Wixams

Wixams is covered by postcode districts MK42 and MK45. It is mostly in the Bedford council area: 116 of its 147 postcodes. The others are in Central Bedfordshire.

Typical price £375,000 Homes sold in Wixams, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 123 of 147 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 43 of 147 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wixams, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wixams, by flood risk Of the 147 postcodes in Wixams that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 22 are at low risk at worst and 104 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 12 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wixams. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A6 MK42 6AA: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AD: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AL: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AN: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AP: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AR: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AS: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AT: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AU: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AW: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6BB: not on the flood risk listMK42 6BD: not on the flood risk listMK42 6BE: not on the flood risk listMK42 6BH: not on the flood risk listMK42 6BQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6BX: not on the flood risk listMK42 6BY: not on the flood risk listMK42 6BZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DA: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DB: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DD: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DH: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DL: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DS: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DU: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DW: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DX: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DY: not on the flood risk listMK42 6DZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EA: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EE: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EF: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EG: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EH: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EL: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EN: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EP: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6ER: not on the flood risk listMK42 6ES: not on the flood risk listMK42 6ET: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EU: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EW: not on the flood risk listMK42 6EX: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FA: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FB: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FD: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FE: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FF: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FG: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FH: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FL: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FN: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FP: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FR: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FS: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FT: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FU: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FW: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FX: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FY: not on the flood risk listMK42 6FZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6GA: not on the flood risk listMK42 6GB: not on the flood risk listMK42 6GD: not on the flood risk listMK42 6GH: not on the flood risk listMK42 6GJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 6GL: not on the flood risk listMK42 6GN: not on the flood risk listMK42 6GQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 9YU: not on the flood risk listMK45 3FN: not on the flood risk listMK45 3FZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GJ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GL: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GN: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GP: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GR: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GS: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GT: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GU: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GW: not on the flood risk listMK45 3GY: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HS: not on the flood risk listMK45 3HT: not on the flood risk listMK45 3JZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3NG: not on the flood risk listMK45 3NX: not on the flood risk listMK45 3NZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3PE: not on the flood risk listMK45 3PQ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3PZ: not on the flood risk listMK45 3QF: not on the flood risk listMK42 6AE: low flood risk at worstMK42 6AG: low flood risk at worstMK42 6AH: low flood risk at worstMK42 6AJ: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BA: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BG: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BJ: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BL: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BN: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BP: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BR: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BS: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BT: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BU: low flood risk at worstMK42 6BW: low flood risk at worstMK42 6DG: low flood risk at worstMK42 6DP: low flood risk at worstMK42 6DR: low flood risk at worstMK42 6DT: low flood risk at worstMK45 3HU: low flood risk at worstMK45 3PD: low flood risk at worstMK45 3RG: low flood risk at worstMK42 6AB: medium flood risk at worstMK42 6AF: medium flood risk at worstMK42 6AX: medium flood risk at worstMK42 6AY: medium flood risk at worstMK42 6BF: medium flood risk at worstMK42 6DE: medium flood risk at worstMK42 6DF: medium flood risk at worstMK42 6DQ: medium flood risk at worstMK45 3FP: medium flood risk at worstMK45 3FQ: medium flood risk at worstMK45 3FR: medium flood risk at worstMK45 3FS: medium flood risk at worstMK45 3JG: medium flood risk at worstMK45 3NS: medium flood risk at worstMK45 3NT: medium flood risk at worstMK45 3NY: medium flood risk at worstMK42 6EY: high flood riskMK45 3FT: high flood riskMK45 3FU: high flood riskMK45 3JJ: high flood riskMK45 3NU: high flood risk Wixams 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to MK45 3FT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk12 postcodes at high or medium risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to MK42 6BF, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Wixams, by flood risk Of the 147 postcodes in Wixams that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 22 are at low risk at worst and 104 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 12 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wixams. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Wixams
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 16
  • At low risk at worst: 22
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 104
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 147 postcodes in Wixams that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 22 are at low risk at worst and 104 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 52.0872, longitude -0.4680. 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 3FT13 at high riskMK45 3FU2 at high riskMK42 6EY2 at high riskMK45 3JJ1 at high riskMK45 3NU1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. MK45 3FT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. MK42 6BF, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Wixams?

Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 123 of the 147 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 43 of its 147 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is King Street Surgery, 4.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Kempston Hardwick, 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 Wixams?

Homes in Wixams sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 106 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£375,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£375,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £467,500 43 sales
  • Semi-detached £347,000 37 sales
  • Terraced £345,000 18 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £237,000 8 sales

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

Across the whole MK42 district, Wixams's main postcode district: a typical £317,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wixams: 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 Wixams?

42 of the 147 postcodes now in use in Wixams came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 163 homes sold in Wixams were newly built (20%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK42 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

MK42 6GLsince June 2025MK42 6GNsince August 2024MK42 6FWsince March 2024MK42 6FYsince December 2023MK42 6GHsince December 2023MK42 6GQsince October 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 WixamsAcross the MK42 district
The 12 months to August 2026 5 of 106 (5%) 41 of 479 (9%)
The 12 months to August 2025 33 of 163 (20%) 177 of 848 (21%)

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 Wixams?

Ofcom reports on 147 of the 147 postcodes in Wixams. At 123 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit123 of 147
Postcodes where every home can get superfast138 of 147
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 147

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 Wixams at risk of flooding?

43 of the 147 postcodes in Wixams have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 165 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 43 of 147 postcodes High: 19Medium: 146Low: 401

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 Wixams?

The open schools at the postcodes in Wixams. 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 Wixams?

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

  • Kempston Hardwick Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
  • Stewartby Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
  • Bedford St Johns 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 Wixams?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Wixams. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Wixams safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 639 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wixams 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. 40 September 2025
  2. 30 October 2025
  3. 57 November 2025
  4. 38 December 2025
  5. 38 January 2026
  6. 44 February 2026
  7. 51 March 2026
  8. 64 April 2026
  9. 54 May 2026
  10. 90 June 2026
  11. 60 July 2026
  12. 73 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences273 reports
Anti-social behaviour159 reports
Public order45 reports
Criminal damage and arson42 reports
Other theft29 reports
Vehicle crime28 reports
Burglary17 reports
Other crime14 reports

Also: drugs 12, possession of weapons 7, bicycle theft 6, shoplifting 3, robbery 3, 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 Wixams?

Councils
Bedford (116) and Central Bedfordshire (31)
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. 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 Wixams

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Wixams is in Bedford; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Wixams postcodes

147 postcodes in use in Wixams, by district:

MK42 postcode district,109 postcodesMK45 postcode district,38 postcodes

Those districts are all in the MK postcode area.

Check a Wixams postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Wixams

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wixams's £375,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wilstead1.8 km, £417,500Stewartby3.3 km, £339,500Kempston3.7 km, £312,500Shortstown3.7 km, £300,000Wootton4.2 km, £392,500Great Denham5.3 km, £337,500Bedford6.0 km, £327,500Marston Moretaine6.1 km, £338,750 All places A to Z

Questions about Wixams

What is it like to live in Wixams?
Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 123 of the 147 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 43 of its 147 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is King Street Surgery, 4.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Kempston Hardwick, 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 Wixams?
Wixams is covered by postcode districts MK42 and MK45, across 147 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wixams?
Wixams 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 Wixams?
Homes in Wixams sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 106 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wixams?
In Wixams, primary schools at its postcodes include Wixams Tree Primary Academy and Lakeview School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Wixams Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wixams have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wixams is Kempston Hardwick, 2.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wixams?
Ofcom reports on 147 of the 147 postcodes in Wixams. At 123 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wixams at risk of flooding?
43 of the 147 postcodes in Wixams have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 165 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 Wixams?
42 of the 147 postcodes now in use in Wixams came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 163 homes sold in Wixams were newly built (20%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK42 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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