Ampthill

Ampthill is covered by postcode district MK45. It is in the Central Bedfordshire council area, England.

Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in Ampthill, last 12 months. ▲ 2.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 176 of 199 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 1 of 216 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ampthill, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ampthill, by flood risk Of the 216 postcodes in Ampthill that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 215 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ampthill. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A507 MK45 1PW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2AR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2AT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2AW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2BF: not on the flood risk listMK45 2BU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2BX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2EH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2EJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2EL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2EN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2EP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2ER: not on the flood risk listMK45 2ES: not on the flood risk listMK45 2EU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2EW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2EX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2FZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GF: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2GY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2HX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2JZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LF: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2LZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2NZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PF: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2PZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QF: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2QY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2RZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SF: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2ST: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2SZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TR: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TS: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TT: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TU: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TW: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TX: not on the flood risk listMK45 2TY: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UF: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UH: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UL: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UN: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UP: not on the flood risk listMK45 2UQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2XB: not on the flood risk listMK45 2XD: not on the flood risk listMK45 2XE: not on the flood risk listMK45 2XF: not on the flood risk listMK45 2XG: not on the flood risk listMK45 2XQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 2YA: not on the flood risk listMK45 2ND: high flood risk Ampthill Map of every postcode in Ampthill, by flood risk Of the 216 postcodes in Ampthill that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 215 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ampthill. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A507 Ampthill
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 215

Of the 216 postcodes in Ampthill that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 215 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0263, longitude -0.4955. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

MK45 2ND1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Ampthill?

Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 176 of the 199 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 216 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Flitwick, 2.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Ampthill?

Homes in Ampthill sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 117 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£415,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £597,000 30 sales
  • Semi-detached £445,000 30 sales
  • Terraced £390,000 41 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £235,000 16 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole MK45 district, Ampthill's main postcode district: a typical £398,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ampthill: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Ampthill?

11 of the 216 postcodes now in use in Ampthill came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 156 homes sold in Ampthill were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK45 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

MK45 9GYsince March 2026MK45 9GRsince November 2025MK45 9GWsince October 2025MK45 9GSsince December 2024MK45 9GEsince March 2024MK45 9GJsince August 2023

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn AmpthillAcross the MK45 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 117 (0%) 30 of 681 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 156 (0%) 105 of 913 (12%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Ampthill?

Ofcom reports on 199 of the 216 postcodes in Ampthill. At 176 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit176 of 199
Postcodes where every home can get superfast194 of 199

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ampthill at risk of flooding?

1 of the 216 postcodes in Ampthill has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 216 postcodes High: 1Medium: 4

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Ampthill?

The open schools at the postcodes in Ampthill. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Ampthill?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ampthill is Flitwick Rail Station, 2.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Flitwick Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
  • Millbrook (Beds) Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • Lidlington Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Ampthill?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Ampthill. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ampthill safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 454 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ampthill over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 31 September 2025
  2. 29 October 2025
  3. 25 November 2025
  4. 52 December 2025
  5. 34 January 2026
  6. 48 February 2026
  7. 41 March 2026
  8. 25 April 2026
  9. 46 May 2026
  10. 36 June 2026
  11. 43 July 2026
  12. 44 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences191 reports
Anti-social behaviour95 reports
Criminal damage and arson48 reports
Public order27 reports
Other theft26 reports
Vehicle crime22 reports
Burglary18 reports
Drugs11 reports

Also: other crime 6, shoplifting 5, robbery 2, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Ampthill?

Council
Central Bedfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)

All 216 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Ampthill

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Ampthill postcodes

216 postcodes in use in Ampthill, by district:

MK45 postcode district,216 postcodes

That district is in the MK postcode area.

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Places near Ampthill

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ampthill's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Maulden2.2 km, £485,000Flitwick2.4 km, £350,000Silsoe5.0 km, £405,000Stewartby5.1 km, £339,500Clophill5.2 km, £565,000Marston Moretaine5.6 km, £338,750Wilstead6.7 km, £417,500Harlington7.0 km, £406,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ampthill

What is it like to live in Ampthill?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 176 of the 199 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 216 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Flitwick, 2.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Ampthill?
Ampthill is covered by postcode district MK45, across 216 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ampthill in?
Ampthill is in the Central Bedfordshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ampthill?
Ampthill is in the Mid Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Blake Stephenson (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ampthill?
Homes in Ampthill sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 117 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ampthill?
In Ampthill, primary schools at its postcodes include The Firs Lower School and Russell Lower School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Alameda Middle School and Redborne Upper School and Community College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ampthill have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ampthill is Flitwick, 2.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ampthill?
Ofcom reports on 199 of the 216 postcodes in Ampthill. At 176 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ampthill at risk of flooding?
1 of the 216 postcodes in Ampthill has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Ampthill?
11 of the 216 postcodes now in use in Ampthill came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 156 homes sold in Ampthill were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK45 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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