IG8 postcode district: Redbridge and around

IG8 is a postcode district in England, with 797 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Loughton and 2 more places. It is split between 3 councils: Redbridge (637 postcodes), Waltham Forest (108) and Epping Forest (52). 52 of its 797 postcodes are in Essex. ONS lists no county for the other 745.

Postcodes in use: 797
Sectors: 5
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 5 places

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

Every postcode in IG8, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 27
In use before 2020: 770
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 797 postcodes in IG8 that ONS places, 27 are new since 2020 and 770 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 51.6089, longitude 0.0367. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes

IG8 1PWJuly 2026 IG8 7FFJuly 2026 IG8 7FHJuly 2026 IG8 0FEJune 2026 IG8 0FFJune 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

18 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IG8 1PW, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in IG8?

Ofcom reports on 751 of the 797 postcodes in IG8. At 587 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit587 of 751

Postcodes where every home can get superfast719 of 751

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 IG8 at risk of flooding?

71 of the 797 postcodes in IG8 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 476 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 71 of 797 postcodes High: 3Medium: 473Low: 1,016Very low: 18

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

What do homes sell for in IG8?

Homes in IG8 sold for a typical £598,680 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 317 sales, down 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£598,680 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£622,510 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 3.8% on the 12 months before

Detached £1,027,500 34 sales
Semi-detached £737,500 87 sales
Terraced £600,000 112 sales
Flat or maisonette £335,000 84 sales

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

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