Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath is covered by postcode district CM22. It is in the Uttlesford council area, Essex.

Typical price £642,500 Homes sold in Hatfield Heath, last 12 months. ▼ 4.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 32 of 51 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 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Hatfield Heath, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Hatfield Heath, by flood risk Of the 52 postcodes in Hatfield Heath that ONS places, 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hatfield Heath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1060 CM22 7AA: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AB: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AD: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AE: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AG: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AH: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AJ: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AL: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AN: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AW: not on the flood risk listCM22 7AZ: not on the flood risk listCM22 7BD: not on the flood risk listCM22 7BE: not on the flood risk listCM22 7BG: not on the flood risk listCM22 7BH: not on the flood risk listCM22 7BJ: not on the flood risk listCM22 7BL: not on the flood risk listCM22 7BN: not on the flood risk listCM22 7BQ: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DD: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DH: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DL: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DP: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DS: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DT: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DU: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DX: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DY: not on the flood risk listCM22 7DZ: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EA: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EB: not on the flood risk listCM22 7ED: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EE: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EG: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EH: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EJ: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EL: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EN: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EP: not on the flood risk listCM22 7ER: not on the flood risk listCM22 7ES: not on the flood risk listCM22 7ET: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EU: not on the flood risk listCM22 7EZ: not on the flood risk listCM22 7FA: not on the flood risk listCM22 7FB: not on the flood risk listCM22 7FE: not on the flood risk listCM22 7GH: not on the flood risk listCM22 7LJ: not on the flood risk listCM22 7RS: not on the flood risk listCM22 7RT: not on the flood risk listCM22 7RU: not on the flood risk list Hatfield Heath Map of every postcode in Hatfield Heath, by flood risk Of the 52 postcodes in Hatfield Heath that ONS places, 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hatfield Heath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Hatfield Heath
  • 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: 52

Of the 52 postcodes in Hatfield Heath that ONS places, 52 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 51.8138, longitude 0.2081. 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 Hatfield Heath?

Homes sold for a typical £642,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.5% on the 12 months before. At 32 of the 51 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 52 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 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sawbridgeworth, 3.3 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 Hatfield Heath?

Homes in Hatfield Heath sold for a typical £642,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 16 sales, down 4.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£642,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£672,500
12 months to August 2026
£642,500

▼ down 4.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£775,000 9 sales
Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
Terraced 2 sales, too few to price
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole CM22 district, Hatfield Heath's main postcode district: a typical £482,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hatfield Heath: 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 Hatfield Heath?

1 of the 52 postcodes now in use in Hatfield Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 10 homes sold in Hatfield Heath were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM22 district, 36%.

The newest postcodes

CM22 7GHsince November 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 Hatfield HeathAcross the CM22 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 16 (6%) 16 of 165 (10%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 10 (0%) 126 of 352 (36%)

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 Hatfield Heath?

Ofcom reports on 51 of the 52 postcodes in Hatfield Heath. At 32 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit32 of 51
Postcodes where every home can get superfast46 of 51

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 Hatfield Heath at risk of flooding?

None of the 52 postcodes in Hatfield Heath 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 Hatfield Heath?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Hatfield Heath. 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 Hatfield Heath?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hatfield Heath is Sawbridgeworth Rail Station, 3.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Sawbridgeworth Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
  • Harlow Mill Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
  • Bishops Stortford Rail Station Railway station 6.6 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 Hatfield Heath?

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

Police.uk records 80 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hatfield Heath 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. 4 September 2025
  2. 5 October 2025
  3. 6 November 2025
  4. 4 December 2025
  5. 7 January 2026
  6. 10 February 2026
  7. 4 March 2026
  8. 2 April 2026
  9. 4 May 2026
  10. 4 June 2026
  11. 16 July 2026
  12. 14 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences21 reports
Anti-social behaviour10 reports
Shoplifting10 reports
Criminal damage and arson9 reports
Burglary7 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports
Public order5 reports
Other theft5 reports

Also: robbery 3, drugs 2, other crime 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 Hatfield Heath?

District, borough or city council
Uttlesford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Harlow
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Chris Vince (Labour (Co-op))

All 52 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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Hatfield Heath postcodes

52 postcodes in use in Hatfield Heath, by district:

CM22 postcode district,52 postcodes

That district is in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Hatfield Heath

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hatfield Heath's £642,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Sawbridgeworth4.1 km, £425,500Bishop's Stortford7.0 km, £415,000Takeley and Little Canfield7.6 km, £446,000Burton End8.3 km, £485,000Harlow8.6 km, £340,000Stansted Mountfitchet9.8 km, £452,500North Weald Bassett11.0 km, £460,000Elsenham11.4 km, £412,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Hatfield Heath

What is it like to live in Hatfield Heath?
Homes sold for a typical £642,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.5% on the 12 months before. At 32 of the 51 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 52 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 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sawbridgeworth, 3.3 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 Hatfield Heath?
Hatfield Heath is covered by postcode district CM22, across 52 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Hatfield Heath in?
Hatfield Heath is in the Uttlesford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Hatfield Heath?
Hatfield Heath is in the Harlow parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Chris Vince (Labour (Co-op)), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Hatfield Heath?
Homes in Hatfield Heath sold for a typical £642,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 16 sales, down 4.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Hatfield Heath?
In Hatfield Heath, primary schools at its postcodes include Hatfield Heath Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Leventhorpe, 4.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Hatfield Heath have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hatfield Heath is Sawbridgeworth, 3.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Hatfield Heath?
Ofcom reports on 51 of the 52 postcodes in Hatfield Heath. At 32 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Hatfield Heath at risk of flooding?
None of the 52 postcodes in Hatfield Heath 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 Hatfield Heath?
1 of the 52 postcodes now in use in Hatfield Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 10 homes sold in Hatfield Heath were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM22 district, 36%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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