Latitude: 52.1411 / 52°8'27"N
Longitude: -0.4767 / 0°28'36"W
OS Eastings: 504345
OS Northings: 250294
OS Grid: TL043502
Mapcode National: GBR G1Z.LBQ
Mapcode Global: VHFQ7.PFCZ
Plus Code: 9C4X4GRF+C8
Maidenhead Locator System: IO92sd23
What Three Birds: nightingale.goosander.hobby
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MK40 2BY is a primarily residential postcode in Bedford. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are G and F.
Residential buildings are typically detached, semi-detached and terraced (including end-terrace). Domestic properties are mostly houses and flats.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £128,711 to £32,572,402 with an average of £1,575,308.
Residential buildings were typically constructed from 2007 onwards.
80% of residential property sales since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are predominantly privately rented.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are D and C.
The average commercial rateable value is £56,000. The most common recorded business type is School.
Bedford is a town, which had a population of 87,590 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 62 people resident in MK40 2BY, of which 33 were male and 29 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
MK40 2BY is in the Bedford travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bedfordshire Primary Care Trust.
MK40 2BY is approximately 39m (128ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in MK40 2BY
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing MK40 2BY
2c1: Cosmopolitans - Comfortable Cosmopolitans - Migrant Families
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for MK40 2BY
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
8/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
10/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near MK40 2BY include Aldi, Budgens, Co-Operative Food, Costcutter, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, Londis, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of MK40 2BY are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Bedford Borough Council
Ward
Harpur
Councillors
Colleen Atkins (Labour)
Zara Layne (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Bedford
MP
Mohammad Yasin (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for MK40 2BY.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near MK40 2BY.
Livingstone Primary School
Clapham Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7LG
Foundation School
Ages 5 - 11
Good
Priory Lower School
Greyfriars, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1JD
Foundation School
Ages 3 - 11
Outstanding
Edith Cavell Lower School
Manton Lane, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7NH
Foundation School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Queen's Park Academy
Chestnut Avenue, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4HA
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Ages 3 - 11
Good
St Joseph's RC Lower School
Chester Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4HN
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Ages 4 - 11
Good
St Gregory's Catholic Middle School
Biddenham Turn, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4AT
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Ages 4 - 11
Good
Biddenham International School and Sports College
Biddenham Turn, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4AZ
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Castle Newnham School
Polhill Avenue, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 9DT
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 15
Good
Beauchamp Middle School
Hawk Drive, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7JE
Community School
Ages 9 - 13
Good
Goldington Academy
Haylands Way, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 9BX
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Ages 11 - 16
Good
St Thomas More Catholic School
Tyne Crescent, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7UL
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Ages 13 - 18
Outstanding
Daubeney Academy
Orchard Street, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7PS
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Ages 10 - 14
Good
Mark Rutherford School
Wentworth Drive, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 8PX
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Ages 11 - 18
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.