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Turvey

Turvey is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, with a population of around 940. It has 2 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Turvey area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Milton Keynes area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 287,062 residents at roughly 930 people per km².

Council
Milton Keynes
County
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Milton Keynes North
Police force
Thames Valley
50/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 151st of 294 English council areas — better than 49% of them.

Low crime33
Home affordability48
Affordable rents38
Good schools83
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation54
Employment30
Low council tax66

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 25° / 16° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

317 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 16 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bedford (10.4 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£325,104 average 0.1% YoY

Across Milton Keynes · to 2026-06

Detached£550,543
Semi-detached£329,095
Terraced£271,264
Flat£165,923

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (11.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Lavendon Pre-School (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

287,062 residents in Milton Keynes · 930/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,372 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,581
B £1,845
C £2,109
D £2,372
E £2,899
F £3,427
G £3,954
H £4,744

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Watling AcademyOutstanding
  • Lord Grey AcademyGood
  • Walton HighGood
  • Stantonbury SchoolRequires improvement
  • Denbigh School
  • E-Act Ousedale School
  • Lift Sir Herbert Leon
  • Shenley Brook End School
  • St Paul's Catholic School
  • The Hazeley Academy
  • The Milton Keynes Academy
  • The Radcliffe School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Turvey)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 73 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

222 applications decided

91% granted · 202 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Richard Fuller

Conservative

North Bedfordshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

  • Lab 18
  • Con 12
  • LD 20
  • Ref 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

25 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time, Become a Computer science Tutor in Turvey – Flexible & Remote, Online Arabic Tutoring Job in Turvey – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Nuclear 20% · Wind 16% · Biomass 8%

191 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Bedfordshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Turvey, Bedfordshire · 0.1 km

    Turvey is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Bedford town centre. The village is on the A428 road between Bedford and Nor…

  • All Saints Church, Turvey · 0.1 km

    All Saints Church, Turvey is a Grade I listed parish church in Turvey, Bedfordshire, England. The church originated in the Saxon period, and was largely rebuilt in the 13th century with later additions in the 14th and…

  • Turvey House and Gardens · 0.4 km

    Turvey House and Gardens are a country house, gardens and parkland, situated by the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England. The gardens and parkland are listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and…

  • A428 road · 0.5 km

    The A428 road is a major road in central and eastern England. It runs between the cities of Coventry and Cambridge by way of the county towns of Northampton and Bedford. The A428 was formerly part of the main route fr…

  • Stevington and Turvey Light Railway · 0.5 km

    The Stevington and Turvey Light Railway was a 2 ft narrow gauge light railway on the outskirts of the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England. It was about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) long. The railway was formed in the e…

  • Turvey Abbey · 0.5 km

    Turvey Abbey is located in the village of Turvey in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is dated 1605 on the north facade and 1608 on the south facade. The building is stone, with a tile roof. A dovecote, which no…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Turvey?
Turvey is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Milton Keynes local authority.
What is the population of Turvey?
Turvey has an approximate settlement population of 940.
How deprived is Turvey?
The Milton Keynes local authority, which includes Turvey, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.