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On Chalwell Ridge, in Westcroft & Shenley Brook End
What it's like at MK5 7HN: every home that has sold on Chalwell Ridge 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 Chalwell Ridge; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 25 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Chalwell RidgeSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £210,000 | 79 m² | £2,658/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Chalwell RidgeSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £201,250 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Chalwell RidgeSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £270,000 | 66 m² | £4,091/m² | 1 |
| 5, Chalwell RidgeDetached | May 2015 | £282,000 | 90 m² | £3,133/m² | 5 |
| 6, Chalwell RidgeDetached | Jun 2000 | £111,000 | 126 m² | £881/m² | 2 |
| 7, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | Feb 2011 | £155,000 | 55 m² | £2,818/m² | 4 |
| 8, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | Mar 1995 | £45,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | Aug 2006 | £156,000 | 48 m² | £3,250/m² | 4 |
| 10, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | Nov 2018 | £242,000 | 48 m² | £5,042/m² | 5 |
| 11, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | Oct 2002 | £128,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 12, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | Apr 2023 | £262,500 | 48 m² | £5,469/m² | 4 |
| 13, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | Jun 2007 | £162,000 | 47 m² | £3,447/m² | 5 |
| 14, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | Aug 2014 | £196,000 | 58 m² | £3,379/m² | 5 |
| 15, Chalwell RidgeDetached | May 2021 | £361,500 | 75 m² | £4,820/m² | 6 |
| 16, Chalwell RidgeDetached | Dec 2017 | £335,000 | 74 m² | £4,527/m² | 4 |
| 17, Chalwell RidgeDetached | Oct 2003 | £189,995 | – | – | 3 |
| 18, Chalwell RidgeDetached | Mar 2002 | £156,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 19, Chalwell RidgeDetached | Jun 2021 | £408,000 | 90 m² | £4,533/m² | 5 |
| 20, Chalwell RidgeDetached | Nov 1998 | £99,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Chalwell RidgeSemi-detached | Jan 2003 | £178,995 | 82 m² | £2,183/m² | 3 |
| 22, Chalwell RidgeSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £205,000 | 81 m² | £2,531/m² | 2 |
| 23, Chalwell RidgeTerraced | May 1995 | £66,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Chalwell RidgeDetached | Sept 2004 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Chalwell RidgeSemi-detached | May 2016 | £325,000 | 81 m² | £4,012/m² | 5 |
| 26, Chalwell RidgeSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £320,000 | 74 m² | £4,324/m² | 3 |
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 short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 6.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Faraday Drive, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (route 8); 13 departures an hour from the 4 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 Caroline Haslett Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 87% 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, 900 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 Tesco, 300 m away; Shenley Local (950 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Westcroft Health Centre (1.3 km), with Jardines Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Arcana is 200 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.
Big Mama's is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Old Beams the nearest pub (750 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 Emerson Valley District Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Emerson Valley Sports Pavillion (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 33 km away.
8 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%.
20 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 7HN →
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.
On this street: 0 of 16 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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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 25 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 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.
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