Valley View Epping Green, Epping Forest
47 addresses across 3 postcodes (CM16), about 910 m (0.6 miles) long. USRN 13802532.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5, E: 6, F: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Roydon, about 5.8 km (3.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 890 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 93 to 107 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 47 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lister Medical Centre, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 510 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 86% of households owned their home and 34% 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
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 149 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, semi-detached (3); Bungalow, end-terrace (1). Built: 2022 (4); 1950-1966 (3); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (1).
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 (23% of about 960 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, 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 6QN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM16 6QL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM16 6PU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 47 addresses are between 93 m and 107 m above sea level (102 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM16 6PU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM16 6QL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM16 6QN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Roydon 133,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Broxbourne 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Harlow Town 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Green Close Epping Green | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Harlow Town Centre | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | Ionity Charging Station | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 21 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Lister Medical Centre | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Medicare Pharmacy | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Barbara Castle Health Centre | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | St Margarets Hospital | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Harlow Police Station | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Spar Cashzone | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.8 ha | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 320 m² | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Epping Upland Allotments 4,670 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is World War II bombing decoy Nazeing, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| World War II bombing decoy Nazeing | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Copy Wood | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Nabhill Grove | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Ballhill Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Orange Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Rye Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Great Riddens Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 46 | 47 |
1 of the street's 47 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Upland CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 730 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (hertfordshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- CM16 6QN: 34 addresses of 35 in the postcode
- CM16 6QL: 9 addresses
- CM16 6PU: 4 addresses of 35 in the postcode
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 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.