South Woodham Ferrers

South Woodham Ferrers is covered by postcode districts CM3 and SS11. It is in the Chelmsford council area, Essex.

Every postcode in South Woodham Ferrers, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in South Woodham Ferrers, by flood risk Of the 284 postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 47 are at very low risk only and 222 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: South Woodham Ferrers. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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onlyCM3 5ZE: very low flood risk onlyCM3 5ZL: very low flood risk onlyCM3 5ZT: very low flood risk onlyCM3 5GH: low flood risk at worstCM3 5GL: low flood risk at worstCM3 5GW: low flood risk at worstCM3 5QY: low flood risk at worstCM3 5QZ: low flood risk at worstCM3 5RZ: low flood risk at worstCM3 5ZW: low flood risk at worstCM3 7AZ: low flood risk at worstCM3 7AW: medium flood risk at worstCM3 5QU: high flood riskCM3 5WP: high flood riskCM3 5XH: high flood riskCM3 7AD: high flood riskCM3 7AL: high flood riskCM3 7BG: high flood risk South Woodham Ferrers Map of every postcode in South Woodham Ferrers, by flood risk Of the 284 postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 47 are at very low risk only and 222 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: South Woodham Ferrers. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. South Woodham Ferrers
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 8
  • At very low risk only: 47
  • Not on the at-risk list: 222

Of the 284 postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 47 are at very low risk only and 222 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 51.6448, longitude 0.6121. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The postcodes at high risk

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

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

What is it like to live in South Woodham Ferrers?

Homes sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 202 of the 278 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 39 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 62 of its 284 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is South Woodham Ferrers, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in South Woodham Ferrers?

Homes in South Woodham Ferrers sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 235 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £374,000 from 250 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£380,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£374,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £483,795 84 sales
  • Semi-detached £393,000 61 sales
  • Terraced £311,500 56 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £192,500 34 sales

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

Across the whole CM3 district, South Woodham Ferrers's main postcode district: a typical £440,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in South Woodham Ferrers: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in South Woodham Ferrers?

3 of the 284 postcodes now in use in South Woodham Ferrers came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 250 homes sold in South Woodham Ferrers were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM3 district, 7%.

The newest postcodes

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 South Woodham FerrersAcross the CM3 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 235 (0%) 5 of 677 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 250 (0%) 66 of 884 (7%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in South Woodham Ferrers?

Ofcom reports on 278 of the 284 postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers. At 202 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit202 of 278
Postcodes where every home can get superfast270 of 278

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is South Woodham Ferrers at risk of flooding?

62 of the 284 postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers 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 39 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 62 of 284 postcodes High: 37Medium: 2Low: 29Very low: 754

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in South Woodham Ferrers?

The open schools at the postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from South Woodham Ferrers?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers is South Woodham Ferrers Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.

  • South Woodham Ferrers Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
  • Battlesbridge Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
  • North Fambridge Rail Station Railway station 4.8 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in South Woodham Ferrers?

The GP practices at the postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is South Woodham Ferrers safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 804 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers 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. 38 September 2025
  2. 55 October 2025
  3. 58 November 2025
  4. 55 December 2025
  5. 54 January 2026
  6. 98 February 2026
  7. 86 March 2026
  8. 65 April 2026
  9. 59 May 2026
  10. 71 June 2026
  11. 84 July 2026
  12. 81 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences321 reports
Shoplifting164 reports
Anti-social behaviour70 reports
Public order54 reports
Criminal damage and arson53 reports
Other theft40 reports
Drugs33 reports
Vehicle crime24 reports

Also: burglary 15, other crime 14, robbery 6, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 3, 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 to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs South Woodham Ferrers?

District, borough or city council
Chelmsford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Maldon
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative)

All 284 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

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South Woodham Ferrers postcodes

284 postcodes in use in South Woodham Ferrers, by district:

Those districts are in the CM postcode area and SS postcode area.

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Places near South Woodham Ferrers

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside South Woodham Ferrers's £380,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Quick answers about South Woodham Ferrers

What is the postcode for South Woodham Ferrers?
Postcode districts CM3 and SS11, with 284 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is South Woodham Ferrers in?
Chelmsford, with Essex as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for South Woodham Ferrers?
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative), for Maldon. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in South Woodham Ferrers?
A typical £380,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 235 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in South Woodham Ferrers?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Elmwood Primary School, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SWF and Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers; secondary schools at its postcodes include William de Ferrers School. Source: Department for Education.
Does South Woodham Ferrers have a railway station?
Yes: South Woodham Ferrers station, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in South Woodham Ferrers?
Ofcom reports on 278 of the 284 postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers. At 202 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is South Woodham Ferrers at risk of flooding?
62 of the 284 postcodes in South Woodham Ferrers 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 39 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in South Woodham Ferrers?
3 of the 284 postcodes now in use in South Woodham Ferrers came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 250 homes sold in South Woodham Ferrers were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM3 district, 7%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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