Latitude: 52.12 / 52°7'11"N
Longitude: -0.4932 / 0°29'35"W
OS Eastings: 503262
OS Northings: 247923
OS Grid: TL032479
Mapcode National: GBR G2B.23M
Mapcode Global: VHFQ7.DZM6
Plus Code: 9C4X4G94+XP
Maidenhead Locator System: IO92sc08
What Three Birds: thrasher.whimbrel.finch
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
MK42 8AX is a large user postcode in Kempston, Bedford. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'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:
Bedfordshire Police, Halsey Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8AX.
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.
Kempston is a town, which had a population of 19,350 in the 2011 census.
MK42 8AX is in the Bedford travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bedfordshire Primary Care Trust.
MK42 8AX is approximately 43m (141ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing MK42 8AX
6b1: Suburbanites - Semi-Detached Suburbia - Multi-Ethnic Suburbia
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for MK42 8AX
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
2/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near MK42 8AX include Aldi, Budgens, Co-Operative Food, Costcutter, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, Londis, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of MK42 8AX 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
Kempston Central and East
Councillors
Mohammed Nawaz (Labour)
Caroline White (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Bedford
MP
Mohammad Yasin (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for MK42 8AX.
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