Cosgrove

17°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 9° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:32

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 80% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Deanshanger and Grange Park · Northamptonshire

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)

185 food businesses within 2 miles

• 158 rated 4–5 ★ (133 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wolverton (3.1 km)
• 3 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: 157.9p · BP (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (11.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

119 charging locations within ~8 km

• 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Milton Keynes-Hyundai (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Roadmap to deliver Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Vision· 10 Sept 2026
• Serpentine Court set for demolition· 9 Sept 2026
• City Council boosts local support for SEND· 9 Sept 2026
• 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

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

• In a conservation area (Cosgrove)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 35 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

Sarah Bool

Conservative

South Northamptonshire

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 & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised · £28,812 avg

e.g. Chef de Partie, Online French Tutor - Part Time, Online French Tutoring Job in Cosgrove – Flexible Schedule

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 35% · Gas 26% · Solar 19% · Biomass 18%

124 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 South Northamptonshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership425 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office413 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 401 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s354 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership327 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Grafton Way (footpath) · 0.0 km

  The Grafton Way is a 13-mile (21 km) footpath in Northamptonshire, England. It runs south east from Greens Norton to Cosgrove, where it meets the Knightley Way. It is named after the Dukes of Grafton, major land-owner…

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  Cosgrove, Northamptonshire · 0.1 km

  Cosgrove is a village in West Northamptonshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) north of Stony Stratford, 6 miles (10 km) north of Central Milton Keynes and 12 miles (19 km) south of Northampton along the A508 road and…

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  Cosgrove Hall, Northamptonshire · 0.2 km

  Cosgrove Hall is an early-18th-century Grade II listed country house in Cosgrove, Northamptonshire. It was built on the site of an earlier house by the Furtho family. It is not open to the public. It may have been bui…

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  Cosgrove Aqueduct · 1.2 km

  Cosgrove aqueduct is a navigable cast iron trough navigable aqueduct that carries the Grand Union Canal over the River Great Ouse, on the borders between Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire at the northwest margin of…

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  Stony Stratford Town F.C. · 1.7 km

  Stony Stratford Town F.C. is a football club based in Stony Stratford, a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The Senior Team are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division…

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  Holy Trinity Church, Wolverton · 1.7 km

  The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II* listed church, incorporating Saxon and medieval elements, located in Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes, England. The modern church was rebuilt between 1809 and 1815.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)