Hockley and Hawkwell

Hockley and Hawkwell is covered by postcode district SS5. It is in the Rochford council area, Essex.

Typical price £450,000 Homes sold in Hockley and Hawkwell, last 12 months. ▲ 6.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 267 of 344 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 3 of 353 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Hockley and Hawkwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Hockley and Hawkwell, by flood risk Of the 353 postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 350 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hockley and Hawkwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. SS5 4AA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4AD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4AR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4AS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4AT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4AX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4AY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4AZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4BZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4DY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4ED: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4ER: not on the flood risk listSS5 4ES: not on the flood risk listSS5 4ET: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4EZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4FW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4GE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4GN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4HW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4JZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4ND: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4NZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4PZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4QY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4RZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SS: not on the flood risk listSS5 4ST: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SY: not on the flood risk listSS5 4SZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4TA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4TB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4TF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4TG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4TP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4TW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UL: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UP: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UR: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UT: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UW: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UX: not on the flood risk listSS5 4UZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XA: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XB: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XD: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XE: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XF: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XG: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XH: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XN: not on the flood risk listSS5 4XQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AA: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AB: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AD: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AE: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AF: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AG: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AH: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AL: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AN: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AP: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AR: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AS: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AT: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AU: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AW: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AX: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AY: not on the flood risk listSS5 5AZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BA: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BB: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BD: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BE: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BF: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BG: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BH: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BN: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BP: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BT: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BU: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BW: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BX: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BY: not on the flood risk listSS5 5BZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DA: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DB: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DD: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DE: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DF: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DG: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DH: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DS: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DT: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DU: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DX: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DY: not on the flood risk listSS5 5DZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EA: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EB: not on the flood risk listSS5 5ED: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EE: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EF: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EG: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EL: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EN: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EP: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5EW: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HA: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HB: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HD: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HE: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HF: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HG: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HH: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HL: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HN: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HP: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HR: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HS: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HT: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HU: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HX: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HY: not on the flood risk listSS5 5HZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JA: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JB: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JH: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JL: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JN: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JP: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JX: not on the flood risk listSS5 5JY: not on the flood risk listSS5 5LA: not on the flood risk listSS5 5LB: not on the flood risk listSS5 5NL: not on the flood risk listSS5 5NP: not on the flood risk listSS5 5NR: not on the flood risk listSS5 5NT: not on the flood risk listSS5 5NU: not on the flood risk listSS5 5NZ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5PA: not on the flood risk listSS5 5PB: not on the flood risk listSS5 5PF: not on the flood risk listSS5 5PG: not on the flood risk listSS5 5PH: not on the flood risk listSS5 5PJ: not on the flood risk listSS5 5PL: not on the flood risk listSS5 5PQ: not on the flood risk listSS5 6AA: not on the flood risk listSS5 6AB: not on the flood risk listSS5 6AE: not on the flood risk listSS5 6AF: not on the flood risk listSS5 6BU: not on the flood risk listSS5 4LB: low flood risk at worstSS5 4LG: low flood risk at worstSS5 4LH: high flood risk Hockley and Hawkwell Map of every postcode in Hockley and Hawkwell, by flood risk Of the 353 postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 350 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hockley and Hawkwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Hockley and Hawkwell
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 350

Of the 353 postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 350 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 51.6018, longitude 0.6588. 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.

SS5 4LH1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Hockley and Hawkwell?

Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 267 of the 344 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 353 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hockley, 200 metres 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 Hockley and Hawkwell?

Homes in Hockley and Hawkwell sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 184 sales, up 6.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£450,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£423,000
12 months to August 2026
£450,000

▲ up 6.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£606,500 78 sales
Semi-detached£410,000 82 sales
Terraced£328,500 14 sales
Flat or maisonette£265,000 10 sales

Across the whole SS5 district, Hockley and Hawkwell's main postcode district: a typical £430,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hockley and Hawkwell: 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 Hockley and Hawkwell?

4 of the 353 postcodes now in use in Hockley and Hawkwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 277 homes sold in Hockley and Hawkwell were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS5 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

SS5 9DZsince June 2026SS5 5YYsince October 2025SS5 4GEsince June 2021SS5 9DFsince June 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 Hockley and HawkwellAcross the SS5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 184 (0%) 4 of 263 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 277 (Under 1%) 39 of 422 (9%)

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 Hockley and Hawkwell?

Ofcom reports on 344 of the 353 postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell. At 267 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit267 of 344
Postcodes where every home can get superfast335 of 344

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 Hockley and Hawkwell at risk of flooding?

3 of the 353 postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell 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 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 353 postcodes High: 1Low: 20

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 Hockley and Hawkwell?

The open schools at the postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell. 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 Hockley and Hawkwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell is Hockley Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.

  • Hockley Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
  • Rochford Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Rayleigh Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle

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 Hockley and Hawkwell?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell. 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 Hockley and Hawkwell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 504 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell 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. 32 September 2025
  2. 39 October 2025
  3. 45 November 2025
  4. 49 December 2025
  5. 34 January 2026
  6. 20 February 2026
  7. 37 March 2026
  8. 30 April 2026
  9. 60 May 2026
  10. 47 June 2026
  11. 54 July 2026
  12. 57 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences195 reports
Anti-social behaviour93 reports
Criminal damage and arson48 reports
Shoplifting35 reports
Vehicle crime34 reports
Other theft31 reports
Public order29 reports
Burglary11 reports

Also: other crime 11, drugs 8, robbery 4, possession of weapons 4, 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 Hockley and Hawkwell?

District, borough or city council
Rochford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituencies
Rayleigh and Wickford (352) and Southend East and Rochford (1)
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
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 Hockley and Hawkwell

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Hockley and Hawkwell postcodes

353 postcodes in use in Hockley and Hawkwell, by district:

SS5 postcode district,353 postcodes

That district is in the SS postcode area.

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Places near Hockley and Hawkwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hockley and Hawkwell's £450,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ashingdon2.3 km, £405,000Rochford3.7 km, £351,250Rayleigh3.8 km, £417,500Hullbridge3.9 km, £385,000South Woodham Ferrers5.8 km, £375,000Southend-on-Sea6.8 km, £350,000Thundersley and South Benfleet7.1 km, £395,000North Benfleet9.1 km, £547,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Hockley and Hawkwell

What is it like to live in Hockley and Hawkwell?
Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 267 of the 344 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 353 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hockley, 200 metres 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 Hockley and Hawkwell?
Hockley and Hawkwell is covered by postcode district SS5, across 353 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Hockley and Hawkwell in?
Hockley and Hawkwell is in the Rochford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Hockley and Hawkwell?
Homes in Hockley and Hawkwell sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 184 sales, up 6.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Hockley and Hawkwell?
In Hockley and Hawkwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Lift Westerings, Lift Plumberow and Lift Hockley; secondary schools at its postcodes include Lift Greensward. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Hockley and Hawkwell have a railway station?
Yes: Hockley is 200 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Hockley and Hawkwell?
Ofcom reports on 344 of the 353 postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell. At 267 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Hockley and Hawkwell at risk of flooding?
3 of the 353 postcodes in Hockley and Hawkwell 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 1 home or business 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 Hockley and Hawkwell?
4 of the 353 postcodes now in use in Hockley and Hawkwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 277 homes sold in Hockley and Hawkwell were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS5 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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