Ashingdon

Ashingdon is covered by postcode districts SS4 and SS5. It is in the Rochford council area, Essex.

Typical price £405,000 Homes sold in Ashingdon, last 12 months. ▲ 6.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 106 of 118 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 6 of 118 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ashingdon, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ashingdon, by flood risk Of the 118 postcodes in Ashingdon that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 112 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Ashingdon. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SS4 1TS: not on the flood risk listSS4 1UB: not on the flood risk listSS4 1UD: not on the flood risk listSS4 1UG: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AB: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AG: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AH: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AJ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AL: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AN: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AP: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AQ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AR: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AS: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AT: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AU: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AW: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AX: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AY: not on the flood risk listSS4 3AZ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BA: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BB: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BD: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BE: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BG: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BH: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BJ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BL: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BN: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BP: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BQ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BS: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BT: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BU: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BW: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BX: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BY: not on the flood risk listSS4 3BZ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DA: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DB: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DD: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DE: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DF: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DG: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DH: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DJ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DL: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DP: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DQ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DR: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DS: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DT: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DU: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DW: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DX: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DY: not on the flood risk listSS4 3DZ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EA: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EB: not on the flood risk listSS4 3ED: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EE: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EF: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EG: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EH: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EJ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EL: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EN: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EP: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EQ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3ER: not on the flood risk listSS4 3ES: not on the flood risk listSS4 3ET: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EU: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EW: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EX: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EY: not on the flood risk listSS4 3EZ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3FP: not on the flood risk listSS4 3FQ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HA: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HB: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HD: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HE: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HF: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HG: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HH: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HJ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HN: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HQ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HS: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HW: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HX: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HY: not on the flood risk listSS4 3HZ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JA: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JB: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JD: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JE: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JF: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JJ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JR: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JS: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JY: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JZ: not on the flood risk listSS4 3LA: not on the flood risk listSS4 3LB: not on the flood risk listSS4 3LN: not on the flood risk listSS4 3LW: not on the flood risk listSS4 3TB: not on the flood risk listSS4 3TF: not on the flood risk listSS4 3TH: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JW: not on the flood risk listSS4 3JP: very low flood risk onlySS4 3JU: very low flood risk onlySS4 3AD: low flood risk at worstSS4 3JL: low flood risk at worstSS4 3JX: low flood risk at worstSS4 3JT: medium flood risk at worst Ashingdon Map of every postcode in Ashingdon, by flood risk Of the 118 postcodes in Ashingdon that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 112 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Ashingdon. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ashingdon
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 112

Of the 118 postcodes in Ashingdon that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 112 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6034, longitude 0.6916. 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 medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SS4 3JT2 at medium risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

SS5 5JW

What is it like to live in Ashingdon?

Homes sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.6% on the 12 months before. At 106 of the 118 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 118 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hockley, 2.2 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 Ashingdon?

Homes in Ashingdon sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 83 sales, up 6.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£405,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£380,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 6.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £520,000 27 sales
  • Semi-detached £375,000 43 sales
  • Terraced £325,000 7 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £216,000 6 sales

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

Across the whole SS4 district, Ashingdon's main postcode district: a typical £370,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ashingdon: 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 Ashingdon?

2 of the 118 postcodes now in use in Ashingdon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 101 homes sold in Ashingdon were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS4 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

SS4 3FQsince April 2021SS4 3FPsince November 2020

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 AshingdonAcross the SS4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 83 (0%) 15 of 281 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 101 (0%) 84 of 417 (20%)

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 Ashingdon?

Ofcom reports on 118 of the 118 postcodes in Ashingdon. At 106 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit106 of 118
Postcodes where every home can get superfast114 of 118

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 Ashingdon at risk of flooding?

6 of the 118 postcodes in Ashingdon 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 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 6 of 118 postcodes Medium: 2Low: 6Very low: 43

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 Ashingdon?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Ashingdon. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Ashingdon?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ashingdon is Hockley Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Hockley Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Rochford Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
  • Southend Airport Rail Station Railway station 4.0 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 Ashingdon?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Ashingdon. 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 Ashingdon safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 335 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ashingdon 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. 20 September 2025
  2. 24 October 2025
  3. 26 November 2025
  4. 35 December 2025
  5. 24 January 2026
  6. 18 February 2026
  7. 40 March 2026
  8. 36 April 2026
  9. 33 May 2026
  10. 27 June 2026
  11. 35 July 2026
  12. 17 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences149 reports
Anti-social behaviour61 reports
Criminal damage and arson29 reports
Vehicle crime27 reports
Other theft23 reports
Public order15 reports
Other crime12 reports
Burglary6 reports

Also: drugs 6, shoplifting 3, possession of weapons 3, bicycle theft 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 Ashingdon?

District, borough or city council
Rochford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Mr Mark Francois (Conservative)

All 118 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. 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 Ashingdon

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Ashingdon postcodes

118 postcodes in use in Ashingdon, by district:

SS4 postcode district,117 postcodesSS5 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the SS postcode area.

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Places near Ashingdon

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ashingdon's £405,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hockley and Hawkwell2.3 km, £450,000Rochford2.3 km, £351,250Hullbridge5.8 km, £385,000Rayleigh6.0 km, £417,500Southend-on-Sea6.3 km, £350,000South Woodham Ferrers7.2 km, £375,000Burnham-on-Crouch9.1 km, £335,000Thundersley and South Benfleet9.1 km, £395,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ashingdon

What is it like to live in Ashingdon?
Homes sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.6% on the 12 months before. At 106 of the 118 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 118 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hockley, 2.2 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 Ashingdon?
Ashingdon is covered by postcode districts SS4 and SS5, across 118 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ashingdon in?
Ashingdon is in the Rochford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ashingdon?
Ashingdon is in the Rayleigh and Wickford parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mr Mark Francois (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ashingdon?
Homes in Ashingdon sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 83 sales, up 6.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ashingdon?
In Ashingdon, primary schools at its postcodes include Lift Ashingdon; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The King Edmund School, 900 metres away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ashingdon have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ashingdon is Hockley, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ashingdon?
Ofcom reports on 118 of the 118 postcodes in Ashingdon. At 106 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ashingdon at risk of flooding?
6 of the 118 postcodes in Ashingdon 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 2 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 Ashingdon?
2 of the 118 postcodes now in use in Ashingdon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 101 homes sold in Ashingdon were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS4 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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