Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at MK17 0SW? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station and supermarket are further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanbourne Church of England VA School | Primary | 0 m | 73% met the expected standard |
| Mursley Church of England School | Primary | 2.2 km | – |
| Winslow Church of England School | Primary | 2.7 km | 49% met the expected standard |
| Drayton Parslow Village School | Primary | 4.3 km | – |
| Great Horwood Church of England School | Primary | 4.8 km | 71% met the expected standard |
| Sir Thomas Fremantle School | Secondary | 3.4 km | Attainment 8: 40.4 · 3.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Swanbourne House School | Independent | 300 m | – |
Every primary near MK17 0SW, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | Swanbourne House School | 320 m | 3 |
| Tennis | Club At Horwood House | 2.2 km | 3 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bletchley, a drive away (9.4 km), with 1.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Winslow Road, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 50); 1 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 55 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
Central London is 65 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Swanbourne Church of England VA School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sir Thomas Fremantle School, 3.4 km away; Attainment 8: 40.4 · 3.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Aylesbury Grammar School (14.8 km) and Aylesbury High School (15 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group Winslow, 3.0 km away, with Swanbourne Store & Post Office closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The GP surgery is around 38 minutes on foot or by bus.
For a haircut, Madisons Hair Salon is 6.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Milton Keynes Hospital, 9.3 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 59% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Horwood House Hotel is the closest café or restaurant (2.2 km), and The Betsey Wynne the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 196 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 54% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 215 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
12 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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For holidays, London Luton is 27 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.