A421 Milton Keynes
6 addresses across 4 postcodes (MK17), about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 25800005.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Milton Keynes cost £323,868 in August 2026 (+0.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,346 a month.
- Flood: 8 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Chippenham Drive, Kingston - Solar Panels, is 890 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the M1, carries 119,417 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Milton Keynes costs £2,372 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Woburn Sands, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 300 m away, and Broughton Brook (33 hectares) is about 470 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 67 to 73 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Brooklands Health Centre, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 660 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 55% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Milton Keynes
A typical home in Milton Keynes cost £323,868 in August 2026, 0.5% more than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 25% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £545,636 |
| Semi-detached | £328,146 |
| Terraced | £272,734 |
| Flat or maisonette | £164,484 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £271,609 |
Private renters in Milton Keynes paid £1,346 a month on average in September 2026, 4% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £979 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,219 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,455 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,092 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 6,706 kWh of it on average in 2024, 48% less than the district's 12,931 kWh, and 1,197 kWh of electricity, 72% less than the district's 4,340 kWh. There are gas meters for about 86% of the homes.
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is MK17.
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 street: most are in band C (27% of about 3,270 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvie Card Way - Solar panels Milton Keynes 21/01352/FUL | Solar farm | 2 MW | Operational Dec 2022 | 0 m |
| Chippenham Drive, Kingston - Solar Panels Milton Keynes 24/00743/PRIOR | Solar farm | 1.8 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jul 2024 | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Goosey Lodge Industrial Estate | Biomass | 16 MW | Operational Dec 2000 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Brogborough Phase III | Landfill Gas | 11 MW | Operational Apr 2001 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Brogborough Phase IV | Landfill Gas | 11 MW | Operational Feb 2000 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 16 November 2026 to 17 November 2026: NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, Works for road purposes, road closure, on the carriageway (minor works, permit applied for)
Finished in the last three months
- 9 August 2026: MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
- 9 August 2026: MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 2 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| MK17 7AB | zone 3 | 0 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK17 8EW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| MK17 7BD | not in 2 or 3 | 6 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK17 7FJ | not in 2 or 3 |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 67 m and 73 m above sea level (69 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK17 7AB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| MK17 7BD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| MK17 8EW | 80% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Woburn Sands 48,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Aspley Guise 8,300 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bow Brickhill 33,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 15 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payne Road Eagle Farm | 290 m |
| Bus or coach station | Milton Keynes Coachway Brook Furlong | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Kingston Centre Car Park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 27.3 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Brooklands Health Centre Good Jun 2019 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mk Smiles | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Milton Keynes Hospital Good Oct 2025 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Care homes | Kents Hill Care Home Good Sep 2018 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Farthing Grove, Netherfield Cashzone | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 300 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Broughton Brook 33 ha | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,370 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | Wavendon Community Centre 2.2 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Town Lands Charity 5,150 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 45 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade II*), 930 m (0.6 miles) south. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 930 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Motte castle 200m south-east of Wavendon Manor | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Wavendon House landscape | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Covert | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Roundhill Spinney | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Old Covert | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north |
| Salford Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Broughton Junction | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-west |
| Bow Brickhill | Hill | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.1 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 6 |
4 of the street's 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Milton Keynes: see them on the Milton Keynes page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glebe Farm School | All-through | 2–16 | 530 m (0.3 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding | 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 75% in 2024) GCSE figures withheld (2026, provisional) |
| Brooklands Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE figures withheld (2026, provisional) |
| St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Wavendon Gate School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| Monkston Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 73% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 18% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 65% in 2023) |
| Walton High | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 44.0 (46.4 in 2025 and 46.9 in 2024); 42.6% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade D+; 5.8% AAB or better; progress below average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
8 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 270 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidz Zone Club - Glebe Farm MK17 8XY | Out-of-school day care | 20 | Not inspected yet | 270 m |
| Little Oaks Community Nursery MK17 8LH | Sessional day care | 55 | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool MK17 8AE | Full day care | 63 | Good (Aug 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Premier - Brooklands - Countess Way MK10 7HN | Out-of-school day care | 50 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Buttons@brooklands MK10 7HN | Sessional day care | 48 | Outstanding (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Explore Learning Milton Keynes Kingston MK10 0BA | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Code Ninjas Milton Keynes MK10 7DP | Full day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | |
| Kidz Zone Club (St Mary's Wavendon CE Primary School) St. Marys Primary School MK17 7AA | Out-of-school day care | 18 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 159 childminders and 64 home childcarers (nannies) in Milton Keynes. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-op MK17 8EX | Retailers - other | 340 m | 5 Very good | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Esquires Coffee Glebe Farm MK17 8QT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 28 Apr 2026 |
| Costa Coffee MK17 8DB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| BP Connect MK17 8DB | Retailers - other | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 24 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (thames-valley).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 70 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2022 07:43 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A421, 70 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the M1 between LA boundary and 14, with 119,417 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 380 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A421 | LA Boundary to A421 North before M1 | 33,682 counted 2025 | 8% | 160 m | |
| A421 | A5130 to LA Boundary | 35,700 counted 2025 | 8% | 300 m | |
| M1 | LA boundary to 14 | 119,417 counted 2025 | 15% | +9% since 2015 | 380 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 2% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 3% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 8% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 85% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 3% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 55% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 83% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: NATIONAL HIGHWAYS: Works for road purposes, 16 November 2026 to 17 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- MK17 7AB: 2 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- MK17 8EW: 2 addresses of 26 in the postcode
- MK17 7BD: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- MK17 7FJ: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Bruce Loke · Joyce Rise · George Close · Victoria Drive · Noel Corner · Warren Way · Victoria Drive · Ronnie Meadows · Martin Avenue · Winehouse Grove · Acker Bilk Drive · White Grove
All the streets in MK17 and across Milton Keynes.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.