Amanda Close Chigwell, Epping Forest
1 address across 1 postcode (IG7), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 13801632.
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Epping Forest costs £2,277 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 96% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Newbury Racecourse, about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 140 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 14.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 42 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chigwell Medical Centre, about 350 m away, with 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 38% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 281 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Epping Forest in 2026-27: Band D £2,277 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,518 | £1,771 | £2,024 | £2,277 | £2,783 | £3,289 | £3,795 | £4,554 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (51% of about 740 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Hainault Station Car Park, not permissioned (320 m)
- Hainault Station Car Park, not permissioned (320 m)
- 11A Newhaven Square, High Street: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (330 m)
- 11A Newhaven Square, High Street: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (330 m)
- The Limes Estate Chigwell IG7 5LP, not permissioned (350 m)
- Hainault LUL Depot Thurlow Gardens Hainault, not permissioned (390 m)
- Hainault LUL Depot Thurlow Gardens Hainault, not permissioned (390 m)
- Land adjacent to Hainault Station, not permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 street's address is about 42 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IG7 5LU | 100% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newbury Racecourse 115,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Seven Kings 4.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Goodmayes 4.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Hainault Underground Station | 360 m |
| Grange Hill Underground Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Grange Hill Underground Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Amanda Close Grange Hill | 90 m |
| Ferry terminal | Barking Riverside Pier Creekmouth | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hainault Station Car Park (TfL) | 310 m |
| EV charging points | 14 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 32.7 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chigwell Medical Centre | 350 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chigwell Pharmacy | 350 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Fencepiece Dental Practice | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | King George Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Police station | Barkingside Police Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Gainsborough Studios, Islington | 250 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.8 ha | 140 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 880 m² | 240 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Oakfield Playing Fields 20 ha | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Forest Farm Peace Garden 3.7 ha | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 4.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital Hill Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Fairlop Waters | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Cocked Hat Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Egg Clump | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Dog Kennel Hill | Hill | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) east |
| Lincoln Island | Island | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Epping Forest: see them on the Epping Forest page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limes Farm Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 380 m | No published inspection |
| Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 3–7 | 380 m | No published inspection |
| Fairlop Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Manford Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| King Solomon High School Jewish | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| John Bramston Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Clore Tikva School Jewish | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Mossford Green Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ilford County High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Post-16 provision: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Gilbert Colvin Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Forest Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodexo IG6 2UU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 210 m | 5 Very good | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Delroy's Grill House IG6 2UE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 270 m | 5 Very good | 30 May 2025 |
| Monsoon Restaurant IG6 2UE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 29 Apr 2026 |
| CVS Super Store IG6 2UE | Retailers - other | 290 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Zamzam Halal Butchers IG6 2UE | Retailers - other | 290 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Lidl IG6 2SU | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 310 m | 5 Very good | 17 Feb 2025 |
| Flying Start Day Nursery IG7 5NT | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 350 m | 5 Very good | 29 Sep 2025 |
| NISA IG7 5NT | Retailers - other | 350 m | 4 Good | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Limes kitchen IG7 5NT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Oriental Kitchen IG6 2UA | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 380 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Costcutter IG6 3BD | Retailers - other | 390 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 30 Apr 2025 |
| Shimla Mirch IG7 5NT | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 4 Good | 24 Apr 2026 |
| Sky Kebab & Pizza IG7 5NT | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Station Hainault Peri Peri & Pizza on Fire IG6 3BD | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Gullotti Cafe IG6 3BS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 2 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 76 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 71 |
| Shoplifting | 49 |
| Vehicle crime | 25 |
| Public order | 13 |
| Burglary | 12 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 |
| Robbery | 8 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Andrew Close (59); On or near Thurlow Gardens (49); On or near Hughes Road (35); On or near Amanda Close (33); On or near Copperfield (31).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 38% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 42% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 20% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 27% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 81% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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.
What has changed
- Food hygiene ratings NISA (retailers - other, IG7 5NT) now 4 Good, was 3 Generally satisfactory (rated 1 October 2026) found 30 October 2026
Postcodes on this street
- IG7 5LU: 1 address of 31 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Amanda Close · Navigation Mews · Hughes Road · Franklyn Gardens · Marine Crescent · Andrew Close · Laing Close · Elmswood · Southdale · Thurlow Gardens · Hazelbrouck Gardens · Maypole Crescent
All the streets in IG7 and across Epping Forest.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.