Ingatestone

Ingatestone is covered by postcode districts CM4 and CM15. It is in the Brentwood council area, Essex.

Typical price £600,000 Homes sold in Ingatestone, last 12 months. ▼ 14.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 42 of 133 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 13 of 144 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ingatestone, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ingatestone, by flood risk Of the 144 postcodes in Ingatestone that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 131 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ingatestone. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CM15 0UB: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AA: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AB: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AD: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AE: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AF: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AG: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AH: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AJ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AL: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AN: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AP: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AQ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AR: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AT: not on the flood risk listCM4 0AU: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BB: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BD: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BE: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BG: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BH: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BL: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BN: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BP: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BQ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BS: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BW: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BX: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BZ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DA: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DB: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DE: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DF: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DG: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DH: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DJ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DL: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DN: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DP: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DQ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DS: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DW: not on the flood risk listCM4 0DX: not on the flood risk listCM4 0FA: not on the flood risk listCM4 0FJ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0FP: not on the flood risk listCM4 0FQ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0GB: not on the flood risk listCM4 0GF: not on the flood risk listCM4 0GH: not on the flood risk listCM4 0HH: not on the flood risk listCM4 0JF: not on the flood risk listCM4 0NN: not on the flood risk listCM4 0QD: not on the flood risk listCM4 0SY: not on the flood risk listCM4 0TE: not on the flood risk listCM4 0TF: not on the flood risk listCM4 0TQ: not on the flood risk listCM4 0WG: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AA: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AF: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AG: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AL: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AN: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AP: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AQ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AS: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AT: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AX: not on the flood risk listCM4 9AZ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DL: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DN: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DS: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DT: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DU: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DW: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DX: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DY: not on the flood risk listCM4 9DZ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EA: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EB: not on the flood risk listCM4 9ED: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EE: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EF: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EG: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EH: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EJ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EL: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EP: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EQ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9ER: not on the flood risk listCM4 9ES: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EU: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EX: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EY: not on the flood risk listCM4 9EZ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9FH: not on the flood risk listCM4 9FJ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9FR: not on the flood risk listCM4 9FT: not on the flood risk listCM4 9FY: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HA: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HB: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HD: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HE: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HF: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HG: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HH: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HJ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HL: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HN: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HP: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HQ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9HR: not on the flood risk listCM4 9JZ: not on the flood risk listCM4 9NP: not on the flood risk listCM4 9QL: not on the flood risk listCM4 9SR: not on the flood risk listCM4 9SX: not on the flood risk listCM4 9TL: not on the flood risk listCM4 0BY: low flood risk at worstCM4 9AJ: low flood risk at worstCM4 9AW: low flood risk at worstCM4 9DR: low flood risk at worstCM4 9NN: low flood risk at worstCM4 9AD: medium flood risk at worstCM4 9AH: medium flood risk at worstCM4 0BA: high flood riskCM4 0BU: high flood riskCM4 0DD: high flood riskCM4 0FG: high flood riskCM4 9AE: high flood riskCM4 9AR: high flood risk Ingatestone Map of every postcode in Ingatestone, by flood risk Of the 144 postcodes in Ingatestone that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 131 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ingatestone. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ingatestone
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 131

Of the 144 postcodes in Ingatestone that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 131 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 51.6685, longitude 0.3808. 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.

CM4 0FG8 at high riskCM4 9AR6 at high riskCM4 0BA4 at high riskCM4 9AE2 at high riskCM4 0BU1 at high riskCM4 0DD1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Ingatestone?

Homes sold for a typical £600,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 14.3% on the 12 months before. At 42 of the 133 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 144 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ingatestone, 300 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 Ingatestone?

Homes in Ingatestone sold for a typical £600,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 61 sales, down 14.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£600,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£700,000
12 months to August 2026
£600,000

▼ down 14.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£819,500 23 sales
Semi-detached£520,000 20 sales
Terraced£555,000 10 sales
Flat or maisonette£281,500 8 sales

Across the whole CM4 district, Ingatestone's main postcode district: a typical £672,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ingatestone: 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 Ingatestone?

8 of the 144 postcodes now in use in Ingatestone came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 109 homes sold in Ingatestone were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM4 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

CM4 9FTsince May 2025CM4 0YUsince April 2024CM4 9FRsince January 2024CM4 9FYsince November 2023CM4 9FJsince August 2020CM4 0YXsince July 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 IngatestoneAcross the CM4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 61 (2%) 8 of 132 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 6 of 109 (6%) 28 of 238 (12%)

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 Ingatestone?

Ofcom reports on 133 of the 144 postcodes in Ingatestone. At 42 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit42 of 133
Postcodes where every home can get superfast126 of 133

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 Ingatestone at risk of flooding?

13 of the 144 postcodes in Ingatestone 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 37 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 13 of 144 postcodes High: 22Medium: 15Low: 59

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 Ingatestone?

The open schools at the postcodes in Ingatestone. 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 Ingatestone?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ingatestone is Ingatestone Rail Station, 300 m away in a straight line.

  • Ingatestone Rail Station Railway station 300 mWalk
  • Billericay Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Shenfield Rail Station Railway station 5.5 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 Ingatestone?

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

Police.uk records 205 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ingatestone 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. 21 September 2025
  2. 14 October 2025
  3. 16 November 2025
  4. 19 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 20 February 2026
  7. 19 March 2026
  8. 19 April 2026
  9. 15 May 2026
  10. 8 June 2026
  11. 15 July 2026
  12. 22 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences59 reports
Shoplifting29 reports
Anti-social behaviour19 reports
Vehicle crime19 reports
Burglary17 reports
Other theft16 reports
Public order15 reports
Criminal damage and arson11 reports

Also: other crime 10, drugs 6, theft from the person 2, possession of weapons 2.

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 Ingatestone?

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 144 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 Ingatestone

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Ingatestone postcodes

144 postcodes in use in Ingatestone, by district:

CM4 postcode district,143 postcodesCM15 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Ingatestone

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ingatestone's £600,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stock4.5 km, £910,000Billericay5.3 km, £467,750Doddinghurst5.3 km, £582,500Brentwood6.9 km, £475,000Galleywood7.1 km, £455,000Kelvedon Hatch7.3 km, £520,000Writtle7.3 km, £492,500Chelmsford10.2 km, £376,480 All places A to Z

Questions about Ingatestone

What is it like to live in Ingatestone?
Homes sold for a typical £600,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 14.3% on the 12 months before. At 42 of the 133 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 144 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ingatestone, 300 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 Ingatestone?
Ingatestone is covered by postcode districts CM4 and CM15, across 144 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ingatestone in?
Ingatestone is in the Brentwood council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ingatestone?
Ingatestone 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 Ingatestone?
Homes in Ingatestone sold for a typical £600,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 61 sales, down 14.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ingatestone?
In Ingatestone, primary schools at its postcodes include Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Junior School and Ingatestone Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Anglo European School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ingatestone have a railway station?
Yes: Ingatestone is 300 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Ingatestone, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ingatestone?
Ofcom reports on 133 of the 144 postcodes in Ingatestone. At 42 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ingatestone at risk of flooding?
13 of the 144 postcodes in Ingatestone 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 37 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 Ingatestone?
8 of the 144 postcodes now in use in Ingatestone came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 109 homes sold in Ingatestone were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM4 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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