M25 Epping
3 addresses across 2 postcodes (CM16), about 860 m long, classed as a motorway. USRN 13800119.
No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 25% to 77% of premises. The nearest railway station is Cheshunt, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 910 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 105 to 111 m above sea level. 3 of its 3 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is High Street Surgery, Epping, about 1.9 km away. About 780 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 18 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
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 (28% of about 1,620 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bell Common, Epping (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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: yes, Epping Forest.
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: 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 4DH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CM16 4DL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 3 addresses are between 105 m and 111 m above sea level (109 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM16 4DH | 100% | 77% | 77% | 0% |
| CM16 4DL | 100% | 25% | 25% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cheshunt 2.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km |
| Waltham Cross 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km | |
| Chingford 2.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Epping Underground Station | 1.5 km |
| Epping Underground Station | 1.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 12 within 800 m; nearest Fishers Lane Ivy Chimneys | 280 m |
| Bus or coach station | Tesco Drop Off Point Waltham Abbey | 6.3 km |
| Car parks | Theydon Bois Station Car Park (TfL) | 2.1 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 20.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 23.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | High Street Surgery, Epping | 1.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 1.6 km |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest High Street (Dental Practice) | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | St Margarets Hospital | 2.7 km |
| Police station | Loughton Police Station | 5.6 km |
| Cash machines | Shell Halfmoon Cashzone | 1.3 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 910 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 990 m² | 780 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 30 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,580 m² | 1.1 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Purlieu Bank, Epping, a scheduled monument, 700 m south-east. 13 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Purlieu Bank, Epping | Scheduled monument | 700 m south-east |
| Epping Place | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m north-east |
| Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south-west |
| Copped Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.8 km west |
| Coopersale House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bell Common | Wood | 130 m west |
| Griffin's Wood | Wood | 780 m north-west |
| Piercing Hill | Hill | 1.0 km south |
| The Warren | Wood | 1.5 km west |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km north-east |
| Wake Valley | Valley | 3.7 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 15.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; all three 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 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 3 |
3 of the street's 3 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Chimneys Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 870 m | No published inspection |
| Epping St John's Church of England School | Secondary | 11–18 | 890 m | 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 |
| Epping Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Theydon Bois Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.7 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wensley House Care Home CM16 4DL | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 90 m | 5 Very good | 9 Sep 2025 |
| The Forest Gate Inn CM16 4DZ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 350 m | 5 Very good | 8 May 2025 |
| Haywards CM16 4DZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | 5 Very good | 4 Sep 2025 |
| Fresh Event LTD CM16 4EL | Mobile caterer | 430 m | 5 Very good | 22 Aug 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 4 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Forest Side (6); On or near Theydon Road (6); On or near High Road (5); On or near M25 (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 9% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 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 | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 to 8 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
Theydon Road · Forest Side · Bell Common · Ivy Chimneys Road
All the streets in CM16 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.