Good Areas to live in Milton Keynes?

nachieket

Hi All,

Hope everyone is doing Great! I am looking for some good areas in Milton Keynes to move in. I like quite areas where people are friendly and nice. I hate loud or any kind of music. I am ideally looking for some area near Milton Keynes Central Station so that I get connectivity to London easily; as and when required (I don't have a requirement to go to London daily). I have seen a similar article on this site which was posted 3 years back and there are some good areas mentioned in there (can't post the link here as this is my first thread and this site restricts me from doing so) but not sure which ones are near Central Station.

Also, I have recently seen a property in Bradwell Common. Any idea how that area is?

Thanks,
N

fannyadams

google is your friend here.
look at the estates around MK station but avoid Loughton and Great Holm as they command massive prices since they are catchment for Denbigh School in Shenley (one of the top 3 schools in MK, the others are St Paul's (near Leadenhall) - the catholic school, and Ousedale which is Newport Pagnell & Olney).
getting around MK is pretty easy even if you don't have a car, busses are pretty good as long as you don't live out int he sticks like me.
you could do a google drive by in estates you'll soon get an idea about what they are like.

I'd avoid Conniburrow, Netherfield and The Lakes estates as they are quite rough.

zebedee78

There's a simple rule of thumb for sussing out the various estates in MK: Look at it on a map, the straighter the estate roads are, the worse the area is. It's not a perfect system, but it's usually pretty accurate.

Bradwell Common is okay, better towards the station end.

ethank

Avoid Fishermead. I like Campbell Park, Willen, Tattenhoe, and Newton Leys.

The beauty of Milton Keynes area compared with other towns is that if you are within 5 mins of a grid road, you will find you are not very far from anywhere!

I_have_spoken

Two Mile Ash seems OK

rexmedorum

fannyadams wrote: »

google is your friend here.
look at the estates around MK station but avoid Loughton and Great Holm as they command massive prices since they are catchment for Denbigh School in Shenley (one of the top 3 schools in MK, the others are St Paul's (near Leadenhall) - the catholic school, and Ousedale which is Newport Pagnell & Olney).
getting around MK is pretty easy even if you don't have a car, busses are pretty good as long as you don't live out int he sticks like me.
you could do a google drive by in estates you'll soon get an idea about what they are like.

I'd avoid Conniburrow, Netherfield and The Lakes estates as they are quite rough.

I would actually recommend Loughton and Great Holm! Nice areas & close to the station.

mk_78

I posted this previously... still agree with my own thoughts - apologies if anyone lives in one of my personal 'No' areas!

mk_78 wrote: »

Here's my lists I did for a relative when they were looking to buy here...

Places in MK (western flank) I would live are:

Emerson Valley
Furzton
Shenley Church End
Shenley Brook End
Shenley Lodge
Westcroft
Tattenhoe
Kingsmead
Oxley Park
Medbourne
Grange Farm
Great Holm
Crownhill
Loughton
Two Mile Ash

There may be others non-western flank that I would consdider but here are some overall 'not if you paid me' estates

Fullers Slade
Lakes Estate
Fishermead
Oldbrook
Netherfield
Coffee Hall
Peartree bridge
Beanhill
Springfield
Eaglestone
Conniburrow
Greenleys
Bradville
Stacey Bushes

A-Z

* Bancroft YES

* Bancroft Park YES

* Beanhill NO

* Blakelands YES

* Blue Bridge YES

* Bolbeck Park YES

* Bradville NO

* Bradwell POSSIBLY

* Bradwell Abbey NO

* Bradwell Common NO

* Broughton and Atterbury NO

* Browns Wood YES

* Caldecotte YES

* Campbell Park NO

* Central BletchleyYES BUT DEPENDS ON WHERE IN BLETCHLEY

* Central Milton Keynes NO

* Coffee Hall NO

* Conniburrow NO

* Crownhill YES

* Downhead Park POSSIBLY

* Downs Barn NO

* Eaglestone NO

* Emerson Valley YES

* Far Bletchley YES BUT DEPENDS ON WHERE IN BLETCHLEY

* Fenny Stratford POSSIBLY

* Fishermead NO

* Fullers Slade NO

* Furzton YES

* Galley Hill NO

* Giffard Park YES

* Granby NO

* Grange Farm YES

* Great Holm YES

* Great Linford NO

* Greenleys NO

* Hazeley YES

* Heelands NO

* Hodge Lea NO

* Kents Hill YES

* Kingsmead YES

* Kingston YES

* Lakes Estate NO

* Leadenhall NO

* Loughton YES

* Loughton Lodge YES

* Medbourne YES

* Middleton YES

* Milton Keynes Village YES

* Monkston YES

* Monkston Park YES

* Neath Hill NO

* Netherfield NO

* New Bradwell NO

* Newport Pagnell YES

* Oakgrove YES

* Oakhill YES

* Old Farm Park POSSIBLY

* Old Wolverton YES DEPENDS ON LOCATION THOUGH

* Oldbrook NO

* Oxley Park YES

* Peartree Bridge NO

* Pennyland NO

* Shenley Brook End YES

* Shenley Church End YES

* Shenley Lodge YES

* Shenley Wood YES

* Springfield NO

* Stacey Bushes NO

* Stantonbury NO

* Stony Stratford YES

* Tattenhoe YES

* Tattenhoe Park YES

* Tinkers Bridge NO

* Two Mile Ash YES

* Walnut Tree YES

* Walton YES

* Walton Hall YES

* Walton Park YES

* Wavendon YES

* Wavendon Gate YES

* West Bletchley NO

* Westcroft YES

* Willen YES

* Willen Lake YES

* Willen Park YES

* Wolverton YES DEPENDS ON LOCATION THOUGH

* Wolverton Mill YES DEPENDS ON LOCATION THOUGH

* Wolverton Mill East and South YES DEPENDS ON LOCATION THOUGH

* Woolstone YES

* Woughton Park YES

* Woughton-on-the-Green YES

martin2345uk

zebedee78 wrote: »

There's a simple rule of thumb for sussing out the various estates in MK: Look at it on a map, the straighter the estate roads are, the worse the area is. It's not a perfect system, but it's usually pretty accurate.

Bradwell Common is okay, better towards the station end.

That's interesting, what's the reasoning behind that?!

bedfordshireboy

Nicer areas:
Woughton on the Green
Loughton
Stony Straftord (just outside MK)
Shenley (all of them)
Tattenhoe
Walnut Tree
Emerson Valley
Newport Pagnell (the older properties near the town centre)
Willen
Caldecotte
Middleton
Great Linford

Areas I personally would avoid:
Fishermead
Conniburrow
Lakes Estate
Bletchley - racecourse estate is okay
Heelands
Bradwell
Beanhill
Coffee Hall
Greenleys

If the property is at the lower price end for that size/type of property, that's a fair indication that the area is the reason for it.

Nothing can beat a drive to the property and a 10 min walk around, you will soon get the gist.

Good Luck.

rinkydinkpanther

Interesting. i live in Bradwell Common, and my bit of it is much nicer than other "good" areas where I lived before (Wavendon Gate, Monkston). My neighbour has just accepted a full price offer of 380k for their 3 bed within 10 days of going on the market, so clearly someone else thinks it's nice too!

The thing with MK is that it is a planned and designed town, rather than a haphazard jumble which has grown over centuries. Because of this, nearly all the estates contain a full spectrum of housing from 1 bed flats to 6 bed executive homes, and consequently nearly all estates have good bits and not so good bits. You'll have to check things out on a street by street basis rather than just by area.

bedfordshireboy

rinkydinkpanther wrote: »

Interesting. i live in Bradwell Common, and my bit of it is much nicer than other "good" areas where I lived before (Wavendon Gate, Monkston). My neighbour has just accepted a full price offer of 380k for their 3 bed within 10 days of going on the market, so clearly someone else thinks it's nice too!

The thing with MK is that it is a planned and designed town, rather than a haphazard jumble which has grown over centuries. Because of this, nearly all the estates contain a full spectrum of housing from 1 bed flats to 6 bed executive homes, and consequently nearly all estates have good bits and not so good bits. You'll have to check things out on a street by street basis rather than just by area.

very fair comment - my advice was on generic areas of MK. Even in Walnut Tree (which I quite like) there are roads within it I wouldn't live on i.e. next to the local centre/shop so there is no hard and fast rule.


If someone choses an area without going for a look around I would say that is stupidity.