MK17 9RD Milton Keynes
Live postcode, introduced January 1992. Ward: Danesborough. Region: South East.
Streets
- Unnamed street near Bow Brickhill Road, Old Farm Park: 7 addresses
- Woburn Sands Road, Milton Keynes: 3 addresses
- Unnamed street near Woburn Sands Road, Old Farm Park: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Woburn Sands Road, Old Farm Park: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Milton Keynes in 2026-27: Band D £2,372 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,581 | £1,845 | £2,109 | £2,372 | £2,899 | £3,427 | £3,954 | £4,744 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (23% of about 1,030 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Non immediate direction.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Rectory Farm, Woburn Sands Road, Bow Brickhill, Milton Keynes, MK17 9JY, permissioned (900 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 12 addresses are between 84 m and 96 m above sea level (88 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 50%, ultrafast 50%, gigabit 50% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Woburn Sands 48,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km |
| Bow Brickhill 33,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km | |
| Aspley Guise 8,300 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.0 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bletchley | 4.6 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Car Park on Woburn Sands Road, MK17 | 140 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 25.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Asplands Medical Centre | 1.5 km |
| Pharmacies | Woburn Sands Pharmacy | 1.7 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.5 km |
| Hospital | Milton Keynes Hospital | 4.8 km |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 6.9 km |
| Cash machines | MFG - Viking, Fenny Stratford Cashzone | 3.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Caldecotte Brook 11 ha | 660 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 230 m² | 810 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.5 ha | 890 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Holst Crescent Allotments 5,310 m² | 610 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 11 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Danesborough Camp: a slight univallate hillfort 420m north of The Knoll, a scheduled monument, 1.0 km south-east. 1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Danesborough Camp: a slight univallate hillfort 420m north of The Knoll | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km south-east |
| Motte castle 200m south-east of Wavendon Manor | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km north |
| Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km west |
| Wavendon House landscape | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brown's Wood | Wood | 620 m south-east |
| Bow Brickhill Park | Wood | 820 m south-east |
| Wavendon Wood | Wood | 820 m east |
| Bow Brickhill | Hill | 1.0 km south |
| Weeks Covert | Wood | 1.3 km south |
| Caldecotte Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Unnamed street near Bow Brickhill Road.