MK43 8FA postcode in Bromham, Bedford

MK43 8FA is a postcode in Bromham, in the Bromham ward of Bedford. It is in the North Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency and the Bedfordshire police force area, and has been in use since September 2022.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Bedford: 85% Typical price £454,000 Homes sold in MK43 8, last 12 months. ▼ 0.9% on the year before Nearest station Bedford 4.1 km in a straight line

Where MK43 8FA is, and what is near it

Map of MK43 8FA and what is near it Map of MK43 8FA: its centre point, with the 246 other postcodes in the MK43 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. MK43 8FB: also in MK43 8MK43 8FD: also in MK43 8MK43 8FE: also in MK43 8MK43 8FG: also in MK43 8MK43 8HD: also in MK43 8MK43 8HG: also in MK43 8MK43 8HP: also in MK43 8MK43 8HR: also in MK43 8MK43 8HS: also in MK43 8MK43 8HT: also in MK43 8MK43 8JE: also in MK43 8MK43 8JF: also in MK43 8MK43 8JG: also in MK43 8MK43 8JH: also in MK43 8MK43 8JJ: also in MK43 8MK43 8JP: also in MK43 8MK43 8JQ: also in MK43 8MK43 8LF: also in MK43 8MK43 8LG: also in MK43 8MK43 8LJ: also in MK43 8MK43 8LL: also in MK43 8MK43 8LN: also in MK43 8MK43 8LP: also in MK43 8MK43 8LQ: also in MK43 8MK43 8LR: also in MK43 8MK43 8LS: also in MK43 8MK43 8LT: also in MK43 8MK43 8LU: also in MK43 8MK43 8LX: also in MK43 8MK43 8LY: also in MK43 8MK43 8LZ: also in MK43 8MK43 8NA: also in MK43 8MK43 8NB: also in MK43 8MK43 8ND: also in MK43 8MK43 8NE: also in MK43 8MK43 8NF: also in MK43 8MK43 8NG: also in MK43 8MK43 8NH: also in MK43 8MK43 8NJ: also in MK43 8MK43 8NL: also in MK43 8MK43 8NN: also in MK43 8MK43 8NP: also in MK43 8MK43 8NR: also in MK43 8MK43 8NS: also in MK43 8MK43 8NT: also in MK43 8MK43 8NX: also in MK43 8MK43 8PA: also in MK43 8MK43 8PB: also in MK43 8MK43 8PD: also in MK43 8MK43 8PE: also in MK43 8MK43 8PF: also in MK43 8MK43 8PG: also in MK43 8MK43 8PH: also in MK43 8MK43 8PJ: also in MK43 8MK43 8PL: also in MK43 8MK43 8PN: also in MK43 8MK43 8PP: also in MK43 8MK43 8PQ: also in MK43 8MK43 8PR: also in MK43 8MK43 8PS: also in MK43 8MK43 8PT: also in MK43 8MK43 8PU: also in MK43 8MK43 8PW: also in MK43 8MK43 8PY: also in MK43 8MK43 8PZ: also in MK43 8MK43 8QA: also in MK43 8MK43 8QB: also in MK43 8MK43 8QD: also in MK43 8MK43 8QE: also in MK43 8MK43 8QF: also in MK43 8MK43 8QG: also in MK43 8MK43 8QH: also in MK43 8MK43 8QJ: also in MK43 8MK43 8QL: also in MK43 8MK43 8QN: also in MK43 8MK43 8QP: also in MK43 8MK43 8QQ: also in MK43 8MK43 8QR: also in MK43 8MK43 8QS: also in MK43 8MK43 8QT: also in MK43 8MK43 8QU: also in MK43 8MK43 8QW: also in MK43 8MK43 8QX: also in MK43 8MK43 8QY: also in MK43 8MK43 8QZ: also in MK43 8MK43 8RE: also in MK43 8MK43 8RF: also in MK43 8MK43 8RS: also in MK43 8MK43 8SP: also in MK43 8MK43 8TG: also in MK43 8MK43 8TJ: also in MK43 8MK43 8TL: also in MK43 8MK43 8TN: also in MK43 8MK43 8TQ: also in MK43 8MK43 8UB: also in MK43 8MK43 8UD: also in MK43 8MK43 8UE: also in MK43 8MK43 8UF: also in MK43 8 2 places, 2.2–3.9 km2 places, 2.8–4.1 km2 places, 3.3–5.1 kmBromham MK43 8FA Map of MK43 8FA and what is near it Map of MK43 8FA: its centre point, with the 246 other postcodes in the MK43 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. 2 places, 2.2–3.9 kmBromham MK43 8FA
  • MK43 8FA
  • Other postcodes in MK43 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 2 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.1413, longitude -0.5394)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after MK43 8FA?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at MK43 8FA?

Every home and business at MK43 8FA can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Bedford: 85%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Bedford: 98%

The line marks the figure across Bedford.

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

When are the bins collected at MK43 8FA?

BinDayBuddy has not read Bedford Borough Council's days for MK43 8FA today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

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Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is MK43 8FA at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include MK43 8FA.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Bedford

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for MK43 8FA: 4,161 properties in Bedford are at high risk (4.3% of all its properties). All the figures for Bedford

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of MK43 8FA is in one of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for it at 07:16 on 22 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 07:16 on 22 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near MK43 8FA?

Homes in MK43 8 sold for a typical £454,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 82 sales, down 0.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£454,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£458,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 0.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £547,500 48 sales
  • Semi-detached £405,500 24 sales
  • Terraced £430,000 7 sales
  • Flat or maisonette Not enough sales to price (3)

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

Across the whole MK43 district: a typical £380,000 from 426 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in MK43 8FA

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in MK43 8FA from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 6 February 2026. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near MK43 8FA?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 800 homes in the neighbourhood around MK43 8FA. The largest share of them, 29%, are in council tax band E. More were built from 1983 to 1999 than in any other period (43%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around MK43 8FA

Band D in Bedford for 2026‑27: £2,472. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,648 (band A) to £4,120 (band G); band E, the most common, is £3,021.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 120 (15%)£1,648
Band Babout 10 (1%)£1,922
Band Cabout 80 (10%)£2,197
Band Dabout 180 (23%)£2,472
Band Eabout 230 (29%)£3,021
Band Fabout 140 (18%)£3,570
Band Gabout 40 (5%)£4,120
Band Hfewer than 5£4,943

When the homes were built

  1. 1% Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 10% 1919 to 1939
  4. 9% 1945 to 1964
  5. 10% 1965 to 1982
  6. 43% 1983 to 1999
  7. 16% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. 11% 2020 or later

2010 to 2019: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Bedford before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of MK43 8FA is in (ONS area E01017459), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near MK43 8FA?

The nearest open schools to MK43 8FA, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near MK43 8FA, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to MK43 8FA?

The nearest railway station to the centre of MK43 8FA is Bedford Rail Station, 4.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Bedford Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
  • Bedford St Johns Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive

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

2 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Brookside Park, 113 m away.

More stations near MK43 8FA, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near MK43 8FA?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of MK43 8FA, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near MK43 8FA?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of MK43 8FA on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

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Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near MK43 8FA?

The nearest to the centre of MK43 8FA, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to MK43 8FA?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near MK43 8FA?

The nearest care homes to the centre of MK43 8FA, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near MK43 8FA?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of MK43 8FA, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near MK43 8FA?

The nearest vets to the centre of MK43 8FA on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is MK43 8FA in a conservation area?

The centre of MK43 8FA is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near MK43 8FA?

Police.uk records 7 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of MK43 8FA in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour2 reports
Violence and sexual offences2 reports
Public order1 report
Burglary1 report
Drugs1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for MK43 8FA

Ward
Bromham
Parish
Bromham
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Bromham
Rural or urban
Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
September 2022

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

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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