Bow Brickhill

14°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 12° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:36

13h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

16 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Drugs2

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Danesborough and Walton · Thames Valley

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

317 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 396 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

182 food businesses within 2 miles

• 157 rated 4–5 ★ (131 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bow Brickhill (1.0 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£325,104 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Milton Keynes · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,343 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £977
• 2 bed £1,216
• 3 bed £1,450

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.7p · Morrisons (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Morrisons (10 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 58 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Wadesmill Lane - Walnut Tree (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• The Big Conversation returns as residents shape future of council housing· 8 Sept 2026
• City Council to invest extra £2.5m in buying council homes· 7 Sept 2026
• Robotics that could help people live independently for longer· 7 Sept 2026
• Popular City Council laundry service now open to more residents· 3 Sept 2026
• Funding available for community carbon-cutting projects· 3 Sept 2026

Source: Milton Keynes Council

287,062 residents in Milton Keynes · 930/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 172 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,372 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 126,380)

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

124 schools · 52,938 pupils

89 primary · 12 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 41 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

113inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Milton Keynes

379 CQC-registered services

• Care homes49
• GP practices55
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies177
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Milton Keynes

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

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

222 applications decided

91% granted · 202 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Emily Darlington

Labour

Milton Keynes Central

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 18
• Con 12
• LD 20
• Ref 9

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £34,168 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£818 median full-time weekly pay

4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,064 disposable income per head (2024)

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

61% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 141,855 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Solar 24% · Biomass 11% · Gas 10%

52 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.5 women · 60.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Milton Keynes Central:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s502 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership449 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office344 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership243 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test233 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Bow Brickhill War Memorial · 0.1 km

  The Bow Brickhill War Memorial is located on the Village Green, at Church Road, Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a grade II listed building with Historic England.

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  Bow Brickhill · 0.2 km

  Bow Brickhill is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is bounded to the north, west and east by the Milton Keynes urban area, approximatel…

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  St Mary the Virgin, Great Brickhill · 0.3 km

  St Mary the Virgin's Church, Great Brickhill is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire.

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  All Saints' Church, Bow Brickhill · 0.6 km

  All Saints' Church, Bow Brickhill is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, to the south-east of Milton Keynes.

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  Red Bull Racing · 1.0 km

  Red Bull Racing Limited, currently competing as Oracle Red Bull Racing and also known simply as Red Bull or RBR, is a Formula One racing team, competing under an Austrian racing licence and based in England. It is one…

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  Bow Brickhill railway station · 1.0 km

  Bow Brickhill railway station is a railway station that serves the civil parishes of Bow Brickhill and Walton in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the Bletchley — Bedford Marston Vale line,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)