Property market
The five-year median is £13,000,000 from 1 recorded sale in MK42 0TF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Bedford is £329,830 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.
MK42 0TF
Shortstown · Bedford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bedford
- Ward
- Shortstown
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Postcode district
- MK42
- Postcode sector
- MK42 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK42 0TF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 November 2006
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK42
- Postcode sector
- MK42 0
- Latitude
- 52.108647
- Longitude
- -0.421888
- British National Grid easting
- 508,171
- British National Grid northing
- 246,764
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Bedford · E06000055
- Electoral ward
- Shortstown · E05014515
- Parish or community
- E04012997
- Westminster constituency
- North Bedfordshire · E14001384
- Output area
- E00183498
- Lower layer super output area
- Bedford 021C · E01034428
- Middle layer super output area
- Bedford 021 · E02007010
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 MK42
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hanger No 2, Cardington Airfield, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0TF | 8 February 2022 | £13,000,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 34
- Primary
- 21
- Secondary
- 6
- 701 m
Shortstown Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.5 km
Cotton End Forest School
Community school
- 2.4 km
Bedford Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 517
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 196
- Shoplifting 78
- Anti social behaviour 55
- Other theft 35
- Vehicle crime 32
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- MK42 0 residents
- 15,677
Age bands in MK42 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.8%
3,426 residents
1,859 residents
5,055 residents
3,724 residents
1,704 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
BEDOC HEALTHCARE
UNIT 16, STEPHENSON COURT, FRASER ROAD, BEDFORD, MK44 3WJ
ODS code Y06153
2.2 km
LONDON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
84-86 LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK42 0NT
ODS code E81019
3.3 km
THE DE PARYS GROUP
ENHANCED SERVICES CENTRE, BEDFORD HEALTH VILLAGE, 3 KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2NT
ODS code E81037
4.5 km
PUTNOE MEDICAL CENTRE PARTNERSHIP
93 QUEENS DRIVE, BEDFORD, MK41 9JE
ODS code E81029
4.5 km
GOLDINGTON AVENUE SURGERY
85 GOLDINGTON AVENUE, BEDFORD, MK40 3DB
ODS code E81047
4.5 km
ASHBURNHAM ROAD SURGERY
8 ASHBURNHAM ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 1DS
ODS code E81615
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mason Road
BCT · Shortstown
- 0.2 miles
Cheshire Drive
BCT · Shortstown
- 0.3 miles
Cardington Hangars
BCT · Shortstown
- 0.3 miles
Cardington Hangars
BCT · Shortstown
- 0.3 miles
Potter Meadows
BCT · Shortstown
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bedford 021C, 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
22,096 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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
Schools
34 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 6 secondary schools. Shortstown Primary School is the nearest published school at 701 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
517 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 196 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.