HP5 2UG

Chesham North · Buckinghamshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chesham
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire
Postcode district
HP5
Postcode sector
HP5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP5 2ZD 346 m
HP5 2ZB 463 m
HP4 3UE 490 m
HP5 2UQ 627 m
HP4 3UB 649 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP5 2UG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP5
Postcode sector
HP5 2
Latitude
51.747856
Longitude
-0.626936
British National Grid easting
494,886
British National Grid northing
206,353

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Buckinghamshire · E06000060
Parish or community
E04001571
Westminster constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire · E14001360
Output area
E00089647
Lower layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 029C · E01017766
Middle layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 029 · E02003676

Postcode source versions

Explore HP5

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Snowdrop Cottage, Hawridge, Chesham, HP5 2UG 23 March 2022 £655,000
Vale Farm House, Hawridge Common, Hawridge, Chesham, HP5 2UG 19 September 2018 £500
Nutfield, Hawridge Common, Hawridge, Chesham, HP5 2UG 31 July 2018 £2,300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School

    Voluntary aided school

    890 m
  2. Egerton-Rothesay School

    Other independent school

    3.1 km
  3. Ivingswood Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Burglary 4
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

15 female, 13 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
3.5
HP5 2 residents
12,419

Age bands in HP5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

2,358 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,354 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

3,041 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

3,341 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

2,244 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP5 2 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Gigabit-capable
83.3%
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

  • GOSSOMS END SURGERY

    VICTORY ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 1DL

    ODS code E82652

    3.9 km

  • GLADSTONE ROAD SURGERY

    260-290 BERKHAMPSTEAD ROAD, CHESHAM, HP5 3EZ

    ODS code K82058

    4.1 km

  • THE NEW SURGERY CHESHAM

    THE NEW SURGERY, CHESS MEDICAL CENTRE, CHESHAM, HP5 3EZ

    ODS code K82024

    4.1 km

  • THE MANOR STREET SURGERY

    ANNANDALE HSE, MANOR STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 2DL

    ODS code E82094

    4.9 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

  • Cholesbury Lane

    BCT · Hawridge

    0.1 miles
  • Hawridge Lane

    BCT · Hawridge

    0.1 miles
  • Two Gates Lane

    BCT · Bellingdon

    0.7 miles
  • Two Gates Lane

    BCT · Bellingdon

    0.8 miles
  • The Bull PH

    BCT · Bellingdon

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Buckinghamshire 029C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,108 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
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 £655,000 from 1 recorded sale in HP5 2UG. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Buckinghamshire is £490,508 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School is the nearest published school at 890 m.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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