Eldon Road Hoddesdon, Epping Forest
32 addresses across 3 postcodes (EN11), about 190 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 13800417.
- Sales: 15 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £740,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5, C: 5, D: 3, E: 1).
- Flood: 31 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 D; Band D in Epping Forest costs £2,277 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Broxbourne, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 25 to 27 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 32 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Limes Surgery, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 24% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £740,000 | £740,000 | £740,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £620,000 | £620,000 | £620,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £720,000 | £720,000 | £720,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £530,000 | £530,000 | £530,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | £562,500 | £480,000 | £645,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £515,000 | £515,000 | £515,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | £247,500 | £200,000 | £295,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £203,998 | £173,000 | £234,995 |
| 1996 | 1 | £177,000 | £177,000 | £177,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar 2024 | RIVERBANK EN11 0BH | Detached | £740,000 | |
| 9 Jul 2021 | EARLSWOOD EN11 0BH | Detached | £620,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2017 | ST WINIFREDS EN11 0BH | Detached | £720,000 | |
| 21 Jul 2016 | KELBREY EN11 0BH | Detached | £530,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2012 | RIVERBANK EN11 0BH | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 9 Dec 2011 | APPLEDORE EN11 0BH | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 1 Oct 2008 | THE BEACHES EN11 0BH | Detached | £645,000 | New build. |
| 4 Aug 2008 | CHIENEDIE EN11 0BH | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 27 Jan 2006 | ST WINIFREDS EN11 0BH | Detached | £515,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2001 | WILLOW HOUSE EN11 0BH | Semi-detached | £295,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2001 | APPLEDORE EN11 0BH | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 14 Apr 2000 | THE RETREAT EN11 0BH | Detached | £173,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2000 | HONOR LODGE EN11 0BH | Detached | £234,995 | |
| 29 Feb 1996 | WILLOW HOUSE EN11 0BH | Semi-detached | £177,000 | |
| 18 Aug 1995 | WOODBRIDGE EN11 0BH | Detached | £170,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 150 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, semi-detached (3); House (2). Built: 2015 (4); 1976-1982 (3); 2007-2011 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
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 (20% of about 1,040 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.
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, 31 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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 35 homes the Environment Agency counts, 33 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 2 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| EN11 0BH | zone 3 | 19 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| EN11 0FA | zone 3 | 5 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EN11 0BQ | zone 3 | 7 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 32 addresses are between 25 m and 27 m above sea level (26 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EN11 0BH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EN11 0BQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EN11 0FA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Broxbourne 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Rye House 436,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | |
| Roydon 133,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Temp Bus Station Harlow Town Centre | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Car parks | JBF HGV Parking | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 21.4 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Limes Surgery | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | Hoddesdon Pharmacy | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| NHS dentists | Hoddesdon Dental Surgery Limited | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | The Princess Alexandra Hospital | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Police station | Hoddesdon Police Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,570 m² | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,250 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Pound Close 3.4 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Lampits Allotment Gardens 4,950 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Netherhall Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 1 km (0.6 miles) east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Netherhall Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Nether Hall | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Netherhall | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Admirals Walk Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Clay Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| The Grove | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Rusheymead | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Totwellhill Bushes | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Nazeing Marsh | Wetland | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 30 | 32 |
2 of the street's 32 addresses are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Cross Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 5–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School Church of England/Christian | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Robert Barclay Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Palace Cafe EN11 0AZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 320 m | 4 Good | 8 May 2025 |
| Dolce Delia EN11 0DJ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Dec 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Derby Road (3); On or near Clyde Road (2); On or near Eldon Road (2); On or near Picardy Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 89% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
Nearby streets
Derby Road · Clyde Road · Blythe Road · Avenue Road
All the streets in EN11 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.