Bletchley

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 7° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:31

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

280 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences100
• Anti-social behaviour44
• Shoplifting37
• Other theft21

16 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Central Bletchley and Fenny Stratford · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

684 reported road collisions (2025)

154 killed or seriously injured · 883 casualties · 12.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

368 food businesses within 2 miles

• 307 rated 4–5 ★ (246 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bletchley (0.3 km)
• 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£477,450 average

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,475 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,035
• 2 bed £1,310
• 3 bed £1,603

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

11.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.3 times median annual pay (11.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

6,778 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · BP (6.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 55 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Halifax Bank (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

553,079 residents in Buckinghamshire · 353/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK34,289
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK30,524
• Net moves+3,765

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 250 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,527 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 238,540)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

273 schools · 97,379 pupils

181 primary · 35 secondary · 57 other

Ofsted: 80 of 93 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

233 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Buckinghamshire

566 CQC-registered services

• Care homes136
• GP practices89
• Dentists155
• Homecare agencies133
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Buckinghamshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 63 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

1,241 applications decided

85.1% granted · 1,056 granted, 185 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Callum Anderson

Labour

Buckingham and Bletchley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 50
• LD 26
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 14

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens30
• Restaurants & cafés66

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

34,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

39 jobs advertised · £35,451 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, HR & Restaurant Supervisor - Christmas Events, Care Team Leader Nights

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,111 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 90,273 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

68% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Gas 29% · Biomass 29% · Imports 3%

149 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.9 women · 65.3 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in MK2

• The Red House Surgery
• Bedford Street Surgery
• Westfield Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Buckingham and Bletchley:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND279 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation222 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks201 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth165 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills160 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Bletchley Flyover · 0.1 km

  The Bletchley Flyover is a railway viaduct that crosses the West Coast Main Line (WCML) just south of Bletchley railway station in Milton Keynes, England. It was originally a reinforced concrete railway viaduct that c…

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  Bletchley · 0.2 km

  Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, a city in Buckinghamshire, England. It gives its name to a larger census "built-up area" that occupies the south-west of the city and which is divided by the West Coas…

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  Bletchley railway station · 0.3 km

  Bletchley railway station serves southern Milton Keynes, particularly the town of Bletchley, as well as nearby villages in north-eastern Aylesbury Vale, in Buckinghamshire England. It lies 47 miles (76 km) north-west…

• Bletchley and Fenny Stratford · 0.5 km

  Bletchley and Fenny Stratford is a civil parish with a town council, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It was formed in 2001 from the unparished area of Milton Keynes and, according to the 2021 census, had a…

• Hut 7 · 0.6 km

  Hut 7 was a wartime section of the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park tasked with the solution of Japanese naval codes such as JN4, JN11, JN40, and JN-25. The hut was headed by Hugh Foss who reported…

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  Hut 4 · 0.7 km

  Hut 4 was a wartime section of the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park tasked with the translation, interpretation and distribution of Kriegsmarine messages deciphered by Hut 8. The messages were large…

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