Waltham Cross

Waltham Cross is covered by postcode districts EN7, EN8 and EN9. It is in the Broxbourne council area, Hertfordshire.

Every postcode in Waltham Cross, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Waltham Cross, by flood risk Of the 302 postcodes in Waltham Cross that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at medium risk at worst, 89 are at low risk at worst, 42 are at very low risk only and 155 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 12 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Waltham Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A10 EN7 5GE: not on the flood risk listEN8 1ZZ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AA: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AB: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AD: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AE: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AF: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AH: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AL: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AN: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AP: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AS: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AW: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AY: not on the flood risk listEN8 7BA: not on the flood risk listEN8 7BF: not on the flood risk listEN8 7BG: not on the flood risk listEN8 7BH: not on the flood risk listEN8 7BU: not on the flood risk listEN8 7BW: not on the flood risk listEN8 7BX: not on the flood risk listEN8 7BZ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7DJ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7DP: not on the flood risk listEN8 7DQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7ED: not on the flood risk listEN8 7EG: not on the flood risk listEN8 7FA: not on the flood risk listEN8 7FD: not on the flood risk listEN8 7FE: not on the flood risk listEN8 7FH: not on the flood risk listEN8 7FT: not on the flood risk listEN8 7FU: not on the flood risk listEN8 7FW: not on the flood risk listEN8 7FX: not on the flood risk listEN8 7GA: not on the flood risk listEN8 7GB: not on the flood risk listEN8 7GD: not on the flood risk listEN8 7HD: not on the flood risk listEN8 7HG: not on the flood risk listEN8 7HH: not on the flood risk listEN8 7HY: not on the flood risk listEN8 7JE: not on the flood risk listEN8 7JU: not on the flood risk listEN8 7LA: not on the flood risk listEN8 7LD: not on the flood risk listEN8 7LH: not on the flood risk listEN8 7LQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7LU: not on the flood risk listEN8 7LZ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7NR: not on the flood risk listEN8 7PH: not on the flood risk listEN8 7PQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7QX: not on the flood risk listEN8 7QY: not on the flood risk listEN8 7RA: not on the flood risk listEN8 7RF: not on the flood risk listEN8 7RN: not on the flood risk listEN8 7RQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 7TH: not on the flood risk listEN8 7UE: not on the flood risk listEN8 7WW: not on the flood risk listEN8 7XJ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AA: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AB: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AD: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AE: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AF: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AG: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AH: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AJ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AL: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AN: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AP: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AR: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AS: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AT: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AU: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AW: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AX: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AY: not on the flood risk listEN8 8AZ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BA: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BB: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BD: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BE: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BG: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BJ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BL: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BP: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BS: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BT: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BU: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BW: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BX: not on the flood risk listEN8 8BY: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DA: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DB: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DD: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DE: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DF: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DG: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DH: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DJ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DL: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DN: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DP: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DR: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DS: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DU: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DW: not on the flood risk listEN8 8DY: not on the flood risk listEN8 8EA: not on the flood risk listEN8 8EE: not on the flood risk listEN8 8EG: not on the flood risk listEN8 8EQ: not on the flood risk listEN8 8EU: not on the flood risk listEN8 8EW: not on the flood risk listEN8 8FE: not on the flood risk listEN8 8FJ: not on the flood risk listEN9 1AQ: not on the flood risk listEN9 1AT: not on the flood risk listEN8 7AT: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7BE: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7BJ: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7DL: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7DN: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7DR: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7DW: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7DZ: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7EA: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7ER: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7EY: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7EZ: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7FG: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HF: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HJ: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HL: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HN: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HR: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HT: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HW: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HX: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7HZ: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JA: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JB: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JD: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JG: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JH: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JL: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JN: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JP: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JQ: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JR: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7JS: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7NH: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7NX: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7NY: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7PD: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7PF: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7PG: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7QS: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7QT: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7TF: very low flood risk onlyEN8 7DF: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EF: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EH: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EJ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EL: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EN: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EP: low flood risk at worstEN8 7ES: low flood risk at worstEN8 7ET: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EU: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EW: low flood risk at worstEN8 7EX: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FB: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FF: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FJ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FL: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FN: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FP: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FQ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FR: low flood risk at worstEN8 7FS: low flood risk at worstEN8 7HA: low flood risk at worstEN8 7HB: low flood risk at worstEN8 7HE: low flood risk at worstEN8 7JF: low flood risk at worstEN8 7JJ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7LJ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7NB: low flood risk at worstEN8 7NJ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7NL: low flood risk at worstEN8 7NN: low flood risk at worstEN8 7NP: low flood risk at worstEN8 7NT: low flood risk at worstEN8 7NW: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PA: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PJ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PN: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PP: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PR: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PS: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PT: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PU: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PW: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PX: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PY: low flood risk at worstEN8 7PZ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QA: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QB: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QD: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QE: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QF: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QG: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QH: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QJ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QL: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QP: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QQ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QR: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QU: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QW: low flood risk at worstEN8 7QZ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7RB: low flood risk at worstEN8 7RD: low flood risk at worstEN8 7RE: low flood risk at worstEN8 7RG: low flood risk at worstEN8 7RL: low flood risk at worstEN8 7RY: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SA: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SD: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SF: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SG: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SH: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SL: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SN: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SP: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SQ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SR: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SS: low flood risk at worstEN8 7ST: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SW: low flood risk at worstEN8 7SY: low flood risk at worstEN8 7TJ: low flood risk at worstEN8 7TL: low flood risk at worstEN8 7UD: low flood risk at worstEN8 7XA: low flood risk at worstEN8 7XB: low flood risk at worstEN8 7XD: low flood risk at worstEN9 1FN: low flood risk at worstEN8 7HP: medium flood risk at worstEN8 7HS: medium flood risk at worstEN8 7HU: medium flood risk at worstEN8 7SX: medium flood risk at worstEN8 7SZ: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1AA: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1AE: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1AF: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1AJ: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1AN: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1AS: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1AZ: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1DR: medium flood risk at worstEN9 1FL: medium flood risk at worstEN8 7LX: high flood riskEN9 1FJ: high flood risk Waltham Cross 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to EN9 1FJ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk12 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Waltham Cross, by flood risk Of the 302 postcodes in Waltham Cross that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at medium risk at worst, 89 are at low risk at worst, 42 are at very low risk only and 155 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 12 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Waltham Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A10 Waltham Cross
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 14
  • At low risk at worst: 89
  • At very low risk only: 42
  • Not on the at-risk list: 155
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 302 postcodes in Waltham Cross that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at medium risk at worst, 89 are at low risk at worst, 42 are at very low risk only and 155 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.6867, longitude -0.0287. 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.

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

What is it like to live in Waltham Cross?

Homes sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 212 of the 267 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 138 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 147 of its 302 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Waltham Cross, 250 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 Waltham Cross?

Homes in Waltham Cross sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£385,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£373,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £430,000 13 sales
  • Terraced £430,000 43 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £246,000 34 sales

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

Across the whole EN8 district, Waltham Cross's main postcode district: a typical £415,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Waltham Cross: 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 Waltham Cross?

24 of the 302 postcodes now in use in Waltham Cross came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 144 homes sold in Waltham Cross were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EN8 district, Under 1%.

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 Waltham CrossAcross the EN8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 93 (0%) 0 of 317 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 144 (1%) 2 of 470 (Under 1%)

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 Waltham Cross?

Ofcom reports on 267 of the 302 postcodes in Waltham Cross. At 212 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit212 of 267
Postcodes where every home can get superfast256 of 267

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 Waltham Cross at risk of flooding?

147 of the 302 postcodes in Waltham Cross 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 138 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 147 of 302 postcodes High: 4Medium: 134Low: 1,655Very low: 850

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 Waltham Cross?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Waltham Cross. 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.

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Waltham Cross?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Waltham Cross is Waltham Cross Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.

  • Waltham Cross Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
  • Theobalds Grove Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
  • Enfield Lock Rail Station Railway station 1.8 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Waltham Cross?

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

Police.uk records 3,336 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Waltham Cross 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. 300 September 2025
  2. 321 October 2025
  3. 244 November 2025
  4. 221 December 2025
  5. 258 January 2026
  6. 263 February 2026
  7. 314 March 2026
  8. 257 April 2026
  9. 309 May 2026
  10. 312 June 2026
  11. 274 July 2026
  12. 263 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences980 reports
Anti-social behaviour709 reports
Vehicle crime289 reports
Shoplifting264 reports
Public order198 reports
Other theft191 reports
Criminal damage and arson190 reports
Burglary156 reports

Also: drugs 111, robbery 76, other crime 61, theft from the person 54, possession of weapons 39, bicycle theft 18.

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 Waltham Cross?

District, borough or city council
Broxbourne
County council
Hertfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Broxbourne
Police force area
Hertfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Lewis Cocking (Conservative)

All 302 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 Waltham Cross

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Waltham Cross postcodes

302 postcodes in use in Waltham Cross, by district:

Those districts are all in the EN postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Waltham Cross

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Waltham Cross's £385,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Questions about Waltham Cross

What is it like to live in Waltham Cross?
Homes sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 212 of the 267 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 138 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 147 of its 302 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Waltham Cross, 250 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 Waltham Cross?
Waltham Cross is covered by postcode districts EN7, EN8 and EN9, across 302 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Waltham Cross in?
Waltham Cross is in the Broxbourne council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Waltham Cross?
Waltham Cross is in the Broxbourne parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lewis Cocking (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Waltham Cross?
Homes in Waltham Cross sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Waltham Cross?
In Waltham Cross, primary schools at its postcodes include Four Swannes Primary School, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) and Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Lea Valley Academy, 1.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Waltham Cross have a railway station?
Yes: Waltham Cross is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Waltham Cross, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Waltham Cross?
Ofcom reports on 267 of the 302 postcodes in Waltham Cross. At 212 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Waltham Cross at risk of flooding?
147 of the 302 postcodes in Waltham Cross 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 138 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 Waltham Cross?
24 of the 302 postcodes now in use in Waltham Cross came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 144 homes sold in Waltham Cross were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EN8 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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