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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom, centred on Milton Keynes and Bedford}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=MK}}
The '''MK postcode area''', also known as the '''Milton Keynes postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 26 postcode districts in [[England]], within five [[post town]]s. These cover north [[Buckinghamshire]] (including [[Milton Keynes]], [[Buckingham]], [[Newport Pagnell]] and [[Olney, Buckinghamshire|Olney]]), west and north [[Bedfordshire]] (including [[Bedford]]) and very small parts of [[Northamptonshire]], [[Oxfordshire]] and [[Cambridgeshire]].

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

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|-
! MK1
|MILTON KEYNES
|[[Denbigh, Milton Keynes|Denbigh]], Mount Farm
|[[City of Milton Keynes|Milton Keynes]]
|-
! MK2
|MILTON KEYNES
|Brickfields, Central [[Bletchley, Milton Keynes|Bletchley]], [[Fenny Stratford]], [[Water Eaton, Milton Keynes|Water Eaton]]
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK3
|MILTON KEYNES
|Church Green, Far Bletchley, Old Bletchley, [[Newton Leys]], [[West Bletchley]]
|Milton Keynes; [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]
|-
! MK4
|MILTON KEYNES
|Emerson Valley, Furzton, Kingsmead, Oxley Park, [[Shenley Brook End]], Snelshall West, [[Tattenhoe]], Tattenhoe Park, Westcroft, Whaddon, Woodhill
|Milton Keynes; Buckinghamshire
|-
! MK5
|MILTON KEYNES
|Crownhill, [[Loughton and Great Holm#Elfield Park|Elfield Park]], Grange Farm, Oakhill, Knowlhill, [[Loughton, Milton Keynes|Loughton]], Medbourne, [[Shenley Brook End]], [[Shenley Church End]], Shenley Lodge, Shenley Wood
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK6
|MILTON KEYNES
|Ashland, Beanhill, Bleak Hall, Coffee Hall, Eaglestone, Fishermead, Leadenhall, Netherfield, Oldbrook, Peartree Bridge, Redmoor, Springfield, Tinkers Bridge, [[Woughton|Woughton on the Green]], Woughton Park, [[Simpson, Milton Keynes|Simpson]], Winterhill
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK7
|MILTON KEYNES
|[[Browns Wood]], [[Caldecotte]], Kents Hill, Tilbrook, [[Walton, Milton Keynes|Walton]], [[Walton Hall, Milton Keynes|Walton Hall]], [[Wavendon]], [[Wavendon Gate]], Old Farm Park
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK8
|MILTON KEYNES
|Crownhill, Grange Farm, Great Holm, Hazeley, [[Loughton, Milton Keynes|Loughton]], Loughton Lodge, [[Two Mile Ash]], [[Whitehouse, Milton Keynes|Whitehouse]], Wymbush
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK9
|MILTON KEYNES
|[[Central Milton Keynes]], [[Campbell Park]]
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK10
|MILTON KEYNES
|Brinklow, [[Broughton, Milton Keynes|Broughton]], Kingston, [[Middleton (Milton Keynes Village)|Middleton]], Monkston, Oakgrove
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK11
|MILTON KEYNES
|[[Fairfields]], Fullers Slade, Galley Hill, Kiln Farm, [[Stony Stratford]]
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK12
|MILTON KEYNES
|Greenleys, Hodge Lea, Old Wolverton, Stacey Bushes, [[Wolverton]], Wolverton Mill
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK13
|MILTON KEYNES
|Bancroft/Bancroft Park, Blue Bridge, [[Bradwell, Milton Keynes|Bradwell]] and [[Bradwell Abbey]], Bradwell Common, [[New Bradwell]], Heelands, Stonebridge
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK14
|MILTON KEYNES
|Blakelands, Conniburrow, Downs Barn, Giffard Park, [[Great Linford]], Linford Wood, Oakridge Park, [[Stantonbury]], Neath Hill, Redhouse Park
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK15
|MILTON KEYNES
|Bolbeck Park, Downhead Park, Fox Milne, Newlands, [[Pennyland project|Pennyland]], Pineham, Northfield, [[Tongwell]], Willen Park, [[Willen]], Willen Lake, [[Great Woolstone]], Little Woolstone
|Milton Keynes
|-
! MK16
|NEWPORT PAGNELL
|[[Astwood, Buckinghamshire|Astwood]], [[Broughton, Milton Keynes|Broughton]], [[Chicheley]], [[Filgrave]], [[Gayhurst]], [[Hardmead]], [[Lathbury]], Little Crawley, [[Moulsoe]], [[North Crawley]], [[Newport Pagnell]], [[Sherington]], [[Stoke Goldington]], [[Tyringham]]
|Milton Keynes; [[West Northamptonshire]]
|-
! MK17
|MILTON KEYNES
|[[Aspley Guise]], [[Battlesden]], [[Bow Brickhill]], [[Drayton Parslow]], [[Eversholt, Bedfordshire|Eversholt]], [[Great Brickhill]], [[Great Horwood]], [[Hulcote, Bedfordshire|Hulcote]], [[Little Brickhill]], [[Little Horwood]], [[Milton Bryan]], [[Mursley]], [[Nash, Buckinghamshire|Nash]], [[Newton Longville]], [[Potsgrove]], [[Salford, Bedfordshire|Salford]], [[Stoke Hammond]], [[Swanbourne]], [[Thornton, Buckinghamshire|Thornton]], [[Tingrith]], [[Wavendon]], [[Whaddon, Buckinghamshire|Whaddon]], [[Woburn, Bedfordshire|Woburn]], [[Woburn Sands]]
|Buckinghamshire; [[Central Bedfordshire]]; Milton Keynes
|-
! MK18
|BUCKINGHAM
|[[Addington, Buckinghamshire|Addington]], [[Adstock]], [[Akeley, Buckinghamshire|Akeley]], [[Barton Hartshorn]], [[Botolph Claydon]], [[Buckingham]], [[Calvert, Buckinghamshire|Calvert]], [[Chackmore]], [[Chetwode]], [[Dadford]], [[Dunton, Buckinghamshire|Dunton]], [[East Claydon]], [[Finmere]], [[Foscott]], [[Gawcott]], [[Granborough]], [[Hillesden]], [[Hoggeston]], [[Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire|Leckhamstead]], [[Lillingstone Dayrell]], [[Lillingstone Lovell]], [[Maids Moreton]], [[Middle Claydon]], [[Newton Purcell]], [[North Marston]], [[Padbury]], [[Shalstone]], [[Steeple Claydon]], [[Tingewick]], [[Thornborough, Buckinghamshire|Thornborough]], [[Water Stratford]], [[Winslow, Buckinghamshire|Winslow]]
|Buckinghamshire; [[Cherwell District|Cherwell]]
|-
! MK19
|MILTON KEYNES
| [[Beachampton]], [[Calverton, Milton Keynes|Calverton]], [[Castlethorpe]], [[Cosgrove, Northamptonshire|Cosgrove]], [[Deanshanger]], [[Hanslope]], [[Haversham]], [[Little Linford]], [[Long Street, Buckinghamshire|Long Street]], [[Old Stratford]], [[Passenham]], [[Upper Weald]], [[Wicken, Northamptonshire|Wicken]]
|Buckinghamshire; Milton Keynes; West Northamptonshire
|-
! MK40
|BEDFORD
|[[Biddenham]], [[Castle, Bedford|Castle]], [[De Parys]], [[Great Denham]], [[Harpur]], [[Queens Park, Bedford|Queens Park]]
|[[Borough of Bedford|Bedford]]
|-
! MK41
|BEDFORD
|[[Brickhill]], [[Clapham, Bedfordshire|Clapham]], [[De Parys]], [[Goldington]], [[Harpur]], [[Newnham, Bedford|Newnham]], [[Putnoe]], [[Renhold]], [[Salph End]]
|Bedford
|-
! MK42
|BEDFORD
|[[Castle, Bedford|Castle]], [[Cauldwell, Bedford|Cauldwell]], [[Elstow]], [[Harrowden, Bedfordshire|Harrowden]], [[Kempston]], [[Kingsbrook, Bedford|Kingsbrook]], [[Shortstown]], [[Wixams]]
|Bedford
|-
! MK43
|BEDFORD
|[[Bourne End, Cranfield|Bourne End]], [[Brogborough]], [[Box End]], [[Bromham, Bedfordshire|Bromham]], [[Cranfield]], [[Carlton, Bedfordshire|Carlton]], [[Felmersham]], [[Harrold, Bedfordshire|Harrold]], [[Husborne Crawley]], [[Keeley Green]], [[Kempston Rural]], [[Lidlington]], [[Lower Shelton]], [[Marston Moretaine]], [[Newton Blossomville]], [[Oakley, Bedfordshire|Oakley]], [[Odell, Bedfordshire|Odell]], [[Pavenham]], [[Podington]], [[Radwell, Bedfordshire|Radwell]], [[Ridgmont]], [[Stagsden]], [[Stevington]], [[Stewartby]], [[Turvey, Bedfordshire|Turvey]], [[Upper Shelton]], [[West End, Bedfordshire|West End]], [[Wood End, Bedfordshire|Wood End]], [[Wootton, Bedfordshire|Wootton]], [[Wootton Green]]
|Bedford; Central Bedfordshire; Milton Keynes
|-
! MK44
|BEDFORD
|[[Begwary]], [[Bletsoe]], [[Blunham, Bedfordshire|Blunham]], [[Bolnhurst]], [[Cardington, Bedfordshire|Cardington]], [[Chawston]], [[Colesden]], [[Colmworth]], [[Cople]], [[Duck's Cross]], [[Great Barford]], [[Keysoe]], [[Keysoe Row]], [[Kingsbrook, Bedford|Kingsbrook]], [[Knotting, Bedfordshire|Knotting]], [[Knotting Green]], [[Little Staughton]], [[Melchbourne]], [[Milton Ernest]], [[Moggerhanger]], [[Pertenhall]], [[Ravensden]], [[Riseley, Bedfordshire|Riseley]], [[Roxton, Bedfordshire|Roxton]], [[Sharnbrook]], [[Souldrop, Bedfordshire|Souldrop]], [[Swineshead, Bedfordshire|Swineshead]], [[Thurleigh]], [[Top End]], [[Wilden, Bedfordshire|Wilden]], [[Willington, Bedfordshire|Willington]], [[Wyboston]], [[Yelden]]
|Bedford; [[Huntingdonshire]]
|-
! MK45
|BEDFORD
|[[Ampthill]], [[Barton-le-Clay]], [[Clophill]], [[Cotton End]], [[Flitton]], [[Flitwick]], [[Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire|Gravenhurst]], [[Greenfield, Bedfordshire|Greenfield]], [[Haynes, Bedfordshire|Haynes]], [[Haynes Church End]], [[Herring's Green]], [[Houghton Conquest]], [[How End]], [[Kempston Hardwick]], [[Maulden]], [[Millbrook, Bedfordshire|Millbrook]], [[Pulloxhill]], [[Sharpenhoe]], [[Silsoe]], [[Steppingley]], [[Westoning]], [[Wilstead]]
|Bedford; Central Bedfordshire
|-
! MK46
|OLNEY
|[[Clifton Reynes]], [[Cold Brayfield]], [[Emberton]], [[Lavendon]], [[Olney, Buckinghamshire|Olney]], [[Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire|Ravenstone]], [[Warrington, Buckinghamshire|Warrington]], [[Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire|Weston Underwood]]
|Milton Keynes
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|MK77
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|MILTON KEYNES
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[Morgan Stanley]] Processing Centre (geographically in MK11)
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|}

==Map==
{{Attached KML|display=inline}}
{{Postcode area imagemap|map=MK postcode area|size=550x550px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Milton Keynes]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering South East England]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the East of England]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the East Midlands]]

MK postcode area - Revision history

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