Cosgrove

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 6° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:33

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

4 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Deanshanger and Grange Park · Northamptonshire

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

266 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 339 casualties · 9.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

176 food businesses within 2 miles

• 153 rated 4–5 ★ (128 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wolverton (3.1 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£323,868 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Milton Keynes · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,344 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

• 1 bed £978
• 2 bed £1,217
• 3 bed £1,451

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

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

3,138 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 (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · BP (7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

120 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)

• City Council welcomes new powers to help make homes safer· 30 Oct 2026
• FREE support for local businesses to cut energy bills· 30 Oct 2026
• Plans for the future of Milton Keynes move forward· 29 Oct 2026
• £50m investment to support infrastructure and future growth at Milton Keynes East· 28 Oct 2026
• Official figures confirm children in MK are better prepared for school· 28 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK16,318
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,075
• Net moves+243

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 157 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

125 schools · 51,986 pupils

89 primary · 13 secondary · 23 other

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

111 inspected 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 practices54
• Dentists61
• Homecare agencies176
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% 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)

281 applications decided

88.3% granted · 248 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sarah Bool

Conservative

South Northamptonshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 19
• Con 12
• LD 20
• Ref 9

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,105 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Christmas Staff - Seasonal Role

Source: Adzuna

£818 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% 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

62% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Wind 35% · Biomass 22% · Imports 2%

170 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in MK19

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Northamptonshire:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 401 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND269 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth236 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills233 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks221 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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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)