Epping

Epping is covered by postcode district CM16. It is in the Epping Forest council area, Essex.

Typical price £552,500 Homes sold in Epping, last 12 months. ▼ 6.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 204 of 306 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 4 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Epping, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Epping, by flood risk Of the 319 postcodes in Epping that ONS places, 319 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Epping. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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flood risk listCM16 7AS: not on the flood risk listCM16 7AT: not on the flood risk listCM16 7AU: not on the flood risk listCM16 7AW: not on the flood risk listCM16 7AX: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BA: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BB: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BD: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BE: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BG: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BH: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BL: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BN: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BQ: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BS: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BT: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BU: not on the flood risk listCM16 7BX: not on the flood risk listCM16 7DA: not on the flood risk listCM16 7FH: not on the flood risk listCM16 7NJ: not on the flood risk listCM16 9SA: not on the flood risk list Epping Map of every postcode in Epping, by flood risk Of the 319 postcodes in Epping that ONS places, 319 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Epping. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M25 Epping
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 319

Of the 319 postcodes in Epping that ONS places, 319 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 51.6985, longitude 0.1118. 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 Epping?

Homes sold for a typical £552,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 204 of the 306 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 319 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Harlow Town, 9.3 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 Epping?

Homes in Epping sold for a typical £552,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 120 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£552,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£590,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 6.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £902,500 28 sales
  • Semi-detached £691,500 27 sales
  • Terraced £529,998 32 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £360,000 33 sales

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

Across the whole CM16 district, Epping's main postcode district: a typical £542,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Epping: 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 Epping?

12 of the 319 postcodes now in use in Epping came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 222 homes sold in Epping were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM16 district, 4%.

The newest postcodes

CM16 9FBsince July 2026CM16 5BQsince March 2026CM16 9GTsince February 2026CM16 9GRsince August 2025CM16 9GQsince July 2025CM16 6AFsince January 2025

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 EppingAcross the CM16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 120 (Under 1%) 1 of 256 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 14 of 222 (6%) 18 of 406 (4%)

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 Epping?

Ofcom reports on 306 of the 319 postcodes in Epping. At 204 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit204 of 306
Postcodes where every home can get superfast292 of 306

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 Epping at risk of flooding?

None of the 319 postcodes in Epping is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Epping?

The open schools at the postcodes in Epping. 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 Epping?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Epping is Harlow Town Rail Station, 9.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Harlow Town Rail Station Railway station 9.3 kmDrive
  • Cheshunt Rail Station Railway station 9.4 kmDrive
  • Waltham Cross Rail Station Railway station 9.7 kmDrive
  • Epping Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 550 mWalk
  • Epping 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 Epping?

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

Police.uk records 1,016 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Epping 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. 85 September 2025
  2. 78 October 2025
  3. 93 November 2025
  4. 91 December 2025
  5. 60 January 2026
  6. 63 February 2026
  7. 81 March 2026
  8. 71 April 2026
  9. 88 May 2026
  10. 108 June 2026
  11. 113 July 2026
  12. 85 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences372 reports
Anti-social behaviour116 reports
Shoplifting98 reports
Vehicle crime91 reports
Public order89 reports
Criminal damage and arson79 reports
Other theft60 reports
Drugs40 reports

Also: burglary 29, other crime 14, robbery 10, theft from the person 9, possession of weapons 8, bicycle theft 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 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 Epping?

District, borough or city council
Epping Forest
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Epping Forest
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Dr Neil Hudson (Conservative)

All 319 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 Epping

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Epping postcodes

319 postcodes in use in Epping, by district:

CM16 postcode district,319 postcodes

That district is in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Epping

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Epping's £552,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Theydon Bois3.1 km, £787,500North Weald Bassett4.5 km, £460,000Loughton6.4 km, £507,500Waltham Abbey7.1 km, £390,000Harlow7.6 km, £340,000Lower Nazeing8.0 km, £570,000Chigwell Row8.7 km, £532,500Chipping Ongar9.1 km, £469,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Epping

What is it like to live in Epping?
Homes sold for a typical £552,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 204 of the 306 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 319 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Harlow Town, 9.3 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 Epping?
Epping is covered by postcode district CM16, across 319 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Epping in?
Epping is in the Epping Forest council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Epping?
Epping is in the Epping Forest parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Neil Hudson (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Epping?
Homes in Epping sold for a typical £552,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 120 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Epping?
In Epping, primary schools at its postcodes include Epping Primary School and Ivy Chimneys Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Tower School and Epping St John's Church of England School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Epping have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Epping is Harlow Town, 9.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Epping?
Ofcom reports on 306 of the 319 postcodes in Epping. At 204 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Epping at risk of flooding?
None of the 319 postcodes in Epping is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Epping?
12 of the 319 postcodes now in use in Epping came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 222 homes sold in Epping were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM16 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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