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.
Every postcode in Chigwell, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 238
Of the 243 postcodes in Chigwell that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 238 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. 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; 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
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.
- 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
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 Chigwell | Across 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.
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 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.
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
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.
- Chigwell Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 020 3376 6670 1.0 kmWalk
- Hainault Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2023 · Phone 020 8501 3431 1.4 kmCycle
- Fence Piece Road Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8500 3526 1.6 kmCycle
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
- 144 September 2025
- 159 October 2025
- 156 November 2025
- 178 December 2025
- 163 January 2026
- 135 February 2026
- 127 March 2026
- 140 April 2026
- 145 May 2026
- 171 June 2026
- 187 July 2026
- 161 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 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 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.
- Tell Epping Forest about council tax Council tax, on eppingforestdc.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- 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
Chigwell postcodes
243 postcodes in use in Chigwell, by district:
Those districts are all in the IG 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 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.
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, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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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