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Fairfields & Grange Farm
What it's like at MK8 1GB: every home that has sold on the street 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
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 (3.4 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 Watling Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Two Mile Ash School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Watling Academy, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 50.4 · 11.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
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 Co-op, 1.9 km away, with Whitehouse Supermarket closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitehouse Health Centre (450 m), with Jardines Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Hair Culture is 1.4 km 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.
Lilly Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Mercure Milton Keynes the nearest pub (1.4 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 Ryeland Square, 300 m away; for exercise, Fairfields Sports Hub (800 m).
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.
13 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 North constituency: Chris Curtis MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,430 (11.8%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
78 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 1GB →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.7% | 90.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 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.