M25 Epping
2 addresses across 2 postcodes (CM16,EN9), about 7.2 km long, classed as a motorway. USRN 13800865.
1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Epping Forest costs £2,277 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 7% of premises. The nearest railway station is Cheshunt, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 1.7 km away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 13.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 92 to 105 m above sea level. 2 of its 2 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is High Street Surgery, Epping, about 2.8 km away. About 640 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 86% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (20% of about 2,260 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 12.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, grade II*
- WEST LODGE, GATEWAY, EAST LODGE TO LONDON ENTRANCE DRIVE TO COPT HALL, grade II*
- 1 AND 2 HORSESHOE COTTAGES, grade II
- BURY FARM COTTAGE AND BURY ROW COTTAGE, grade II
- BURY FARMHOUSE, grade II
- Coal duty boundary post south side of Epping Road, grade II
- HIGH VIEW, grade II
- HOUSE TO SOUTH OF PARK COTTAGE, grade II
- Milestone at High Road, Epping, grade II
- PARK COTTAGE, grade II
- RAVENERS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- WOODGREEN FARMHOUSE, 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, 1 at medium risk and 3 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM16 5BB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EN9 3TF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 2 addresses are between 92 m and 105 m above sea level (98 m on average); the ground rises about 13 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM16 5BB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| EN9 3TF | 100% | 7% | 7% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cheshunt 2.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km |
| Waltham Cross 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km | |
| Enfield Lock 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Ambresbury Banks Waltham Abbey | 620 m |
| Bus or coach station | Tesco Drop Off Point Waltham Abbey | 5.2 km |
| Car parks | Theydon Bois Station Car Park (TfL) | 2.5 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 20.5 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 24.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | High Street Surgery, Epping | 2.8 km |
| Pharmacies | Theydon Bois Pharmacy Limited | 2.4 km |
| NHS dentists | High Street (Dental Practice) | 2.2 km |
| Hospital | St Margarets Hospital | 3.6 km |
| Police station | Loughton Police Station | 5.0 km |
| Cash machines | Shell Halfmoon Cashzone | 2.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 1.7 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 990 m² | 1.8 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 930 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,580 m² | 2.0 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort, a scheduled monument, 610 m south. 8 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort | Scheduled monument | 610 m south |
| Copped Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 790 m north-west |
| West Lodge, Gateway, East Lodge to London Entrance Drive to Copt Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m south-west |
| Purlieu Bank, Epping | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Warren | Wood | 480 m south-west |
| Griffin's Wood | Wood | 740 m north-east |
| Bell Common | Wood | 910 m east |
| Piercing Hill | Hill | 1.5 km south-east |
| Wake Valley Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km south-west |
| Wake Valley | Valley | 3.0 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 2 |
2 of the street's 2 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping St John's Church of England School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km | Report card (Mar 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; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Ivy Chimneys Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (essex).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 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
Nearby streets
All the streets in CM16, EN9 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, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.