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On Walbank Grove, in Westcroft & Shenley Brook End
What it's like at MK5 7GB: every home that has sold on Walbank Grove 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Walbank Grove; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 16 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 21, Walbank GroveDetached | Feb 2001 | £198,950 | 137 m² | £1,452/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23, Walbank GroveDetached | May 2001 | £198,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Walbank GroveDetached | Dec 2013 | £417,000 | 200 m² | £2,085/m² | 2 |
| 29, Walbank GroveDetached | Jul 2022 | £617,500 | 212 m² | £2,913/m² | 4 |
| 31, Walbank GroveDetached | Mar 2001 | £181,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Walbank GroveDetached | Jun 2004 | £250,000 | 188 m² | £1,330/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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Milton Keynes Central, a drive away (3.1 km), with 6.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Savill Lane, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route LOOP); 8 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 72 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Long Meadow School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 62% 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, 100 m away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Watling Academy (3.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Royal Latin School (13.4 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Wm Morrison, 550 m away; Asian Corner (Inside Morrisons Westcroft) (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Westcroft Health Centre (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Indigo Sun is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Milton Keynes Hospital, 4.3 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Starbucks Coffee Company is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Nut & Squirrel the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 10 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 46% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
The nearest park is Oxley Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Emerson Valley Sports Pavillion (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 33 km away.
32 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 Central constituency: Emily Darlington MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 7,291 (15.3%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
35 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 MK5 7GB →
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 45% 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" Walbank Grove in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 78 min
Nearest: Woburn Lido · about 33 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 10 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 | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 90.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.1% | 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.
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