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On Bessemer Court, in Willen & Downhead Park
What it's like at MK14 5JW: every home that has sold on Bessemer Court since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Bessemer Court; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 53 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £137,250 | 41 m² | £3,348/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jul 2024 | £175,000 | 42 m² | £4,167/m² | 1 |
| 8, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | May 2014 | £45,000 | 40 m² | £1,125/m² | 2 |
| 10, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £39,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £49,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £110,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 16, Bessemer CourtTerraced | Dec 2004 | £65,000 | 41 m² | £1,585/m² | 1 |
| 18, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £37,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £138,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | May 2001 | £71,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £160,000 | 69 m² | £2,319/m² | 1 |
| 26, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £273,000 | 55 m² | £4,964/m² | 2 |
| 30, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | May 1998 | £41,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £215,000 | 68 m² | £3,162/m² | 1 |
| 36, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jan 2013 | £146,125 | 65 m² | £2,248/m² | 1 |
| 38, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £220,000 | 68 m² | £3,235/m² | 1 |
| 40, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £243,500 | 56 m² | £4,348/m² | 2 |
| 42, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £250,000 | 53 m² | £4,717/m² | 3 |
| 46, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Apr 2009 | £52,000 | 55 m² | £945/m² | 2 |
| 48, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £258,000 | 55 m² | £4,691/m² | 2 |
| 50, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £226,000 | 55 m² | £4,109/m² | 3 |
| 52, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £218,000 | 56 m² | £3,893/m² | 3 |
| 54, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £215,000 | 56 m² | £3,839/m² | 2 |
| 60, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £162,000 | 55 m² | £2,945/m² | 3 |
| 62, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £38,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 66, Bessemer CourtFlat | Apr 2002 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 68, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Feb 2012 | £160,000 | 55 m² | £2,909/m² | 1 |
| 70, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £242,000 | 56 m² | £4,321/m² | 1 |
| 72, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £515,000 | 95 m² | £5,421/m² | 3 |
| 74, Bessemer CourtSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £210,000 | 55 m² | £3,818/m² | 1 |
| 78, Bessemer CourtDetached | May 2014 | £240,000 | 73 m² | £3,288/m² | 2 |
| 80, Bessemer CourtDetached | Oct 2019 | £320,000 | 75 m² | £4,267/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 40% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Wolverton, a drive away (4.4 km), with 339k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Knebworth Roundabout North, 300 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, 2A); 8 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Giffard Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is E-Act Ousedale School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 49.4 · 11.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.0 km away, with Tesco Stores closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kingfisher Surgery (1.0 km), with Mediva Private Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Cisorium is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Milton Keynes Hospital, 3.9 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Game Changer Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Kingfisher Public House the nearest pub (1.0 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Great Linford Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Alchemise Yoga Studio (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 33 km away.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
20 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.
Milton Keynes North constituency: Chris Curtis MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,430 (11.8%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
13 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near MK14 5JW →
On this street: 0 of 37 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.7% | 90.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.5% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Milton Keynes since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 53 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 69 min
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