Wickham Bishops

Wickham Bishops is covered by postcode districts CM8 and CM9. It is in the Maldon council area, Essex.

Typical price £763,750 Homes sold in Wickham Bishops, last 12 months. ▲ 40.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 33 of 60 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 Nearest school Great Totham Primary School 950 m from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Wickham Bishops, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wickham Bishops, by flood risk Of the 60 postcodes in Wickham Bishops that ONS places, 60 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wickham Bishops. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. CM8 3EA: not on the flood risk listCM8 3EB: not on the flood risk listCM8 3ED: not on the flood risk listCM8 3ES: not on the flood risk listCM8 3FF: not on the flood risk listCM8 3FP: not on the flood risk listCM8 3FT: not on the flood risk listCM8 3FW: not on the flood risk listCM8 3FZ: not on the flood risk listCM8 3GB: not on the flood risk listCM8 3HW: not on the flood risk listCM8 3JL: not on the flood risk listCM8 3JN: not on the flood risk listCM8 3JP: not on the flood risk listCM8 3JR: not on the flood risk listCM8 3JS: not on the flood risk listCM8 3JX: not on the flood risk listCM8 3JY: not on the flood risk listCM8 3JZ: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LA: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LB: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LD: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LE: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LF: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LL: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LN: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LR: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LS: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LT: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LU: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LW: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LY: not on the flood risk listCM8 3LZ: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NA: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NB: not on the flood risk listCM8 3ND: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NE: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NF: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NG: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NH: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NJ: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NL: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NN: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NP: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NQ: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NR: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NS: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NT: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NU: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NW: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NX: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NY: not on the flood risk listCM8 3NZ: not on the flood risk listCM8 3PA: not on the flood risk listCM8 3PB: not on the flood risk listCM8 3TL: not on the flood risk listCM8 3XE: not on the flood risk listCM8 3XH: not on the flood risk listCM8 3XX: not on the flood risk listCM9 8BX: not on the flood risk list Wickham Bishops Map of every postcode in Wickham Bishops, by flood risk Of the 60 postcodes in Wickham Bishops that ONS places, 60 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wickham Bishops. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Wickham Bishops
  • 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: 60

Of the 60 postcodes in Wickham Bishops that ONS places, 60 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 51.7800, longitude 0.6735. 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 Wickham Bishops?

Homes sold for a typical £763,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 40.4% on the 12 months before. At 33 of the 60 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 60 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Great Totham Primary School, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Witham Health Centre, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Witham (Essex), 3.7 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 Wickham Bishops?

Homes in Wickham Bishops sold for a typical £763,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 28 sales, up 40.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£763,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£544,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 40.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £830,000 23 sales
  • Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced 1 sale, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole CM8 district, Wickham Bishops's main postcode district: a typical £321,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wickham Bishops: 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 Wickham Bishops?

2 of the 60 postcodes now in use in Wickham Bishops came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 22 homes sold in Wickham Bishops were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM8 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

CM8 3FZsince July 2021CM8 3GBsince 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 Wickham BishopsAcross the CM8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 28 (0%) 18 of 475 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 22 (5%) 84 of 606 (14%)

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 Wickham Bishops?

Ofcom reports on 60 of the 60 postcodes in Wickham Bishops. At 33 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit33 of 60
Postcodes where every home can get superfast57 of 60

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 Wickham Bishops at risk of flooding?

None of the 60 postcodes in Wickham Bishops 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 Wickham Bishops?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Wickham Bishops; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Wickham Bishops?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wickham Bishops is Witham (Essex) Rail Station, 3.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Witham (Essex) Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Hatfield Peverel Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
  • Kelvedon Rail Station Railway station 7.0 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 Wickham Bishops?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Wickham Bishops. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Wickham Bishops safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 75 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wickham Bishops 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. 1 September 2025
  2. 3 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 5 December 2025
  5. 5 January 2026
  6. 2 February 2026
  7. 8 March 2026
  8. 6 April 2026
  9. 12 May 2026
  10. 11 June 2026
  11. 7 July 2026
  12. 5 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences38 reports
Other theft8 reports
Burglary6 reports
Anti-social behaviour4 reports
Criminal damage and arson4 reports
Vehicle crime4 reports
Drugs4 reports
Public order2 reports

Also: possession of weapons 2, shoplifting 1, bicycle theft 1, 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 Wickham Bishops?

District, borough or city council
Maldon
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Witham
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Priti Patel (Conservative)

All 60 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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Wickham Bishops postcodes

60 postcodes in use in Wickham Bishops, by district:

CM8 postcode district,59 postcodesCM9 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Wickham Bishops

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wickham Bishops's £763,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Witham3.6 km, £310,000Hatfield Peverel5.3 km, £432,500Maldon5.5 km, £350,000Tiptree6.3 km, £350,000Kelvedon and Feering7.0 km, £395,000Silver End8.2 km, £323,138Danbury9.0 km, £587,500Boreham9.2 km, £425,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Wickham Bishops

What is it like to live in Wickham Bishops?
Homes sold for a typical £763,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 40.4% on the 12 months before. At 33 of the 60 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 60 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Great Totham Primary School, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Witham Health Centre, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Witham (Essex), 3.7 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 Wickham Bishops?
Wickham Bishops is covered by postcode districts CM8 and CM9, across 60 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wickham Bishops in?
Wickham Bishops is in the Maldon council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wickham Bishops?
Wickham Bishops is in the Witham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Priti Patel (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wickham Bishops?
Homes in Wickham Bishops sold for a typical £763,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 28 sales, up 40.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wickham Bishops?
In Wickham Bishops, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Great Totham Primary School, 950 metres away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Lift Maltings, 3.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wickham Bishops have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wickham Bishops is Witham (Essex), 3.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wickham Bishops?
Ofcom reports on 60 of the 60 postcodes in Wickham Bishops. At 33 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wickham Bishops at risk of flooding?
None of the 60 postcodes in Wickham Bishops 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 Wickham Bishops?
2 of the 60 postcodes now in use in Wickham Bishops came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 22 homes sold in Wickham Bishops were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM8 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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