Mill Lane Epping Forest
17 addresses across 4 postcodes (CM16,CM5), about 400 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 13800932.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £760,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, D: 1).
- Flood: 2 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 G; Band D in Epping Forest costs £2,277 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 94% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Harlow Mill, about 10.6 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.1 km away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 82 to 107 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ongar Health Centre, about 4.2 km away.
- People: About 390 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £760,000 | £760,000 | £760,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £326,625 | £326,625 | £326,625 |
| 2003 | 1 | £603,000 | £603,000 | £603,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb 2021 | OAKMILL CM5 9SF | Other | £259,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Aug 2020 | AUTUMN COTTAGE CM5 9SF | Detached | £760,000 | |
| 22 Mar 2018 | AUTUMN COTTAGE CM5 9SF | Detached | £326,625 | |
| 15 Sep 2003 | CLUNES HOUSE CM5 9SF | Detached | £603,000 | |
| 16 Oct 1998 | TREVTHAS CM5 9SF | Detached | £100,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 311 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1); House, detached (1). Built: 2012 onwards (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
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 G (30% of about 1,140 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: 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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM5 9SF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM5 9LJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CM16 6GQ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM5 9SQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 6 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 17 addresses are between 82 m and 107 m above sea level (100 m on average); the ground rises about 25 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM16 6GQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM5 9LJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM5 9SF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM5 9SQ | 94% | 94% | 94% | 6% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Harlow Mill 279,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.6 km |
| Harlow Town 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 11.0 km | |
| Brentwood 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest The Green Man Toot Hill | 200 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Harlow Town Centre | 10.0 km |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 2.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 20.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ongar Health Centre | 4.2 km |
| Pharmacies | North Weald Chemist | 2.2 km |
| NHS dentists | High Street Dental Practice | 3.8 km |
| Hospital | St Margarets Hospital | 4.6 km |
| Police station | Harlow Police Station | 9.8 km |
| Cash machines | MFG - Four Wantz Cashzone | 4.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 2.1 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 300 m² | 2.1 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5,520 m² | 1.7 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 2.4 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moat House moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.6 km west. 18 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Moat House moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km west |
| A London mobilisation centre known as the North Weald Redoubt | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km north-west |
| Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Miller's Grove | Wood | 1.5 km north-east |
| Ongar Park Wood | Wood | 1.6 km west |
| Knightsland Wood | Wood | 1.6 km south |
| Overflow Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km north-west |
| Langford Bottom | Valley | 3.7 km south |
| Fishermans Hill | Hill | 4.5 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 17 |
3 of the street's 17 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Man CM5 9SD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 240 m | 5 Very good | 27 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Parking Area (5); On or near Mill Lane (3); On or near Toot Hill Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 25% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
- CM5 9SF: 11 addresses
- CM5 9LJ: 3 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- CM16 6GQ: 2 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- CM5 9SQ: 1 address of 57 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in CM16, 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, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.