MK18 2DX

Horwood · Buckinghamshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Horwood
Local authority: Buckinghamshire
Constituency: Buckingham and Bletchley
Postcode district: MK18
Postcode sector: MK18 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
MK18 2DU	118 m
MK18 2DT	125 m
MK18 2DS	216 m
MK18 2GF	236 m
MK18 2EH	253 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: MK18 2DX
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: MK
Postcode district: MK18
Postcode sector: MK18 2
Latitude: 51.995225
Longitude: -0.907928
British National Grid easting: 475,076
British National Grid northing: 233,537

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: Buckinghamshire · E06000060
Electoral ward: Horwood · E05015956
Parish or community: E04001538
Westminster constituency: Buckingham and Bletchley · E14001141
Output area: E00089201
Lower layer super output area: Buckinghamshire 003A · E01017671
Middle layer super output area: Buckinghamshire 003 · E02003654

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore MK18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 8
Primary: 6
Secondary: 0

Thornborough Infant School

Community school
771 m
Thornton College

Other independent school
2.7 km
Great Horwood Church of England School

Academy converter
3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 10
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Other theft 5
Criminal damage and arson 2
Other crime 1
Bicycle theft 1
Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 2
Postcode households: 2
Residents per household: 1.0
MK18 2 residents: 6,276

Age bands in MK18 2

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 18.1%
Age 15 to 24: 9.4%
Age 25 to 44: 22%
Age 45 to 64: 31.3%
Age 65 and over: 19.1%

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider MK18 2 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

Thornhill

BCT · Thornborough
0.1 miles
Post Office

BCT · Thornborough
0.3 miles
Post Office

BCT · Thornborough
0.3 miles
Dean Farm

BCT · Singleborough
1.4 miles
Dean Farm

BCT · Singleborough
1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Buckinghamshire 003A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,290 of 33,755

Income: 10 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 10 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 2 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Thornborough Infant School is the nearest published school at 771 m.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 5 events.

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