E4 8AP postcode in Waltham Forest, England

E4 8AP is a postcode in Waltham Forest, in the Valley ward. It is in the Chingford and Woodford Green parliamentary constituency and the Metropolitan Police area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Waltham Forest: 94% Typical price £510,000 Homes sold in E4 8, last 12 months. ▼ 1.7% on the year before Nearest station Ponders End 2.2 km in a straight line

Where E4 8AP is, and what is near it

Map of E4 8AP and what is near it Map of E4 8AP: its centre point, with the 203 other postcodes in the E4 8 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. E4 8AA: also in E4 8E4 8AB: also in E4 8E4 8AD: also in E4 8E4 8AE: also in E4 8E4 8AG: also in E4 8E4 8AH: also in E4 8E4 8AJ: also in E4 8E4 8AN: also in E4 8E4 8AQ: also in E4 8E4 8AR: also in E4 8E4 8AT: also in E4 8E4 8AU: also in E4 8E4 8AW: also in E4 8E4 8AX: also in E4 8E4 8AY: also in E4 8E4 8AZ: also in E4 8E4 8BA: also in E4 8E4 8BB: also in E4 8E4 8BD: also in E4 8E4 8BE: also in E4 8E4 8BG: also in E4 8E4 8BH: also in E4 8E4 8BN: also in E4 8E4 8BP: also in E4 8E4 8BQ: also in E4 8E4 8BS: also in E4 8E4 8BT: also in E4 8E4 8BU: also in E4 8E4 8BW: also in E4 8E4 8BX: also in E4 8E4 8BY: also in E4 8E4 8BZ: also in E4 8E4 8DA: also in E4 8E4 8DB: also in E4 8E4 8DD: also in E4 8E4 8DG: also in E4 8E4 8DL: also in E4 8E4 8DN: also in E4 8E4 8DP: also in E4 8E4 8DR: also in E4 8E4 8DT: also in E4 8E4 8DU: also in E4 8E4 8DW: also in E4 8E4 8DX: also in E4 8E4 8DY: also in E4 8E4 8DZ: also in E4 8E4 8EA: also in E4 8E4 8EE: also in E4 8E4 8EF: also in E4 8E4 8EG: also in E4 8E4 8EH: also in E4 8E4 8EJ: also in E4 8E4 8EL: also in E4 8E4 8EN: also in E4 8E4 8EP: also in E4 8E4 8ET: also in E4 8E4 8EW: also in E4 8E4 8EX: also in E4 8E4 8HD: also in E4 8E4 8HE: also in E4 8E4 8HF: also in E4 8 Ponders End station 2.2 kmValley E4 8AP Map of E4 8AP and what is near it Map of E4 8AP: its centre point, with the 203 other postcodes in the E4 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. 2 places, 800 m–1.1 kmChingford station 2.3 kmValley E4 8AP
  • E4 8AP
  • Other postcodes in E4 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 2 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.6248, longitude -0.0206)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after E4 8AP?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at E4 8AP?

Every home and business at E4 8AP can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Waltham Forest: 94%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Waltham Forest: 98%

The line marks the figure across Waltham Forest.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at E4 8AP?

BinDayBuddy does not read London Borough of Waltham Forest's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

London Borough of Waltham Forest's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is E4 8AP at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include E4 8AP.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Waltham Forest

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for E4 8AP: 5,550 properties in Waltham Forest are at high risk (4.4% of all its properties). All the figures for Waltham Forest

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of E4 8AP is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near E4 8AP?

Homes in E4 8 sold for a typical £510,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 103 sales, down 1.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£510,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£519,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £583,000 20 sales
  • Terraced £520,000 59 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £272,500 22 sales

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

Across the whole E4 district: a typical £545,000 from 503 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in E4 8AP

HM Land Registry records 4 standard sales of homes in E4 8AP from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 2 April 2026. The middle price was £587,337, from £532,000 to £620,000. Across E4 8, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £510,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near E4 8AP?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 610 homes in the neighbourhood around E4 8AP. The largest share of them, 39%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (50%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around E4 8AP

Band D in Waltham Forest for 2026‑27: £2,387. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,591 (band A) to £3,448 (band F); band D, the most common, is £2,387.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 80 (13%)£1,591
Band Babout 20 (3%)£1,857
Band Cabout 50 (8%)£2,122
Band Dabout 240 (39%)£2,387
Band Eabout 210 (34%)£2,917
Band Fabout 10 (2%)£3,448
Band Gwithheld£3,978
Band Hfewer than 5£4,774

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. 2% 1900 to 1918
  3. 50% 1919 to 1939
  4. 48% 1945 to 1964
  5. None 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. Withheld 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1965 to 1982, 1983 to 1999, 2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Waltham Forest before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of E4 8AP is in (ONS area E01004356), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near E4 8AP?

The nearest open schools to E4 8AP, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near E4 8AP, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to E4 8AP?

The nearest railway station to the centre of E4 8AP is Ponders End Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Ponders End Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Chingford Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

2 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Chingford Old Church, 306 m away.

More stations near E4 8AP, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near E4 8AP?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of E4 8AP, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near E4 8AP?

0 within 1 km 6 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of E4 8AP, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 1.0 kmWalk
  • Liberty Charge Charging point · 2 chargers 1.1 kmWalk
  • A charging point Charging point · 2 chargers 1.6 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near E4 8AP?

The nearest to the centre of E4 8AP, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to E4 8AP?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near E4 8AP?

The nearest care homes to the centre of E4 8AP, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near E4 8AP?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of E4 8AP, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near E4 8AP?

The nearest vets to the centre of E4 8AP on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is E4 8AP in a conservation area?

The centre of E4 8AP is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near E4 8AP?

Police.uk records 210 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of E4 8AP in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences59 reports
Anti-social behaviour48 reports
Vehicle crime29 reports
Shoplifting24 reports
Public order13 reports
Other theft13 reports

Also: drugs 10, burglary 7, theft from the person 3, robbery 2, possession of weapons 2.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for E4 8AP

Ward
Valley
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
London
Country
England
Built-up area
Waltham Forest
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

E4 8AY90 mE4 7SL100 mE4 7SJ110 mE4 8AW120 mE4 8AX120 mE4 8AN140 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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