Latitude: 52.1328 / 52°7'57"N
Longitude: -0.4703 / 0°28'13"W
OS Eastings: 504802
OS Northings: 249376
OS Grid: TL048493
Mapcode National: GBR G25.7XW
Mapcode Global: VHFQ7.SNRD
Plus Code: 9C4X4GMH+4V
Maidenhead Locator System: IO92sd31
What Three Birds: serin.redstart.robin
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
MK42 5SG is a large user postcode in Cauldwell, Bedford. It was first introduced in September 2012.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Bedford Borough Council, Kempston Rural Ward, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 5SG.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Bedford is a town, which had a population of 87,590 in the 2011 census.
MK42 5SG is in the Bedford travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bedfordshire Primary Care Trust.
MK42 5SG is approximately 29m (95ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing MK42 5SG
4b1: Multicultural Metropolitans - Challenged Asian Terraces - Asian Terraces and Flats
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for MK42 5SG
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
10/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near MK42 5SG 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 MK42 5SG 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
Castle
Councillors
Ben Foley (Green)
Lucy Bywater (Green)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Bedford
MP
Mohammad Yasin (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for MK42 5SG.
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The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near MK42 5SG.
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