Chigwell

Chigwell is covered by postcode districts IG7 and IG8. It is mostly in the Epping Forest council area: 240 of its 243 postcodes. The others are in Redbridge. 240 are in Essex. ONS lists no county for the other 3.

Typical price £795,000 Homes sold in Chigwell, last 12 months. ▲ 12% on the year before Gigabit broadband 191 of 239 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 1 of 243 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 6 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Chigwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Chigwell, by flood risk Of the 243 postcodes in Chigwell that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 242 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chigwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M11 IG7 4BJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 4GH: not on the flood risk listIG7 4GJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 4GL: not on the flood risk listIG7 4GN: not on the flood risk listIG7 4GP: not on the flood risk listIG7 4GQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AD: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AE: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AF: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AL: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AR: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AS: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AT: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AU: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BA: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BB: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BD: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BE: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BG: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BH: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BL: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BN: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BP: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BS: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BT: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BW: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5BY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DD: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DH: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DL: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DN: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DP: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DR: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DS: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DU: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5DZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EA: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EB: not on the flood risk listIG7 5ED: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EP: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5ER: not on the flood risk listIG7 5ES: not on the flood risk listIG7 5ET: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EU: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EW: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5EZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5GT: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HA: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HB: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HD: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HE: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HF: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HG: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HH: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5HZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JA: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JB: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JD: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JE: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JF: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JN: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JP: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JR: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JS: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JT: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JU: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JW: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5JZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LA: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LB: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LD: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LE: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LF: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LH: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LN: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LP: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LR: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LS: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LT: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LU: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LW: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5LZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NA: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NB: not on the flood risk listIG7 5ND: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NF: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NH: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NL: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NN: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NP: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NR: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NS: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NT: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NU: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NW: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5NY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PD: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PE: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PF: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PG: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PH: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PL: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PN: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PP: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PR: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PS: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PT: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PU: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PW: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5PZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QA: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QB: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QL: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QN: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QP: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QR: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QS: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QT: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QU: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QW: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QY: not on the flood risk listIG7 5QZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 5RA: not on the flood risk listIG7 5RB: not on the flood risk listIG7 5RD: not on the flood risk listIG7 5RE: not on the flood risk listIG7 5RF: not on the flood risk listIG7 5RG: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AA: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AB: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AD: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AF: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AG: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AH: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AL: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AN: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AP: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AR: not on the flood risk listIG7 6AW: not on the flood risk listIG7 6BD: not on the flood risk listIG7 6BE: not on the flood risk listIG7 6BF: not on the flood risk listIG7 6DJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6DP: not on the flood risk listIG7 6DR: not on the flood risk listIG7 6DW: not on the flood risk listIG7 6ED: not on the flood risk listIG7 6FB: not on the flood risk listIG7 6FE: not on the flood risk listIG7 6FF: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LH: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LL: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LN: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LP: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LR: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LS: not on the flood risk listIG7 6LW: not on the flood risk listIG7 6NT: not on the flood risk listIG7 6NU: not on the flood risk listIG7 6NY: not on the flood risk listIG7 6NZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PA: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PB: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PE: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PF: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PH: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PJ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PL: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PN: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PP: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PR: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PS: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PT: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PU: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PW: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PY: not on the flood risk listIG7 6PZ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QA: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QB: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QE: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QF: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QG: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QQ: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QT: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QU: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QX: not on the flood risk listIG7 6QZ: not on the flood risk listIG8 8AG: not on the flood risk listIG8 8AS: not on the flood risk listIG8 8AU: not on the flood risk listIG8 8AX: not on the flood risk listIG8 8AY: not on the flood risk listIG8 8AZ: not on the flood risk listIG8 8BA: not on the flood risk listIG8 8BB: not on the flood risk listIG8 8BD: not on the flood risk listIG8 8BE: not on the flood risk listIG8 8BG: not on the flood risk listIG8 8BL: not on the flood risk listIG8 8BQ: not on the flood risk listIG8 8EN: not on the flood risk listIG8 8LE: not on the flood risk listIG8 8PX: not on the flood risk listIG7 5AZ: low flood risk at worst Chigwell Map of every postcode in Chigwell, by flood risk Of the 243 postcodes in Chigwell that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 242 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chigwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M11 Chigwell
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 242

Of the 243 postcodes in Chigwell that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 242 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 51.6138, longitude 0.0788. 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

What is it like to live in Chigwell?

Homes sold for a typical £795,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12% on the 12 months before. At 191 of the 239 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 243 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Chigwell Medical Centre, 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Newbury Park Station, 4.4 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 Chigwell?

Homes in Chigwell sold for a typical £795,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, up 12% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£795,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£710,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 12% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £1,250,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £745,000 25 sales
  • Terraced £510,000 7 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £396,500 18 sales

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

Across the whole IG7 district, Chigwell's main postcode district: a typical £500,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chigwell: 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 Chigwell?

5 of the 243 postcodes now in use in Chigwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 117 homes sold in Chigwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IG7 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

IG7 6FFsince December 2025IG7 6FEsince August 2024IG7 5EQsince February 2024IG7 6FBsince February 2021IG7 5BUsince June 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 ChigwellAcross the IG7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 81 (0%) 5 of 181 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 117 (0%) 15 of 234 (6%)

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 Chigwell?

Ofcom reports on 239 of the 243 postcodes in Chigwell. At 191 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit191 of 239
Postcodes where every home can get superfast235 of 239

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 Chigwell at risk of flooding?

1 of the 243 postcodes in Chigwell has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 243 postcodes Low: 2

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 Chigwell?

The open schools at the postcodes in Chigwell. 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

Secondary

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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 Chigwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chigwell is Newbury Park Station, 4.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Newbury Park Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Chingford Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive
  • Highams Park Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
  • Chigwell Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 550 mWalk
  • Chigwell Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 550 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 Chigwell?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Chigwell. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Chigwell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,866 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chigwell 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. 144 September 2025
  2. 159 October 2025
  3. 156 November 2025
  4. 178 December 2025
  5. 163 January 2026
  6. 135 February 2026
  7. 127 March 2026
  8. 140 April 2026
  9. 145 May 2026
  10. 171 June 2026
  11. 187 July 2026
  12. 161 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences613 reports
Anti-social behaviour332 reports
Vehicle crime204 reports
Shoplifting150 reports
Other theft117 reports
Public order102 reports
Criminal damage and arson100 reports
Burglary96 reports

Also: drugs 54, robbery 36, other crime 26, theft from the person 19, possession of weapons 14, bicycle theft 3.

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 Chigwell?

Councils
Epping Forest (240) and Redbridge (3)
Parliamentary constituencies
Epping Forest (240) and Chingford and Woodford Green (3)
Police force areas
Essex (240) and Metropolitan Police (3)
Regions
East of England (240) and London (3)
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 Chigwell

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Chigwell is in Epping Forest; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Chigwell postcodes

243 postcodes in use in Chigwell, by district:

IG7 postcode district,227 postcodesIG8 postcode district,16 postcodes

Those districts are all in the IG postcode area.

Check a Chigwell 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 Chigwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chigwell's £795,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Chigwell Row2.3 km, £532,500Buckhurst Hill3.0 km, £663,250Redbridge3.7 km, £510,000Loughton3.9 km, £507,500Theydon Bois6.6 km, £787,500Waltham Forest6.8 km, £548,316Barking and Dagenham8.2 km, £385,000Waltham Abbey9.3 km, £390,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Chigwell

What is it like to live in Chigwell?
Homes sold for a typical £795,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12% on the 12 months before. At 191 of the 239 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 243 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Chigwell Medical Centre, 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Newbury Park Station, 4.4 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 Chigwell?
Chigwell is covered by postcode districts IG7 and IG8, across 243 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Chigwell?
Homes in Chigwell sold for a typical £795,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, up 12% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Chigwell?
In Chigwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery, Limes Farm Junior School and St John's RC School (Essex); secondary schools at its postcodes include West Hatch High School, St John's RC School (Essex) and Chigwell School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Chigwell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chigwell is Newbury Park Station, 4.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Chigwell?
Ofcom reports on 239 of the 243 postcodes in Chigwell. At 191 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Chigwell at risk of flooding?
1 of the 243 postcodes in Chigwell has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the 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 Chigwell?
5 of the 243 postcodes now in use in Chigwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 117 homes sold in Chigwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IG7 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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