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CM22 7LS

Rural East · Epping Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bishop's Stortford
Ward
Rural East
Local authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Harlow
Postcode district
CM22
Postcode sector
CM22 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM22 7LH 49 m
CM22 7LW 88 m
CM22 7LU 96 m
CM22 7LR 110 m
CM22 7LT 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM22 7LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM22
Postcode sector
CM22 7
Latitude
51.804684
Longitude
0.188247
British National Grid easting
550,968
British National Grid northing
214,046

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Epping Forest · E07000072
Electoral ward
Rural East · E05015737
Parish or community
E04004029
Westminster constituency
Harlow · E14001267
Output area
E00110578
Lower layer super output area
Epping Forest 001A · E01021768
Middle layer super output area
Epping Forest 001 · E02004527

Postcode source versions

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Property

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10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Estoril, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LS 21 November 2024 £527,000
Broadlands, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LS 23 February 2024 £450,000
Wood Rising, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LS 4 October 2023 £555,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
14
Secondary
2

  1. Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    241 m

  2. Hatfield Heath Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

  3. Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School

    Community school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
49
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Burglary 7
  • Vehicle crime 6
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

10 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.2
CM22 7 residents
6,781

Age bands in CM22 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,144 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

713 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.5%

1,299 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

2,049 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

1,452 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM22 7 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • THE EDEN SURGERIES

    BROOMFIELDS, HATFIELD HEATH, BISHOPS STORTFORD, CM22 7EH

    ODS code F81004

    1.7 km

  • CENTRAL SURGERY

    BELL STREET, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, CM21 9AQ

    ODS code E82100

    2.9 km

  • GARDENS AND JACOBS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    JACOBS & GARDENS NEUROLOGICAL CTRS, HIGH WYCH ROAD, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, CM21 0HH

    ODS code Y01924

    4.0 km

  • OLD HARLOW HEALTH CENTRE

    JENNER HSE, GARDEN TCE RD, HARLOW, CM17 0AX

    ODS code F81056

    4.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Sheering

    0.1 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Sheering

    0.1 miles

  • The Cock

    BCT · Sheering

    0.1 miles

  • The Cock

    BCT · Sheering

    0.1 miles

  • The Crown

    BCT · Sheering

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 001A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,523 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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
0
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 £527,000 from 3 recorded sales in CM22 7LS. 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 241 m.

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

Recorded crime

49 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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