Maypole Boulevard Harlow
87 addresses across 5 postcodes (CM17), about 360 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 16500812.
- 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 C; Band D in Harlow costs £2,299 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Harlow Mill, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 390 m away, and Mark Hall Park (6.0 hectares) is about 710 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 74 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: 47 of its 87 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Church Langley Medical Practice, about 690 m (0.4 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 690 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 15 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often vehicle crime.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2025 | PLOT R1 CM17 9TX | Other | £2,764,891 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Harlow in 2026-27: Band D £2,299 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,532 | £1,788 | £2,043 | £2,299 | £2,810 | £3,320 | £3,831 | £4,597 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (27% of about 880 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): HMO - townwide.
- Tree preservation orders: in a protected area: Within the Curtilage of Markhall Wood.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Burgoyne Hatch: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (760 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 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 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM17 9TX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM17 9LX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM17 9JJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CM17 9NA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CM17 9SR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 92 addresses are between 74 m and 78 m above sea level (77 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM17 9JJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM17 9LX | 50% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| CM17 9NA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CM17 9SR | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CM17 9TX | 54% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Harlow Mill 279,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Harlow Town 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Sawbridgeworth 471,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 22 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Science Park Old Harlow | 10 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Harlow Town Centre | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Car parks | The Stow Car Park | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 14.4 km (8.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Church Langley Medical Practice | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Church Langley Pharmacy | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Florence Nightingale Health | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | The Princess Alexandra Hospital | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Harlow Police Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Sayona News Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,340 m² | 390 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Mark Hall Park 6.0 ha | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,530 m² | 350 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ladyshot Playing Field 3.2 ha | 190 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest First Avenue Allotments 1.6 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 7 parks and gardens, 24 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade I), 790 m (0.5 miles) north-west. 18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Coppins | Listed building, Grade II* | 940 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Bowl barrow, 240m N of The Kennels | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Harlowbury deserted medieval village | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Chapel at Harlowbury | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Harlow Town Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| The House, Marsh Lane | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gravelpit Spring | Wood | 270 m east |
| Markhall Wood | Wood | 340 m south-west |
| Perry Spring | Wood | 760 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Netteswell Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Latton Island | Island | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Rye Hill | Hill | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 40 | 87 | 87 |
47 of the street's 87 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 Harlow: see them on the Harlow page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Langley Community Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Mark Hall Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 620 m (0.4 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 770 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Newhall Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 880 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Henry Moore Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Alban's Catholic Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Purford Green Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Burnt Mill Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow | Primary | 5–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Freshwaters Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack And Jill's Nursery CM17 9LX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 190 m | 5 Very good | 26 May 2026 |
| Changing Lives Community Services CIC / Harlow CM17 9LX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 190 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Compass Group (Eurest) At Raytheon Systems CM17 9SR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 250 m | 5 Very good | 11 Aug 2025 |
| Coffee Base CM17 9TW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2026 |
| Changing Lives Community Services CM17 9SF | Retailers - other | 320 m | 5 Very good | 17 Oct 2025 |
| Newhall Primary Academy - HCL CM17 9SF | School/college/university | 320 m | 5 Very good | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Co-op CM17 9TW | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 340 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jan 2026 |
| The Food Store Newhall CM17 9JA | Retailers - other | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 20 Mar 2014 |
| The Small Copper Pub CM20 3DE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2022 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Newhall Way (15).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 12% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 76% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- CM17 9TX: 71 addresses of 77 in the postcode
- CM17 9LX: 9 addresses of 26 in the postcode
- CM17 9JJ: 3 addresses of 26 in the postcode
- CM17 9NA: 3 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- CM17 9SR: 1 address of 37 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Newhall Way · London Road · Amble Lane · Milestone Road · Canopy Lane · Maypole Street · North Square · Felmongers · Harrowband Road · Alexandra Road · Alba Road · Basil Mews
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.