Writtle

Writtle is covered by postcode district CM1. It is in the Chelmsford council area, Essex.

Typical price £492,500 Homes sold in Writtle, last 12 months. ▲ 3.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 95 of 114 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 114 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Writtle, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Writtle, by flood risk Of the 114 postcodes in Writtle that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 110 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Writtle. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A414 CM1 3AX: not on the flood risk listCM1 3DT: not on the flood risk listCM1 3DU: not on the flood risk listCM1 3DX: not on the flood risk listCM1 3DY: not on the flood risk listCM1 3DZ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EB: not on the flood risk listCM1 3ED: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EE: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EF: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EG: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EH: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EL: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EN: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EP: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EQ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3ES: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EW: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EZ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3FD: not on the flood risk listCM1 3FH: not on the flood risk listCM1 3FL: not on the flood risk listCM1 3FN: not on the flood risk listCM1 3GA: not on the flood risk listCM1 3GD: not on the flood risk listCM1 3GJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HB: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HD: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HE: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HF: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HG: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HH: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HL: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HN: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HP: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HQ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HR: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HS: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HT: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HW: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HY: not on the flood risk listCM1 3HZ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JA: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JB: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JD: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JE: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JF: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JG: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JH: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JL: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JN: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JP: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JQ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JR: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JS: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JT: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JU: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JW: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JX: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JY: not on the flood risk listCM1 3JZ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LE: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LF: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LG: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LH: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LL: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LN: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LP: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LQ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LR: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LS: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LT: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LW: not on the flood risk listCM1 3LY: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NA: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NB: not on the flood risk listCM1 3ND: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NE: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NF: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NG: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NH: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NL: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NN: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NP: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NQ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NR: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NS: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NT: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NU: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NW: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NX: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NY: not on the flood risk listCM1 3NZ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3PA: not on the flood risk listCM1 3PD: not on the flood risk listCM1 3PE: not on the flood risk listCM1 3PF: not on the flood risk listCM1 3PQ: not on the flood risk listCM1 3PR: not on the flood risk listCM1 3PW: not on the flood risk listCM1 3RP: not on the flood risk listCM1 3RS: not on the flood risk listCM1 3SS: not on the flood risk listCM1 3US: not on the flood risk listCM1 3YA: not on the flood risk listCM1 3EA: medium flood risk at worstCM1 3EY: medium flood risk at worstCM1 3RR: medium flood risk at worstCM1 3EX: high flood risk Writtle Map of every postcode in Writtle, by flood risk Of the 114 postcodes in Writtle that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 110 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Writtle. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A414 Writtle
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 110

Of the 114 postcodes in Writtle that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 110 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 51.7290, longitude 0.4219. 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.

CM1 3EX3 at high risk

What is it like to live in Writtle?

Homes sold for a typical £492,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 95 of the 114 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 114 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chelmsford, 3.3 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 Writtle?

Homes in Writtle sold for a typical £492,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£492,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£475,000
12 months to August 2026
£492,500

▲ up 3.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£625,000 13 sales
Semi-detached£476,500 20 sales
Terraced£462,575 8 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole CM1 district, Writtle's main postcode district: a typical £395,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Writtle: 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 Writtle?

1 of the 114 postcodes now in use in Writtle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 76 homes sold in Writtle were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM1 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

CM1 3FNsince February 2023

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 WrittleAcross the CM1 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 44 (0%) 25 of 739 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 76 (0%) 153 of 1,089 (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 Writtle?

Ofcom reports on 114 of the 114 postcodes in Writtle. At 95 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit95 of 114
Postcodes where every home can get superfast112 of 114
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 114

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 Writtle at risk of flooding?

4 of the 114 postcodes in Writtle 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 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 114 postcodes High: 3Medium: 4Low: 7

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 Writtle?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Writtle. 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 Writtle?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Writtle is Chelmsford Rail Station, 3.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Chelmsford Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
  • Ingatestone Rail Station Railway station 7.4 kmDrive
  • Beaulieu Park Railway station 7.4 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 Writtle?

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

Police.uk records 341 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Writtle 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. 34 September 2025
  2. 25 October 2025
  3. 27 November 2025
  4. 29 December 2025
  5. 29 January 2026
  6. 30 February 2026
  7. 20 March 2026
  8. 24 April 2026
  9. 20 May 2026
  10. 27 June 2026
  11. 38 July 2026
  12. 38 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences133 reports
Anti-social behaviour35 reports
Shoplifting33 reports
Other theft32 reports
Vehicle crime29 reports
Criminal damage and arson21 reports
Burglary19 reports
Drugs15 reports

Also: public order 12, other crime 7, robbery 3, theft from the person 1, 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 Writtle?

District, borough or city council
Chelmsford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
North West Essex
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)

All 114 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 Writtle

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Writtle postcodes

114 postcodes in use in Writtle, by district:

CM1 postcode district,114 postcodes

That district is in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Writtle

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Writtle's £492,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Chelmsford4.1 km, £376,480Galleywood5.0 km, £455,000Broomfield5.7 km, £472,500Ingatestone7.3 km, £600,000Stock7.7 km, £910,000Boreham9.0 km, £425,000Doddinghurst10.6 km, £582,500Danbury11.0 km, £587,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Writtle

What is it like to live in Writtle?
Homes sold for a typical £492,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 95 of the 114 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 114 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chelmsford, 3.3 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 Writtle?
Writtle is covered by postcode district CM1, across 114 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Writtle in?
Writtle is in the Chelmsford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Writtle?
Writtle is in the North West Essex parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Writtle?
Homes in Writtle sold for a typical £492,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Writtle?
In Writtle, primary schools at its postcodes include Writtle Infant School and Writtle Junior School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Hylands School, 1.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Writtle have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Writtle is Chelmsford, 3.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Writtle?
Ofcom reports on 114 of the 114 postcodes in Writtle. At 95 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Writtle at risk of flooding?
4 of the 114 postcodes in Writtle 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 7 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 Writtle?
1 of the 114 postcodes now in use in Writtle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 76 homes sold in Writtle were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM1 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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