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EN9 1BL

Waltham Abbey West · Epping Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Waltham Abbey
Ward
Waltham Abbey West
Local authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest
Postcode district
EN9
Postcode sector
EN9 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EN9 1JJ 84 m
EN9 1JR 97 m
EN9 1BJ 99 m
EN9 1JB 101 m
EN9 1JF 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EN9 1BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EN
Postcode district
EN9
Postcode sector
EN9 1
Latitude
51.688366
Longitude
-0.008622
British National Grid easting
537,749
British National Grid northing
200,722

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Epping Forest · E07000072
Electoral ward
Waltham Abbey West · E05015741
Parish or community
E04004036
Westminster constituency
Epping Forest · E14001226
Output area
E00110840
Lower layer super output area
Epping Forest 009C · E01021818
Middle layer super output area
Epping Forest 009 · E02004535

Postcode source versions

Explore EN9

Property

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27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Walton Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1BL 20 October 2025 £495,000
16, Walton Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1BL 25 April 2024 £435,000
6, Walton Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1BL 9 January 2024 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
60
Primary
40
Secondary
9

  1. Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    942 m

  2. Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx)

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,996
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 661
  • Anti social behaviour 281
  • Vehicle crime 187
  • Criminal damage and arson 172
  • Public order 133

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
88

41 female, 47 male

Postcode households
34
Residents per household
2.6
EN9 1 residents
8,677

Age bands in EN9 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,543 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

817 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.6%

2,471 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

2,205 residents

Age 65 and over
18.6%

1,609 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EN9 1 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

10

within 5 km

  • MARKET SQUARE SURGERY

    WALTHAM ABBEY HEALTH CTRE, 13 SEWARDSTONE ROAD, WALTHAM ABBEY, EN9 1NP

    ODS code F81749

    809 m

  • ABBEY ROAD SURGERY

    63 ABBEY ROAD, WALTHAM CROSS, EN8 7LJ

    ODS code E82042

    1.5 km

  • STANHOPE SURGERY

    STANHOPE ROAD, WALTHAM CROSS, EN8 7DJ

    ODS code E82638

    1.6 km

  • MAYNARD COURT SURGERY

    18 MAYNARD COURT, WALTHAM ABBEY, EN9 3DU

    ODS code F81725

    2.0 km

  • WARDEN LODGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GLEN LUCE, TURNERS HILL, CHESHUNT, WALTHAM CROSS, EN8 8NW

    ODS code E82123

    2.3 km

  • THE ORDNANCE UNITY CENTRE FOR HEALTH

    645 HERTFORD ROAD, ENFIELD, EN3 6ND

    ODS code F85023

    2.8 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    13-15 HIGH STREET, CHESHUNT, WALTHAM CROSS, EN8 0BX

    ODS code E82133

    3.0 km

  • CROMWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    11 CROMWELL AVENUE, CHESHUNT, WALTHAM CROSS, EN7 5DL

    ODS code E82079

    3.2 km

  • THE MAPLES

    VANCOUVER ROAD, BROXBOURNE, EN10 6FD

    ODS code E82063

    4.2 km

  • STOCKWELL LODGE MED.CTR.

    ROSEDALE WAY, CHESHUNT, WALTHAM CROSS, EN7 6HL

    ODS code E82115

    4.3 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

  • Highbridge Retail Park

    BCT · Waltham Abbey

    0.1 miles

  • Highbridge Rdbt

    BCT · Waltham Abbey

    0.1 miles

  • Market Square

    BCT · Waltham Abbey

    0.2 miles

  • Lea Road

    BCT · Waltham Cross

    0.3 miles

  • Lea Road

    BCT · Waltham Cross

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 009C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,728 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
4 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
21
Low risk addresses
16
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 £442,500 from 4 recorded sales in EN9 1BL. 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

60 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 9 secondary schools. Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 942 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,996 published events cover 12 months, averaging 166.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 661 events.

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