Chesham
Chesham is covered by postcode district HP5. It is in the Buckinghamshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Chesham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 18
- In use before 2020: 540
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 558 postcodes in Chesham that ONS places, 18 are new since 2020 and 540 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 51.7107, longitude -0.6116. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. HP5 1GQ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Chesham?
Homes sold for a typical £452,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. At 375 of the 547 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 465 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 65 of its 558 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Amersham, 4.1 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 Chesham?
Homes in Chesham sold for a typical £452,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 204 sales, up 5.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £798,750 38 sales
- Semi-detached £510,000 63 sales
- Terraced £415,000 61 sales
- Flat or maisonette £230,000 42 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole HP5 district, Chesham's main postcode district: a typical £479,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chesham: 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 Chesham?
18 of the 558 postcodes now in use in Chesham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 316 homes sold in Chesham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP5 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
| Period | In Chesham | Across the HP5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 204 (0%) | 0 of 242 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 316 (0%) | 0 of 361 (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 Chesham?
Ofcom reports on 547 of the 558 postcodes in Chesham. At 375 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chesham at risk of flooding?
65 of the 558 postcodes in Chesham 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 465 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Chesham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Chesham. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Elmtree Infant and Nursery School400 m 160 pupils, 228 places
- Newtown School450 m 234 pupils, 280 places
- Heritage House School700 m 140 pupils, 129 places
- Thomas Harding Junior School1.1 km 238 pupils, 240 places
- Brushwood Junior School1.1 km 257 pupils, 256 places
- Ivingswood Academy1.2 km 149 pupils, 218 places
- Waterside Primary Academy1.9 km 225 pupils, 242 places
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 Chesham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chesham is Amersham Rail Station, 4.1 km away in a straight line.
- Amersham Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
- Chalfont & Latimer Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
- Berkhamsted Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
- Chesham Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 600 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 Chesham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Chesham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Gladstone Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01494 782884 350 mWalk
- The New Surgery Chesham Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01494 782262 350 mWalk
- Water Meadow Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01494 782241 900 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chesham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,588 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chesham 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
- 107 September 2025
- 144 October 2025
- 123 November 2025
- 119 December 2025
- 105 January 2026
- 134 February 2026
- 146 March 2026
- 118 April 2026
- 156 May 2026
- 151 June 2026
- 166 July 2026
- 119 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 41, other crime 26, robbery 20, possession of weapons 9, theft from the person 7, bicycle theft 6.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Chesham?
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Chesham and Amersham (544) and Mid Buckinghamshire (14)
- Police force area
- Thames Valley
- Region
- South East
- 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 Chesham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Buckinghamshire about council tax Council tax, on buckinghamshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Chesham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Chesham postcodes
558 postcodes in use in Chesham, by district:
That district is in the HP postcode area.
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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 Chesham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chesham's £452,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Chesham
- What is it like to live in Chesham?
- Homes sold for a typical £452,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. At 375 of the 547 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 465 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 65 of its 558 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Amersham, 4.1 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 Chesham?
- Chesham is covered by postcode district HP5, across 558 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Chesham in?
- Chesham is in the Buckinghamshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Chesham?
- Homes in Chesham sold for a typical £452,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 204 sales, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Chesham?
- In Chesham, primary schools at its postcodes include Elmtree Infant and Nursery School, Newtown School and Heritage House School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Heritage House School, Chesham Grammar School and Chiltern Hills Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Chesham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chesham is Amersham, 4.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Chesham?
- Ofcom reports on 547 of the 558 postcodes in Chesham. At 375 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Chesham at risk of flooding?
- 65 of the 558 postcodes in Chesham 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 465 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 Chesham?
- 18 of the 558 postcodes now in use in Chesham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 316 homes sold in Chesham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP5 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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