Buckhurst Hill

Buckhurst Hill is covered by postcode districts IG8, IG9 and IG10. It is mostly in the Epping Forest council area: 261 of its 265 postcodes. The others are in Redbridge. 261 are in Essex. ONS lists no county for the other 4.

Every postcode in Buckhurst Hill, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Buckhurst Hill, by flood risk Of the 265 postcodes in Buckhurst Hill that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 262 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Buckhurst Hill. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A104A121 IG10 4HL: not on the flood risk listIG8 0NP: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AA: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AB: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AD: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AE: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AF: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AG: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AH: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AJ: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AQ: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AT: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AX: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AY: not on the flood risk listIG9 5AZ: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BA: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BD: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BF: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BH: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BJ: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BL: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BN: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BS: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BU: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BW: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BX: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BY: not on the flood risk listIG9 5BZ: not on the flood risk listIG9 5DD: 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not on the flood risk listIG9 6LL: not on the flood risk listIG9 6LN: not on the flood risk listIG9 6BX: low flood risk at worstIG9 6BJ: high flood riskIG9 6BY: high flood risk Buckhurst Hill Map of every postcode in Buckhurst Hill, by flood risk Of the 265 postcodes in Buckhurst Hill that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 262 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Buckhurst Hill. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Buckhurst Hill
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 262

Of the 265 postcodes in Buckhurst Hill that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 262 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6264, longitude 0.0412. 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 high risk

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

What is it like to live in Buckhurst Hill?

Homes sold for a typical £663,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 14.4% on the 12 months before. At 206 of the 263 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 265 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chingford, 2.3 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 Buckhurst Hill?

Homes in Buckhurst Hill sold for a typical £663,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 140 sales, up 14.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£663,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£580,000
12 months to August 2026
£663,250

▲ up 14.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£975,000 23 sales
Semi-detached£750,000 37 sales
Terraced£645,000 39 sales
Flat or maisonette£407,500 41 sales

Across the whole IG9 district, Buckhurst Hill's main postcode district: a typical £670,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Buckhurst Hill: 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 Buckhurst Hill?

6 of the 265 postcodes now in use in Buckhurst Hill came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 171 homes sold in Buckhurst Hill were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IG9 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

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 Buckhurst HillAcross the IG9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 140 (0%) 0 of 153 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 171 (0%) 0 of 191 (0%)

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 Buckhurst Hill?

Ofcom reports on 263 of the 265 postcodes in Buckhurst Hill. At 206 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit206 of 263
Postcodes where every home can get superfast247 of 263

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 Buckhurst Hill at risk of flooding?

3 of the 265 postcodes in Buckhurst Hill 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 265 postcodes High: 5Low: 16Very low: 6

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 Buckhurst Hill?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Buckhurst Hill. 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.

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 Buckhurst Hill?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Buckhurst Hill is Chingford Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Chingford Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
  • Highams Park Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
  • Wood Street Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive
  • Buckhurst Hill Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 350 mWalk
  • Buckhurst Hill Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 350 mWalk

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 Buckhurst Hill?

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

Police.uk records 1,107 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Buckhurst Hill 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. 82 September 2025
  2. 91 October 2025
  3. 92 November 2025
  4. 87 December 2025
  5. 83 January 2026
  6. 84 February 2026
  7. 86 March 2026
  8. 87 April 2026
  9. 81 May 2026
  10. 113 June 2026
  11. 121 July 2026
  12. 100 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences422 reports
Vehicle crime177 reports
Anti-social behaviour89 reports
Burglary83 reports
Other theft80 reports
Criminal damage and arson79 reports
Public order72 reports
Drugs51 reports

Also: other crime 13, theft from the person 12, robbery 10, shoplifting 7, possession of weapons 7, bicycle theft 5.

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 Buckhurst Hill?

Councils
Epping Forest (261) and Redbridge (4)
Parliamentary constituencies
Epping Forest (261) and Chingford and Woodford Green (4)
Police force areas
Essex (261) and Metropolitan Police (4)
Regions
East of England (261) and London (4)
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Buckhurst Hill

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

Buckhurst Hill postcodes

265 postcodes in use in Buckhurst Hill, by district:

Those districts are all in the IG postcode area.

Check a Buckhurst Hill postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Buckhurst Hill

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Buckhurst Hill's £663,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Questions about Buckhurst Hill

What is it like to live in Buckhurst Hill?
Homes sold for a typical £663,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 14.4% on the 12 months before. At 206 of the 263 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 265 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chingford, 2.3 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 Buckhurst Hill?
Buckhurst Hill is covered by postcode districts IG8, IG9 and IG10, across 265 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Buckhurst Hill?
Homes in Buckhurst Hill sold for a typical £663,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 140 sales, up 14.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Buckhurst Hill?
In Buckhurst Hill, primary schools at its postcodes include Loyola Preparatory School, Daiglen School and St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Bancroft's School, 1.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Buckhurst Hill have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Buckhurst Hill is Chingford, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Buckhurst Hill?
Ofcom reports on 263 of the 265 postcodes in Buckhurst Hill. At 206 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Buckhurst Hill at risk of flooding?
3 of the 265 postcodes in Buckhurst Hill 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 5 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 Buckhurst Hill?
6 of the 265 postcodes now in use in Buckhurst Hill came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 171 homes sold in Buckhurst Hill were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IG9 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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