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On Wickstead Avenue, in Shenley Wood & Crownhill
What it's like at MK8 0NP: every home that has sold on Wickstead Avenue 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 Wickstead Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 44 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 7, Wickstead AvenueDetached | Aug 2007 | £365,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, Wickstead AvenueDetached | Feb 2021 | £590,000 | 205 m² | £2,878/m² | 3 |
| 11, Wickstead AvenueSemi-detached | May 2010 | £230,000 | 120 m² | £1,917/m² | 2 |
| 13, Wickstead AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £225,000 | 116 m² | £1,940/m² | 1 |
| 15, Wickstead AvenueTerraced | Oct 2005 | £229,000 | 119 m² | £1,924/m² | 1 |
| 17, Wickstead AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £345,000 | 121 m² | £2,851/m² | 4 |
| 19, Wickstead AvenueDetached | Nov 2023 | £300,000 | 124 m² | £2,419/m² | 3 |
| 21, Wickstead AvenueTerraced | May 2019 | £295,000 | 129 m² | £2,287/m² | 3 |
| 23, Wickstead AvenueTerraced | Mar 2009 | £175,000 | 142 m² | £1,232/m² | 2 |
| 25, Wickstead AvenueTerraced | Nov 2010 | £220,000 | 117 m² | £1,880/m² | 2 |
| 27, Wickstead AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £290,000 | 123 m² | £2,358/m² | 3 |
| 29, Wickstead AvenueDetached | Oct 2005 | £425,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Wickstead AvenueDetached | Jul 2007 | £490,000 | 259 m² | £1,892/m² | 1 |
| 33, Wickstead AvenueTerraced | Oct 2015 | £280,000 | 120 m² | £2,333/m² | 3 |
| 35, Wickstead AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2005 | £229,000 | 120 m² | £1,908/m² | 1 |
| 37, Wickstead AvenueTerraced | Aug 2005 | £227,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Wickstead AvenueTerraced | Mar 2024 | £352,500 | 121 m² | £2,913/m² | 2 |
| 41, Wickstead AvenueTerraced | Oct 2017 | £325,000 | 119 m² | £2,731/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: 50% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Milton Keynes Central, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km), with 6.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Hoyton Gate, 350 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, 2A); 4 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Two Mile Ash School (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is The Hazeley Academy, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 9.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Watling Academy (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Royal Latin School (13.1 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 350 m away; Crownhill Supermarket (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitehouse Health Centre (1.2 km), with Jardines Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, ShortCuts Children's Salon (Milton Keynes) is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Milton Keynes Hospital, 4.5 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 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Simply Good is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Kensington the nearest pub (1.6 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 12 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
It's new: 64% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 647 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Hazeley Wood, 250 m away; for exercise, The DVCC - Personal Training Centre (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 34 km away.
15 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%.
86 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 MK8 0NP →
Most households own their home, 14% 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: 1 of 34 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 | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.0% | 90.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.1% | 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.
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 44 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 32 min
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