Schools
55 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 9 secondary schools. Bedford College is the nearest published school at 169 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK42 5SN
Cauldwell · Bedford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK42 5SN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2012
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK42
- Postcode sector
- MK42 5
- Latitude
- 52.132770
- Longitude
- -0.470260
- British National Grid easting
- 504,802
- British National Grid northing
- 249,376
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Bedford · E06000055
- Electoral ward
- Cauldwell · E05014495
- Parish or community
- E43000273
- Westminster constituency
- Bedford · E14001084
- Output area
- E00088240
- Lower layer super output area
- Bedford 015G · E01034420
- Middle layer super output area
- Bedford 015 · E02003630
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 55
- Primary
- 31
- Secondary
- 9
- 169 m
Bedford College
Further education
- 241 m
Bedford Free School
Free schools
- 618 m
Bedford Girls' School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,877
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,032
- Anti social behaviour 808
- Shoplifting 686
- Public order 623
- Other theft 525
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
10
within 5 km
ASHBURNHAM ROAD SURGERY
8 ASHBURNHAM ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 1DS
ODS code E81615
650 m
LONDON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
84-86 LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK42 0NT
ODS code E81019
996 m
THE DE PARYS GROUP
ENHANCED SERVICES CENTRE, BEDFORD HEALTH VILLAGE, 3 KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2NT
ODS code E81037
1.2 km
LINDEN ROAD SURGERY
13 LINDEN ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2DQ
ODS code E81060
1.4 km
GOLDINGTON AVENUE SURGERY
85 GOLDINGTON AVENUE, BEDFORD, MK40 3DB
ODS code E81047
1.6 km
QUEENS PARK HEALTH CENTRE
23C CARLISLE ROAD, QUEEN'S PARK, BEDFORD, MK40 4HR
ODS code E81021
1.6 km
KING STREET SURGERY
273 BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON, BEDFORD, MK42 8QD
ODS code E81038
2.3 km
PUTNOE MEDICAL CENTRE PARTNERSHIP
93 QUEENS DRIVE, BEDFORD, MK41 9JE
ODS code E81029
2.8 km
BEDOC HEALTHCARE
UNIT 16, STEPHENSON COURT, FRASER ROAD, BEDFORD, MK44 3WJ
ODS code Y06153
3.6 km
PRIORY MEDICAL CENTRE
48 THE GLEBE, CLAPHAM, BEDFORD, MK41 6GA
ODS code E81049
4.5 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Borough Hall
BCT · Cauldwell
- 0.1 miles
Borough Hall
BCT · Cauldwell
- 0.2 miles
Bedford College
BCT · Cauldwell
- 0.2 miles
Pilgrims House
BCT · Bedford
- 0.2 miles
St Paul's Square
BCT · Bedford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bedford 015G, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,565 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
- 1
- 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
Recorded crime
7,877 published events cover 12 months, averaging 656.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,032 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.