | |
| Plus code | 9C4X3H7F+8G | |
| Altitude | 91 metres (299 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:37 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 85.1 KMs (52.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Haynes | E04011954 | 
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Water company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Central Bedfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 1998 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | E00087920 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Central Bedfordshire 008A | E01017410 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Central Bedfordshire 008A | E01017410 | 
| 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% |