Schools
82 open schools are in scope, including 56 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Redway School is the nearest published school at 294 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK6 5LD
Woughton & Fishermead · Milton Keynes · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
- Postcode district
- MK6
- Postcode sector
- MK6 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK6 5LD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1983
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK6
- Postcode sector
- MK6 5
- Latitude
- 52.026384
- Longitude
- -0.735760
- British National Grid easting
- 486,836
- British National Grid northing
- 237,194
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Milton Keynes · E06000042
- Electoral ward
- Woughton & Fishermead · E05016608
- Parish or community
- E04012227
- Westminster constituency
- Milton Keynes Central · E14001369
- Output area
- E00084974
- Lower layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 018C · E01016845
- Middle layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 018 · E02003476
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 MK6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 82
- Primary
- 56
- Secondary
- 7
- 294 m
The Redway School
Community special school
- 729 m
Falconhurst School
Community school
- 780 m
Bridge Academy, All-through Alternative Provision
Academy alternative provision sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,665
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,793
- Public order 296
- Criminal damage and arson 272
- Other theft 249
- Anti social behaviour 233
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- MK6 5 residents
- 5,937
Age bands in MK6 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.7%
1,148 residents
690 residents
1,719 residents
1,395 residents
850 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.
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.
GP practices
15
within 5 km
THE GROVE SURGERY
FARTHING CLOSE, NETHERFIELD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NG
ODS code K82610
306 m
ASHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 PERRYDOWN, BEANHILL, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NE
ODS code K82054
766 m
FISHERMEAD MEDICAL CENTRE
FISHERMEAD BOULEVARD, FISHERMEAD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 2LR
ODS code K82064
1.4 km
WALNUT TREE HEALTH CENTRE
2 BLACKBERRY COURT, WALNUT TREE, MILTON KEYNES, MK7 7PB
ODS code K82615
3.1 km
CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES MEDICAL CENTRE
C.M.K MEDICAL CENTRE, 68 BRADWELL COMMON BOULEVARD, BRADWELL COMMON, MILTON KEYNES, MK13 8RN
ODS code K82065
3.2 km
MILTON KEYNES VILLAGE SURG
GRIFFITH GATE, MIDDLETON, MILTON KEYNES, MK10 9BQ
ODS code K82631
3.2 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
WHALLEY DRIVE, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 6EN
ODS code K82015
3.3 km
BEDFORD STREET SURGERY
4 BEDFORD STREET, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK2 2TX
ODS code K82039
3.4 km
THE RED HOUSE SURGERY
241 QUEENSWAY, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK2 2EH
ODS code K82013
3.5 km
WHADDON HEALTHCARE
25 WITHAM COURT, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 7QU
ODS code K82026
3.6 km
WESTFIELD ROAD SURGERY
11 WESTFIELD ROAD, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK2 2DJ
ODS code K82059
3.7 km
SOVEREIGN MEDICAL CENTRE
SOVEREIGN DRIVE, PENNYLAND, MILTON KEYNES, MK15 8AJ
ODS code K82025
3.9 km
WESTCROFT HEALTH CENTRE
1 SAVILL LANE, WESTCROFT, MILTON KEYNES, MK4 4EN
ODS code K82633
4.7 km
PURBECK HEALTH CENTRE
PURBECK, STANTONBURY, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 6BL
ODS code K82027
4.7 km
BROOKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE
MONTAGUE CRESCENT, BROOKLANDS, MILTON KEYNES, MK10 7LN
ODS code Y02900
4.7 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
- 0.0 miles
MK University Hospital grounds
BCT · Eaglestone
- 0.0 miles
MK University Hospital grounds
BCT · Eaglestone
- 0.1 miles
MK University Hospital entrance
BCT · Eaglestone
- 0.1 miles
Milton Keynes Hospital
BCT · Eaglestone
- 0.1 miles
Milton Keynes Hospital
BCT · Eaglestone
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Milton Keynes 018C, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,012 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
3,665 published events cover 12 months, averaging 305.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,793 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.