Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 9 secondary schools. Holmwood School is the nearest published school at 890 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK8 0HB
Watling · Milton Keynes · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Milton Keynes
- Ward
- Watling
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North
- Postcode district
- MK8
- Postcode sector
- MK8 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK8 0HB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1998
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK8
- Postcode sector
- MK8 0
- Latitude
- 52.028620
- Longitude
- -0.802720
- British National Grid easting
- 482,238
- British National Grid northing
- 237,365
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Milton Keynes · E06000042
- Electoral ward
- Watling · E05016606
- Parish or community
- E04012190
- Westminster constituency
- Milton Keynes North · E14001370
- Output area
- E00084658
- Lower layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 037B · E01034467
- Middle layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 037 · E02007016
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 MK8
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Luna House, Presley Way, Crownhill, Milton Keynes, MK8 0HB | 14 December 2020 | £4,100,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 9
- 890 m
Holmwood School
Academy converter
- 907 m
Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 949 m
Denbigh School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,654
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 787
- Anti social behaviour 188
- Other theft 114
- Criminal damage and arson 114
- Vehicle crime 110
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- MK8 0 residents
- 4,615
Age bands in MK8 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 6.6%
1,087 residents
638 residents
1,481 residents
1,344 residents
324 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
12
within 5 km
WHITEHOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
DORSET WAY, WHITEHOUSE, MILTON KEYNES, MK8 1EQ
ODS code Y06810
1.2 km
CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES MEDICAL CENTRE
C.M.K MEDICAL CENTRE, 68 BRADWELL COMMON BOULEVARD, BRADWELL COMMON, MILTON KEYNES, MK13 8RN
ODS code K82065
2.4 km
WESTCROFT HEALTH CENTRE
1 SAVILL LANE, WESTCROFT, MILTON KEYNES, MK4 4EN
ODS code K82633
2.5 km
WOLVERTON HEALTH CENTRE
GLOUCESTER ROAD, WOLVERTON, MILTON KEYNES, MK12 5DF
ODS code K82003
3.0 km
FISHERMEAD MEDICAL CENTRE
FISHERMEAD BOULEVARD, FISHERMEAD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 2LR
ODS code K82064
3.9 km
WHADDON HEALTHCARE
25 WITHAM COURT, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 7QU
ODS code K82026
4.0 km
PURBECK HEALTH CENTRE
PURBECK, STANTONBURY, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 6BL
ODS code K82027
4.1 km
ASHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 PERRYDOWN, BEANHILL, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NE
ODS code K82054
4.5 km
THE STONEDEAN PRACTICE
STONY STRATFORD HEALTH CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, STONY STRATFORD, MILTON KEYNES, MK11 1YA
ODS code K82617
4.6 km
WATLING STREET PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, STONY STRATFORD, MILTON KEYNES, MK11 1YA
ODS code K82009
4.6 km
THE GROVE SURGERY
FARTHING CLOSE, NETHERFIELD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NG
ODS code K82610
4.7 km
OAKRIDGE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
30 TEXEL CLOSE, OAKRIDGE PARK, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 6GL
ODS code K82032
4.8 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
- 0.2 miles
Monro Avenue
BCT · Crownhill
- 0.2 miles
Monro Avenue
BCT · Crownhill
- 0.2 miles
Hendrix Drive
BCT · Crownhill
- 0.2 miles
Hendrix Drive
BCT · Crownhill
- 0.2 miles
Lennon Drive
BCT · Crownhill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Milton Keynes 037B, 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
20,327 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 7 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.
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
1,654 published events cover 12 months, averaging 137.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 787 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.