Map of MK42 6HU postcode

General information
Postcode MK42 6HU
Post Town Bedford
Nearest station Kempston Hardwick (3 km)
Bus stops
Dove Lane (NE)
Brooklands Avenue (NE)
Brooklands Avenue (SW)
Wilstead Industrial Park (S)
Wilstead Industrial Park (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 4 View
Known addresses
Longate House, 167A Bedford Road, Wixams
165 Bedford Road, Wixams
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 52.090268
Longitude -0.463378
Easting 505375
Northing 244660
Grid reference TL053446
UTM reference 30U 673776 5774114
what3words trade.shrimp.loft
Plus code 9C4X3GRP+4J
Altitude 31 metres (102 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:24
Sunset (today) 18:01
Distance away
Distance to sea 88.7 KMs (55.1 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWixamsE04012998
Ward Wixams & Wilstead E05014516
Unitary Authority Bedford E06000055
County Bedfordshire E11000001
Constituency (2024) Mid Bedfordshire E14001359
MPBlake StephensonConservative
Police forceBedfordshire
Water companyAnglian Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Bedford
NUTS/ITL 2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced September 2011
Last updated February 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)
25,324 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£55,000
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural village
Built up area (2024)WixamsE63010839
Census output area (2021)E00183596
Census output area (2011)E00173781
Lower layer super output area (2021)Bedford 022CE01034433
Lower layer super output area (2011)Bedford 019CE01017548
Middle layer super output area (2021)Wixams & ElstowE02007011
Middle layer super output area (2011)Elstow, Shortstown & WixamsE02003634
Travel to work areaBedfordE30000166
Property sales
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Longate House, 167A Bedford Road, WixamsDetached (freehold)Aug 2022£710,000
Detached (freehold)Jan 2021£637,500
Detached (freehold)Oct 2015£495,000
Detached (freehold)Aug 2012£425,000
165 Bedford Road, WixamsNew build semi-detached (freehold)Jan 2015£185,000


View all properties sold in the MK42 6 sector

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