CM22 7NF

Rural East · Epping Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Harlow
Postcode district
CM22
Postcode sector
CM22 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM22 7NG 243 m
CM21 9LE 399 m
CM21 9LF 407 m
CM22 7NB 446 m
CM21 9PS 481 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM22 7NF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM22
Postcode sector
CM22 7
Latitude
51.804566
Longitude
0.166962
British National Grid easting
549,501
British National Grid northing
213,989

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Epping Forest · E07000072
Parish or community
E04004029
Westminster constituency
Harlow · E14001267
Output area
E00110712
Lower layer super output area
Epping Forest 001B · E01021795
Middle layer super output area
Epping Forest 001 · E02004527

Postcode source versions

Explore CM22

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Medlars, Back Lane, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7NF 7 September 2021 £800,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km
  2. Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  3. Reedings Junior School

    Community school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
218
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 89
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Vehicle crime 27
  • Public order 14
  • Other theft 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

3 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.1% 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+
0%
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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • CENTRAL SURGERY

    BELL STREET, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, CM21 9AQ

    ODS code E82100

    1.6 km

  • GARDENS AND JACOBS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code Y01924

    2.5 km

  • THE EDEN SURGERIES

    BROOMFIELDS, HATFIELD HEATH, BISHOPS STORTFORD, CM22 7EH

    ODS code F81004

    2.9 km

  • OLD HARLOW HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F81056

    3.2 km

  • CHURCH LANGLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHURCH LANGLEY WAY, HARLOW, CM17 9TG

    ODS code F81078

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Back Lane

    BCT · Lower Sheering

    0.2 miles
  • Back Lane

    BCT · Lower Sheering

    0.3 miles
  • Longland Bridge

    BCT · Sheering

    0.3 miles
  • Longland Bridge

    BCT · Sheering

    0.3 miles
  • Four Acres

    BCT · Lower Sheering

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 001B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,275 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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 £800,000 from 1 recorded sale in CM22 7NF. 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

218 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 89 events.

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