MK17 0QU

Horwood · Buckinghamshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Milton Keynes
Ward
Horwood
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Postcode district
MK17
Postcode sector
MK17 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
MK17 0QN 55 m
MK17 0QX 115 m
MK17 0QP 151 m
MK17 0QW 160 m
MK17 0QY 183 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
MK17 0QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
MK
Postcode district
MK17
Postcode sector
MK17 0
Latitude
51.971727
Longitude
-0.880766
British National Grid easting
476,981
British National Grid northing
230,952

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Buckinghamshire · E06000060
Electoral ward
Horwood · E05015956
Parish or community
E04001488
Westminster constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley · E14001141
Output area
E00089195
Lower layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 003B · E01017672
Middle layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 003 · E02003654

Postcode source versions

Explore MK17

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Spring Farm, 4, Spring Close, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0QU 4 December 2019 £1,600,000
2, Spring Close, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0QU 30 August 2006 £480,000
2, Spring Close, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0QU 30 March 2004 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Great Horwood Church of England School

    Academy converter

    358 m
  2. Sir Thomas Fremantle School

    Free schools

    2.6 km
  3. Winslow Church of England School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
26
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Other theft 4
  • Other crime 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

7 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
MK17 0 residents
6,384

Age bands in MK17 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,007 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

607 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.4%

1,185 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.1%

2,124 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

1,503 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider MK17 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Spring Lane

    BCT · Great Horwood

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Great Horwood

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Great Horwood

    0.1 miles
  • The Green

    BCT · Great Horwood

    0.2 miles
  • The Green

    BCT · Great Horwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Buckinghamshire 003B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,442 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Great Horwood Church of England School is the nearest published school at 358 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

26 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.