CM23 4BT

Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor · East Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
East Hertfordshire
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM23 2PD 67 m
CM23 2PB 112 m
CM23 2NL 147 m
CM23 2PA 150 m
CM23 4HG 167 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM23 4BT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 4
Latitude
51.866884
Longitude
0.147367
British National Grid easting
547,946
British National Grid northing
220,879

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Hertfordshire · E07000242
Parish or community
E04013541
Westminster constituency
Hertford and Stortford · E14001283
Output area
E00119128
Lower layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 003D · E01023455
Middle layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 003 · E02004880

Postcode source versions

Explore CM23

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
6
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S

    Academy converter

    161 m
  2. Bishop's Stortford College

    Other independent school

    561 m
  3. St Mary's Catholic School

    Academy converter

    588 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,291
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 798
  • Anti social behaviour 418
  • Shoplifting 307
  • Other theft 173
  • Criminal damage and arson 131

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
CM23 4 residents
12,428

Age bands in CM23 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

2,319 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,456 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.3%

2,759 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.3%

4,302 residents

Age 65 and over
16.2%

2,088 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM23 4 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
0%
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

3

within 5 km

  • CHURCH STREET PARTNERSHIP

    30A CHURCH STREET, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 2LY

    ODS code E82067

    858 m

  • SOUTH STREET SURGERY

    83 SOUTH STREET, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 3AP

    ODS code E82074

    941 m

  • HELIX MEDICAL CENTRE

    HERTS AND ESSEX HOSPITAL, CAVELL DRIVE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 5JH

    ODS code E82654

    1.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Wentworth Drive

    BCT · Bishops Stortford

    0.1 miles
  • Wentworth Drive

    BCT · Bishops Stortford

    0.1 miles
  • St Mary's Catholic School

    BCT · Bishops Stortford

    0.3 miles
  • The Coppice

    BCT · Thorley

    0.3 miles
  • Kestrel Gardens

    BCT · Bishops Park

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Hertfordshire 003D, 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

33,155 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S is the nearest published school at 161 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,291 published events cover 12 months, averaging 190.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 798 events.

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