Corn Barn Close Epping Forest
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (CM5), about 70 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 13802722.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £740,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5, D: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 D; Band D in Epping Forest costs £2,277 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 83% to 86% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Sawbridgeworth, about 9.8 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 61 to 62 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ongar Health Centre, about 7.0 km away.
- People: About 510 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £740,000 | £740,000 | £740,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | £651,250 | £640,000 | £670,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £689,200 | £689,200 | £689,200 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2024 | 2 CM5 0FP | Semi-detached | £740,000 | |
| 14 Sep 2018 | 4 CM5 0FP | Semi-detached | £652,500 | New build. |
| 4 May 2018 | 3 CM5 0FP | Semi-detached | £642,000 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Mar 2018 | 2 CM5 0FP | Semi-detached | £650,000 | New build. |
| 26 Jan 2018 | 5 CM5 0FP | Semi-detached | £670,000 | New build. |
| 12 Jan 2018 | 6 CM5 0FP | Semi-detached | £640,000 | New build. |
| 16 Nov 2017 | 1 CM5 0FP | Semi-detached | £689,200 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 168 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6). Built: 2017 (3); 2016 (2); 2012 onwards (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
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 D (31% of about 1,030 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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: yes, Epping Forest.
Listed buildings
- GROUP OF FARM BUILDINGS AT LONGBARNS, grade II
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, 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 7 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM5 0FP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM5 0NX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 61 m and 62 m above sea level (62 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM5 0FP | 83% | 83% | 83% | 0% |
| CM5 0NX | 86% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sawbridgeworth 471,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.8 km |
| Harlow Mill 279,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km | |
| Stansted Airport 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 12.9 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 9.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 12.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ongar Health Centre | 7.0 km |
| Pharmacies | Well | 8.2 km |
| NHS dentists | High Street Dental Practice | 8.2 km |
| Hospital | Capio Rivers Hospital | 11.4 km |
| Police station | Hatfield Heath Police Station | 6.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 480 m² | 900 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.0 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Rookwood Hall moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.9 km west. 16 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rookwood Hall moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pig's Spring | Wood | 1.2 km north-east |
| Highfield Spring | Wood | 1.5 km north-east |
| Butthatch Wood | Wood | 1.7 km south-west |
| Top Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.0 km south-east |
| Bridge Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km south-east |
| Bottom Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 7 |
5 of the street's 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Corn Barn Close (6).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
All the streets in CM5 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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.