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On Portishead Drive, in Tattenhoe & Emerson Valley
What it's like at MK4 3FP: every home that has sold on Portishead Drive 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.
Sales and extensions on Portishead Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 70 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 82, Portishead DriveFlat | Aug 2010 | £35,000 | 35 m² | £1,000/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108, Portishead DriveFlat | Aug 2026 | £52,500 | 43 m² | £1,221/m² | 4 |
| 110, Portishead DriveFlat | Jan 2019 | £64,000 | 41 m² | £1,561/m² | 3 |
| 112, Portishead DriveFlat | May 2025 | £52,000 | 41 m² | £1,268/m² | 3 |
| 114, Portishead DriveFlat | Sept 2024 | £63,000 | 53 m² | £1,189/m² | 3 |
| 116, Portishead DriveFlat | May 2016 | £42,000 | 42 m² | £1,000/m² | 2 |
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: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bletchley, a drive away (3.9 km), with 1.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Holborn Crescent, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 8); 1 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 71 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Giles Brook Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Shenley Brook End School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Watling Academy (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Royal Latin School (13.6 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 750 m away; Asian Corner (Inside Morrisons Westcroft) (1.0 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Westcroft Health Centre (1.3 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Rok Barbers is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Milton Keynes Hospital, 4.7 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Tattenhoe Sports Pavilion is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Prince George the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
It's new: 53% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 760 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Tattenhoe Valley Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Tattenhoe Pavilion (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 32 km away.
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.
Buckingham and Bletchley constituency: Callum Anderson MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 2,421 (5.1%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
36 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 MK4 3FP →
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 42% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Portishead Drive in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 43 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.6% | 90.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 79 min
Nearest: Woburn Lido · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.