Wavendon

18°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 16° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:24

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

118 reported · July 2026▼ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences33
• Anti-social behaviour19
• Criminal damage & arson14
• Public order14

1 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)

200 food businesses within 2 miles

• 180 rated 4–5 ★ (152 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Woburn Sands (1.5 km)
• 27 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 (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (4.4 km)

9 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: Stockwell Lane (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches33
• Playgrounds24

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 20 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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens39
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised · £47,643 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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Biomass 27% · Wind 10% · Imports 5%

253 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

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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  Wavendon · 0.1 km

  Wavendon is a village and civil parish in the south east of the Milton Keynes urban area, in Buckinghamshire, England.

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  Church of St Mary, Wavendon · 0.1 km

  Church of St Mary is a 13th-century parish church in the village of Wavendon, City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1966.

• Wavendon Manor · 0.7 km

  Wavendon Manor is a 16th-century house on Cross End Road, near Wavendon in Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

• Glebe Farm, Milton Keynes · 0.8 km

  Glebe Farm is a district of south-east Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England, within the Wavendon civil parish. It was constructed to help the Milton Keynes urban area with its rapid increase in demand for housing…

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  Milton Keynes South · 1.0 km

  Milton Keynes South was a constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 2010 until 2024. It was represented in Parliament from its creation until its abolition by Iain Stewart of the Conservative Party.

• Walton High School, Milton Keynes · 1.2 km

  Walton High is a large academy school with two campuses located in the Walnut Tree and Brooklands areas of eastern Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. Walton High’s sixth form centre, Post-16, is one of the mor…

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