Woburn Sands

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 16° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:22

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

33 reported · July 2026▲ 38% YoY

• Burglary15
• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Public order4

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)

94 food businesses within 2 miles

• 85 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Woburn Sands (0.4 km)
• 13 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 (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Morrisons (11.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

98 charging locations within ~8 km

• 38 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Russell Street Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

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 (Woburn Sands)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 31 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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

35 jobs advertised · £33,589 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

36% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Biomass 21% · Wind 14% · Imports 3%

266 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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  Woburn Sands · 0.1 km

  Woburn Sands is a town that straddles the border between Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire in England, and is part of the Milton Keynes urban area. The larger part of the town is in Woburn Sands civil parish, which is…

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  Woburn Sands railway station · 0.4 km

  Woburn Sands railway station serves the town of Woburn Sands and the village of Wavendon in the City of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. The station is on the Marston Vale line between Bedford and Bletchley,…

• Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club · 0.8 km

  Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club is a golf club in Bedfordshire, England, situated between the village of Aspley Guise and the town of Woburn Sands (Buckinghamshire). It was originally established in 1914 as a 9-…

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  Aspley Heath · 1.1 km

  Aspley Heath is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.

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  Aspley Guise railway station · 1.4 km

  Aspley Guise railway station serves the village of Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Bletchley – Bedford Marston Vale Line. The station is served by West Midlands Trains local services, operating und…

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  Aspley Guise · 1.5 km

  Aspley Guise is a village and civil parish in the west of Central Bedfordshire, England. In addition to the village of Aspley Guise itself, the civil parish also includes part of the town of Woburn Sands, the rest of…

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