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CM23 5BS

Bishop's Stortford Parsonage · East Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bishop's Stortford
Ward
Bishop's Stortford Parsonage
Local authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM23 5BT 45 m
CM23 5DA 71 m
CM23 5BX 103 m
CM23 5BU 116 m
CM23 5BD 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM23 5BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 5
Latitude
51.875548
Longitude
0.182344
British National Grid easting
550,325
British National Grid northing
221,914

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Hertfordshire · E07000242
Electoral ward
Bishop's Stortford Parsonage · E05015358
Parish or community
E04013541
Westminster constituency
Hertford and Stortford · E14001283
Output area
E00119061
Lower layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 005C · E01023440
Middle layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 005 · E02004882

Postcode source versions

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Property

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36 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Woodlands, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BS 7 April 2021 £390,000
4, Woodlands, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BS 8 February 2021 £390,000
29, Woodlands, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BS 27 January 2020 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
21
Secondary
7

  1. Birchwood High School

    Academy converter

    136 m

  2. Summercroft Primary School

    Academy converter

    306 m

  3. All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford

    Voluntary aided school

    448 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,181
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 449
  • Anti social behaviour 179
  • Shoplifting 122
  • Other theft 86
  • Vehicle crime 73

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
78

42 female, 36 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
2.9
CM23 5 residents
9,236

Age bands in CM23 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

1,785 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.1%

1,165 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

2,478 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,604 residents

Age 65 and over
16.4%

1,571 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM23 5 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

  • HELIX MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82654

    1.2 km

  • CHURCH STREET PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code E82067

    1.7 km

  • SOUTH STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82074

    1.8 km

  • PEACOCK SURGERY

    1ST FLOOR CASTLE MALTINGS, LOWER STREET, STANSTED, STANSTED, CM24 8XG

    ODS code F81053

    3.2 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

  • Parsonage Lane

    BCT · Parsonage Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Parsonage Lane

    BCT · Parsonage Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Cranwell Gardens

    BCT · Parsonage Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Plaw Hatch Close

    BCT · Parsonage Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Birchwood High School

    BCT · Parsonage Estate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Hertfordshire 005C, 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

33,380 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
4
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
7
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

31 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 7 secondary schools. Birchwood High School is the nearest published school at 136 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,181 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 449 events.

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