CM22 7JA Uttlesford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Broad Oak & the Hallingburys. Region: East of England.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Uttlesford in 2026-27: Band D £2,334 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,556 | £1,815 | £2,075 | £2,334 | £2,852 | £3,371 | £3,890 | £4,668 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band D (26% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 11.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 14 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- OAK COTTAGE, grade II*
- WARE POND COTTAGES, grade II*
- 12, BROAD STREET, grade II
- 7 AND 9, BROAD STREET GREEN, grade II
- EASTON COTTAGE LITTLE BRADWELL, grade II
- ESSEX COTTAGE MORNINGSIDE, grade II
- LITTLE TUDORS, grade II
- ROSE COTTAGE, grade II
- THE SACK HOUSE, grade II
- THE THATCHED COTTAGE, grade II
- TIMBER COTTAGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Hammonds Road, Hatfield Broad Oak, CM22 7JN: up to 7 homes, permissioned (80 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 15 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 22 addresses are between 72 m and 74 m above sea level (73 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 93%, gigabit 93% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sawbridgeworth 471,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km |
| Stansted Airport 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km | |
| Bishops Stortford 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 6 within 800 m; nearest The Dukes Head Hatfield Broad Oak | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Station Stansted Airport | 7.1 km |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 5.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 6.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Eden Surgeries | 3.1 km |
| Pharmacies | Yogi Pharmacy | 4.9 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Smiles | 4.9 km |
| Hospital | Herts And Essex Hospital | 6.7 km |
| Police station | Hatfield Heath Police Station | 2.8 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Hatfield Heath, Hatfield Heath Cashzone | 3.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Village Green 5.1 ha | 240 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,000 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,310 m² | 200 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,790 m² | 200 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 5.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Ware Pond Cottages, a listed building (Grade II*), 40 m. 57 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ware Pond Cottages | Listed building, Grade II* | 40 m |
| Oak Cottage | Listed building, Grade II* | 80 m south-west |
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 360 m west |
| Hatfield Broad Oak Priory | Scheduled monument | 430 m north-west |
| Town Farmhouse Including Wall Enclosing Yard | Listed building, Grade II* | 450 m west |
| Moated site at Pierce Williams | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Marsh | Wetland | 780 m north-west |
| Row Wood | Wood | 1.5 km south |
| Park Wood | Wood | 1.5 km north |
| Cammasshall Wood | Wood | 1.7 km south-east |
| Broomshawbury Wood | Wood | 1.9 km east |
| Lancaster's Spring | Wood | 2.4 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 22 |
8 of the postcode's 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 67% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.