Doddinghurst
Doddinghurst is covered by postcode district CM15. It is in the Brentwood council area, Essex.
Every postcode in Doddinghurst, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 1
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 5
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 84
Of the 90 postcodes in Doddinghurst that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst and 84 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 51.6688, longitude 0.3035. 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.
What is it like to live in Doddinghurst?
Homes sold for a typical £582,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 77 of the 89 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 6 of its 90 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Shenfield, 4.6 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 Doddinghurst?
Homes in Doddinghurst sold for a typical £582,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, up 0.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £760,000 20 sales
- Semi-detached £525,000 17 sales
- Terraced 2 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CM15 district, Doddinghurst's main postcode district: a typical £550,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Doddinghurst: 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 Doddinghurst?
1 of the 90 postcodes now in use in Doddinghurst came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 54 homes sold in Doddinghurst were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM15 district, 5%.
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 Doddinghurst | Across the CM15 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 39 (0%) | 6 of 311 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 54 (0%) | 18 of 372 (5%) |
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 Doddinghurst?
Ofcom reports on 89 of the 90 postcodes in Doddinghurst. At 77 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 Doddinghurst at risk of flooding?
6 of the 90 postcodes in Doddinghurst 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.
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 Doddinghurst?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Doddinghurst. 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
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 Doddinghurst?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Doddinghurst is Shenfield Rail Station, 4.6 km away in a straight line.
- Shenfield Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
- Ingatestone Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Brentwood Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive
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 Doddinghurst?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Doddinghurst. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Deal Tree Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01277 821699 900 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Doddinghurst safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 183 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Doddinghurst 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
- 10 September 2025
- 11 October 2025
- 15 November 2025
- 12 December 2025
- 11 January 2026
- 9 February 2026
- 18 March 2026
- 17 April 2026
- 11 May 2026
- 29 June 2026
- 24 July 2026
- 16 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 2, shoplifting 1, possession of weapons 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 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 Doddinghurst?
- District, borough or city council
- Brentwood
- County council
- Essex
- Parliamentary constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
- Police force area
- Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- MP
- Alex Burghart (Conservative)
All 90 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 Doddinghurst
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Brentwood about council tax Council tax, on brentwood.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Doddinghurst
- 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
Doddinghurst postcodes
90 postcodes in use in Doddinghurst, by district:
That district is in the CM postcode area.
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Places near Doddinghurst
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Doddinghurst's £582,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Doddinghurst
- What is it like to live in Doddinghurst?
- Homes sold for a typical £582,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 77 of the 89 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 6 of its 90 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Shenfield, 4.6 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 Doddinghurst?
- Doddinghurst is covered by postcode district CM15, across 90 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Doddinghurst in?
- Doddinghurst is in the Brentwood council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Doddinghurst?
- Doddinghurst is in the Brentwood and Ongar parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alex Burghart (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Doddinghurst?
- Homes in Doddinghurst sold for a typical £582,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Doddinghurst?
- In Doddinghurst, primary schools at its postcodes include Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School and Doddinghurst Infant School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Shenfield High School, 3.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Doddinghurst have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Doddinghurst is Shenfield, 4.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Doddinghurst?
- Ofcom reports on 89 of the 90 postcodes in Doddinghurst. At 77 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Doddinghurst at risk of flooding?
- 6 of the 90 postcodes in Doddinghurst 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 Doddinghurst?
- 1 of the 90 postcodes now in use in Doddinghurst came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 54 homes sold in Doddinghurst were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM15 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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