Schools
45 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Mark Rutherford School is the nearest published school at 622 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK41 8BF
Putnoe · Bedford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK41 8BF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1997
- Terminated
- 1 December 1998
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK41
- Postcode sector
- MK41 8
- Latitude
- 52.154974
- Longitude
- -0.440365
- British National Grid easting
- 506,795
- British National Grid northing
- 251,889
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Bedford · E06000055
- Electoral ward
- Putnoe · E05014509
- Parish or community
- E43000273
- Westminster constituency
- Bedford · E14001084
- Output area
- E00088506
- Lower layer super output area
- Bedford 006E · E01017533
- Middle layer super output area
- Bedford 006 · E02003621
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 MK41
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 45
- Primary
- 26
- Secondary
- 7
- 622 m
Mark Rutherford School
Academy converter
- 639 m
The Hills Academy
Academy converter
- 670 m
Hazeldene School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,647
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 593
- Anti social behaviour 219
- Shoplifting 181
- Vehicle crime 121
- Criminal damage and arson 120
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- MK41 8 residents
- 7,420
Age bands in MK41 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 28.5%
1,269 residents
748 residents
1,620 residents
2,088 residents
2,279 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
9
within 5 km straight-line
PUTNOE MEDICAL CENTRE PARTNERSHIP
93 QUEENS DRIVE, BEDFORD, MK41 9JE
ODS code E81029
794 m
GOLDINGTON AVENUE SURGERY
85 GOLDINGTON AVENUE, BEDFORD, MK40 3DB
ODS code E81047
1.7 km
THE DE PARYS GROUP
ENHANCED SERVICES CENTRE, BEDFORD HEALTH VILLAGE, 3 KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2NT
ODS code E81037
2.0 km
LINDEN ROAD SURGERY
13 LINDEN ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2DQ
ODS code E81060
2.9 km
BEDOC HEALTHCARE
UNIT 16, STEPHENSON COURT, FRASER ROAD, BEDFORD, MK44 3WJ
ODS code Y06153
3.3 km
ASHBURNHAM ROAD SURGERY
8 ASHBURNHAM ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 1DS
ODS code E81615
3.3 km
LONDON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
84-86 LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK42 0NT
ODS code E81019
3.4 km
QUEENS PARK HEALTH CENTRE
23C CARLISLE ROAD, QUEEN'S PARK, BEDFORD, MK40 4HR
ODS code E81021
4.3 km
PRIORY MEDICAL CENTRE
48 THE GLEBE, CLAPHAM, BEDFORD, MK41 6GA
ODS code E81049
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Library
BCT · Putnoe
- 0.0 miles
Library
BCT · Putnoe
- 0.1 miles
Putnoe Lane Subway
BCT · Brickhill
- 0.1 miles
Putnoe Lane Subway
BCT · Brickhill
- 0.1 miles
Tweedsmuir Road
BCT · Putnoe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bedford 006E, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,698 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
1,647 published events cover 12 months, averaging 137.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 593 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.