CM17 0RQ

Rural East · Epping Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harlow
Local authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar
Postcode district
CM17
Postcode sector
CM17 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM17 0QD 334 m
CM17 0QB 351 m
CM17 0QA 378 m
CM17 0RH 474 m
CM17 0PY 483 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM17 0RQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM17
Postcode sector
CM17 0
Latitude
51.772218
Longitude
0.227625
British National Grid easting
553,793
British National Grid northing
210,518

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Epping Forest · E07000072
Parish or community
E04012202
Westminster constituency
Brentwood and Ongar · E14001125
Output area
E00110721
Lower layer super output area
Epping Forest 003B · E01021796
Middle layer super output area
Epping Forest 003 · E02004529

Postcode source versions

Explore CM17

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Watermans End House, Watery Lane, Matching Green, Harlow, CM17 0RQ 26 May 2022 £1,250,000
Watermans End House, Watery Lane, Matching Green, Harlow, CM17 0RQ 8 October 2019 £975,000
Winfields, Watery Lane, Matching Green, Harlow, CM17 0RQ 24 April 2017 £100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    297 m
  2. Moreton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.6 km
  3. Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
24
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

10 female, 15 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.6
CM17 0 residents
8,916

Age bands in CM17 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

1,588 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

874 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.6%

2,538 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

2,208 residents

Age 65 and over
18.8%

1,664 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM17 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Chequers Road

    BCT · Matching Green

    0.2 miles
  • Chequers Road

    BCT · Matching Green

    0.3 miles
  • Colvers

    BCT · Matching Green

    0.3 miles
  • Colvers

    BCT · Matching Green

    0.4 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Matching Green

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 003B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,967 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £1,250,000 from 1 recorded sale in CM17 0RQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Epping Forest is £536,765 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 297 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

24 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 7 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.