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On Matthau Lane, in Fairfields & Grange Farm
What it's like at MK4 4SY: every home that has sold on Matthau Lane 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Matthau Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 18 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, Matthau LaneSemi-detached | May 2024 | £367,000 | 110 m² | £3,336/m² | 2 |
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| 5, Matthau LaneTerraced | Jul 2022 | £332,000 | 87 m² | £3,816/m² | 2 |
| 6, Matthau LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2025 | £415,000 | 122 m² | £3,402/m² | 3 |
| 7, Matthau LaneTerraced | Nov 2013 | £240,000 | 103 m² | £2,330/m² | 2 |
| 8, Matthau LaneTerraced | Apr 2008 | £218,500 | 90 m² | £2,428/m² | 1 |
| 9, Matthau LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2008 | £250,000 | 111 m² | £2,252/m² | 1 |
| 10, Matthau LaneTerraced | Aug 2022 | £410,000 | 117 m² | £3,504/m² | 3 |
| 11, Matthau LaneTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2009 | £225,000 | 107 m² | £2,103/m² | 1 |
| 12, Matthau LaneTerraced | Oct 2023 | £395,000 | 108 m² | £3,657/m² | 2 |
| 13, Matthau LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £415,000 | 102 m² | £4,069/m² | 3 |
| 14, Matthau LaneTerraced | Feb 2012 | £215,000 | 106 m² | £2,028/m² | 2 |
| 15, Matthau LaneDetached | Dec 2017 | £372,000 | 134 m² | £2,776/m² | 2 |
| 16, Matthau LaneTerraced | Jan 2021 | £270,000 | 89 m² | £3,034/m² | 2 |
| 17, Matthau LaneTerraced | Jun 2022 | £450,000 | 135 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 18, Matthau LaneFlat | Feb 2016 | £210,000 | 92 m² | £2,283/m² | 2 |
| 19, Matthau LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £445,000 | 122 m² | £3,648/m² | 2 |
| 20, Matthau LaneTerraced | Jul 2020 | £318,500 | 113 m² | £2,819/m² | 3 |
| 22, Matthau LaneTerraced | Jun 2007 | £237,499 | – | – | 1 |
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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Milton Keynes Central, a drive away (3.9 km), with 6.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
Central London is 75 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oxley Park Academy, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Two Mile Ash School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is The Hazeley Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 9.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Watling Academy (0.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Royal Latin School (12 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 450 m away; Greggs (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Westcroft Health Centre (1.0 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Sun Kiss Tanning is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Milton Keynes Hospital, 6.0 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 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Indulge is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Nut & Squirrel the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 33 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 26% flats and 26% detached houses.
It's new: 84% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 1,507 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Oxley Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Tattenhoe Pavilion (1.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 36 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% 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.
14 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%.
32 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 4SY →
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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 82 min
Nearest: Eversholt Swimming Pool · about 35 min
Nearest: Leighton Buzzard Light Railway · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 17 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 | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.7% | 90.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.8% | 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.