Schools
55 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 9 secondary schools. Bedford College is the nearest published school at 215 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK40 3XL
Castle & Newnham · Bedford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Castle & Newnham
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Postcode district
- MK40
- Postcode sector
- MK40 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK40 3XL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1994
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK40
- Postcode sector
- MK40 3
- Latitude
- 52.134727
- Longitude
- -0.465839
- British National Grid easting
- 505,100
- British National Grid northing
- 249,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Bedford · E06000055
- Electoral ward
- Castle & Newnham · E05014494
- Parish or community
- E43000273
- Westminster constituency
- Bedford · E14001084
- Output area
- E00173773
- Lower layer super output area
- Bedford 012H · E01034419
- Middle layer super output area
- Bedford 012 · E02003627
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 MK40
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 55
- Primary
- 31
- Secondary
- 9
- 215 m
Bedford College
Further education
- 262 m
Bedford Free School
Free schools
- 397 m
Bedford Girls' School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,944
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,989
- Anti social behaviour 791
- Shoplifting 785
- Public order 630
- Other theft 526
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- MK40 3 residents
- 8,831
Age bands in MK40 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.3%
1,317 residents
813 residents
2,306 residents
2,358 residents
1,518 residents
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.
GP practices
10
within 5 km straight-line
ASHBURNHAM ROAD SURGERY
8 ASHBURNHAM ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 1DS
ODS code E81615
855 m
THE DE PARYS GROUP
ENHANCED SERVICES CENTRE, BEDFORD HEALTH VILLAGE, 3 KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2NT
ODS code E81037
884 m
LONDON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
84-86 LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK42 0NT
ODS code E81019
990 m
GOLDINGTON AVENUE SURGERY
85 GOLDINGTON AVENUE, BEDFORD, MK40 3DB
ODS code E81047
1.2 km
LINDEN ROAD SURGERY
13 LINDEN ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2DQ
ODS code E81060
1.3 km
QUEENS PARK HEALTH CENTRE
23C CARLISLE ROAD, QUEEN'S PARK, BEDFORD, MK40 4HR
ODS code E81021
1.9 km
PUTNOE MEDICAL CENTRE PARTNERSHIP
93 QUEENS DRIVE, BEDFORD, MK41 9JE
ODS code E81029
2.4 km
KING STREET SURGERY
273 BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON, BEDFORD, MK42 8QD
ODS code E81038
2.7 km
BEDOC HEALTHCARE
UNIT 16, STEPHENSON COURT, FRASER ROAD, BEDFORD, MK44 3WJ
ODS code Y06153
3.3 km
PRIORY MEDICAL CENTRE
48 THE GLEBE, CLAPHAM, BEDFORD, MK41 6GA
ODS code E81049
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's Square
TXR · Bedford
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's Square
BCT · Bedford
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's Square
TXR · Bedford
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's Square
BCT · Bedford
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's Square
BCT · Bedford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bedford 012H, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,078 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
7,944 published events cover 12 months, averaging 662 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,989 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.