Great Wakering

Great Wakering is covered by postcode district SS3. It is in the Rochford council area, Essex.

Typical price £362,500 Homes sold in Great Wakering, last 12 months. ▼ 0.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 107 of 127 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 43 of 129 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Great Wakering, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Great Wakering, by flood risk Of the 129 postcodes in Great Wakering that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 39 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 86 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Wakering. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. SS3 0AH: not on the flood risk listSS3 0AJ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0AL: not on the flood risk listSS3 0AN: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BA: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BB: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BD: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BG: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BH: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BJ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BL: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BN: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BQ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BU: not on the flood risk listSS3 0BW: not on the flood risk listSS3 0DD: not on the flood risk listSS3 0DE: not on the flood risk listSS3 0DG: not on the flood risk listSS3 0DQ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0DW: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EA: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EB: not on the flood risk listSS3 0ED: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EE: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EF: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EG: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EJ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EN: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EQ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0ET: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EW: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EZ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FA: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FF: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FG: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FJ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FL: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FN: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FP: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FQ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FR: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FS: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FT: not on the flood risk listSS3 0FU: not on the flood risk listSS3 0GE: not on the flood risk listSS3 0GN: not on the flood risk listSS3 0GW: not on the flood risk listSS3 0GX: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HA: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HB: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HD: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HE: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HF: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HG: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HJ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HL: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HN: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HS: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HU: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HW: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HX: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HY: not on the flood risk listSS3 0HZ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JA: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JB: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JD: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JE: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JF: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JG: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JH: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JN: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JQ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JR: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JS: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JT: not on the flood risk listSS3 0JW: not on the flood risk listSS3 0PA: not on the flood risk listSS3 0PB: not on the flood risk listSS3 0PD: not on the flood risk listSS3 0PE: not on the flood risk listSS3 0PF: not on the flood risk listSS3 0PG: not on the flood risk listSS3 0PJ: not on the flood risk listSS3 0QY: not on the flood risk listSS3 0RH: not on the flood risk listSS3 0EY: very low flood risk onlySS3 0AA: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AB: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AD: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AE: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AF: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AG: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AQ: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AU: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AY: low flood risk at worstSS3 0BE: low flood risk at worstSS3 0DL: low flood risk at worstSS3 0DN: low flood risk at worstSS3 0DP: low flood risk at worstSS3 0DR: low flood risk at worstSS3 0DS: low flood risk at worstSS3 0DT: low flood risk at worstSS3 0DU: low flood risk at worstSS3 0DX: low flood risk at worstSS3 0EH: low flood risk at worstSS3 0EL: low flood risk at worstSS3 0EP: low flood risk at worstSS3 0ER: low flood risk at worstSS3 0ES: low flood risk at worstSS3 0EU: low flood risk at worstSS3 0EX: low flood risk at worstSS3 0GA: low flood risk at worstSS3 0GB: low flood risk at worstSS3 0HT: low flood risk at worstSS3 0JP: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LA: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LB: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LF: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LN: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LP: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LR: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LS: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LW: low flood risk at worstSS3 0LX: low flood risk at worstSS3 0PH: low flood risk at worstSS3 0AT: medium flood risk at worstSS3 0AX: medium flood risk at worstSS3 0AZ: medium flood risk at worst Great Wakering Map of every postcode in Great Wakering, by flood risk Of the 129 postcodes in Great Wakering that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 39 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 86 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Wakering. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Great Wakering
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 39
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 86

Of the 129 postcodes in Great Wakering that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 39 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 86 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 51.5544, longitude 0.7998. 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 medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SS3 0AX8 at medium riskSS3 0AT1 at medium riskSS3 0AZ1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Great Wakering?

Homes sold for a typical £362,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 107 of the 127 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 43 of its 129 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Shoeburyness, 2.6 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 Great Wakering?

Homes in Great Wakering sold for a typical £362,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 0.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£362,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£365,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 0.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £440,000 20 sales
  • Semi-detached £358,750 34 sales
  • Terraced £316,250 14 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £155,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole SS3 district, Great Wakering's main postcode district: a typical £350,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Great Wakering: 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 Great Wakering?

3 of the 129 postcodes now in use in Great Wakering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 111 homes sold in Great Wakering were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS3 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

SS3 0FWsince January 2025SS3 0GEsince September 2022SS3 0FUsince December 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 Great WakeringAcross the SS3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 73 (0%) 0 of 286 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 17 of 111 (15%) 21 of 362 (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 Great Wakering?

Ofcom reports on 127 of the 129 postcodes in Great Wakering. At 107 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit107 of 127
Postcodes where every home can get superfast126 of 127

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Great Wakering at risk of flooding?

43 of the 129 postcodes in Great Wakering 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 10 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 43 of 129 postcodes Medium: 10Low: 592Very low: 11

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 Great Wakering?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Great Wakering. 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

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 Great Wakering?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Wakering is Shoeburyness Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Shoeburyness Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Thorpe Bay Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Southend East Rail Station Railway station 5.0 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 Great Wakering?

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

Police.uk records 415 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Great Wakering 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. 28 September 2025
  2. 37 October 2025
  3. 26 November 2025
  4. 41 December 2025
  5. 23 January 2026
  6. 48 February 2026
  7. 31 March 2026
  8. 26 April 2026
  9. 18 May 2026
  10. 31 June 2026
  11. 73 July 2026
  12. 33 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences212 reports
Anti-social behaviour53 reports
Criminal damage and arson34 reports
Public order27 reports
Other theft24 reports
Vehicle crime21 reports
Drugs16 reports
Burglary10 reports

Also: other crime 8, possession of weapons 5, shoplifting 2, theft from the person 2, 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 Great Wakering?

District, borough or city council
Rochford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Southend East and Rochford
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Mr Bayo Alaba (Independent)

All 129 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

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Great Wakering postcodes

129 postcodes in use in Great Wakering, by district:

SS3 postcode district,129 postcodes

That district is in the SS postcode area.

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Places near Great Wakering

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Great Wakering's £362,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Southend-on-Sea6.8 km, £350,000Rochford7.4 km, £351,250Burnham-on-Crouch8.7 km, £335,000Ashingdon9.3 km, £405,000Hockley and Hawkwell11.1 km, £450,000Southminster12.1 km, £347,500Sheerness13.3 km, £220,000Rayleigh13.8 km, £417,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Great Wakering

What is it like to live in Great Wakering?
Homes sold for a typical £362,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 107 of the 127 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 43 of its 129 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Shoeburyness, 2.6 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 Great Wakering?
Great Wakering is covered by postcode district SS3, across 129 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Great Wakering in?
Great Wakering is in the Rochford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Great Wakering?
Great Wakering is in the Southend East and Rochford parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mr Bayo Alaba (Independent), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Great Wakering?
Homes in Great Wakering sold for a typical £362,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 0.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Great Wakering?
In Great Wakering, primary schools at its postcodes include Great Wakering Primary Academy and Barling Magna Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Shoeburyness High School, 2.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Great Wakering have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Wakering is Shoeburyness, 2.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Great Wakering?
Ofcom reports on 127 of the 129 postcodes in Great Wakering. At 107 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Great Wakering at risk of flooding?
43 of the 129 postcodes in Great Wakering 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 10 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 Great Wakering?
3 of the 129 postcodes now in use in Great Wakering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 111 homes sold in Great Wakering were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS3 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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