Epping Forest
IG7 house prices in Epping Forest
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Epping Forest, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£485,000
Range £289,500–£1,162,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 17 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in IG7: the typical (median) sold price is £485,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). IG7 is an active market, with about 20 recorded sales a month. By property type, 30% were semi-detached homes (typically £565,000) and 26% were flats (typically £318,750).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,277 a year: Epping Forest's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Epping Forest, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on IG7: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 20 homes a month change hands in IG7, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are selling, most IG7 sales sit between £289,500 and £1,162,000, which makes £485,000 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are buying, IG7 sits well above the UK average for typical prices, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Before an offer goes in on any IG7 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (1,138 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,277 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
Averages only go so far, so the free IG7 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
IG7 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£485,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
19.9
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,277
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in IG7
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in IG7 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £1,092,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £318,750.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 46 | £1,092,500 | £720,500–£1,725,000 |
| Semi-detached | 74 | £565,000 | £361,200–£912,280 |
| Terraced | 60 | £428,250 | £372,250–£566,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 64 | £318,750 | £248,425–£506,700 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 17 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in IG7
The quarterly typical price fell 7.9%, from £445,000 in Q3 2025 (53 sales) to £410,000 in Q3 2026 (19 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £445,000 | 53 |
| Q4 2025 | £550,000 | 81 |
| Q1 2026 | £475,000 | 62 |
| Q2 2026 | £455,000 | 35 |
| Q3 2026 | £410,000 | 19 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 17 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of IG7 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most IG7 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £289,500 and £1,162,000, around a typical £485,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 17 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in IG7
Semi-detached homes were 30% of recorded sales (74 of 244). 72% of sales were freehold and 28% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached19%
- Semi-detached30%
- Terraced25%
- Flat / maisonette26%
Tenure
- Freehold72%
- Leasehold28%
See the figures
181 freehold (72%) and 69 leasehold (28%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in IG7, including 5 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 17 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where IG7 sits in Epping Forest
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in IG7
3, VERDERERS ROAD, CHIGWELL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£364,000
3, DICKENS RISE, CHIGWELL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£875,000
11, BURROW ROAD, CHIGWELL
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£415,000
73, COPPERFIELD, CHIGWELL
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 Aug 2026
£160,000
WESTWOOD HOUSE, 152, HIGH ROAD, CHIGWELL
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 Aug 2026
£795,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). IG7 includes the Chigwell with Lambourne ward.
In plain English
What the Epping Forest (IG7) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £1,092,500 against £318,750 for flats: about 3.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £289,500 and £1,162,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 20 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 31 July 2025 and 17 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on IG7
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in IG7
£2,277
Band D a year in Epping Forest, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,518 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,771 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,024 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,277 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,783 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,289 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,795 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,554 |
These are Epping Forest's charges for 2026-27, the authority IG7 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Epping Forest · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near IG7
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Wells Park School.
All schools
Wells Park School
Academies · IG7 6NN
405 m
Outstanding · 2012
Manford Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · IG7 4BX
763 m
Good · 2022
Early Years Assessment Service and Centre Co Manford Primary School
Other types · IG7 4BX
763 m
Not graded
Limes Farm Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · IG7 5LP
907 m
Good · 2012
Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Academies · IG7 5LP
907 m
Good · 2013
Coppice Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · IG7 4AL
1.3 km
Good · 2016
John Bramston Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · IG6 3EE
1.3 km
Good · 2013
Forest Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · IG6 3TN
1.5 km
Good · 2023
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the IG7 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near IG7
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around IG7
1,138
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Redbridge/09/26Undecided
114 m
T1 Oak
Received 2026-07-14
EppingForest/EPF/1301/26Undecided
472 m
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 Contaminated Land of EPF/2560/24 Allowed on Appeal (Demolition of existing house including outbuildings and garage to be replaced by a single-family dwelling (incorporating existing outbuildings), together with associated single storey garage with attached annex and landscaping).
Received 2026-07-01
Redbridge/1590/26Undecided
102 m
First floor side and rear extension (summary)
Received 2026-06-12
Redbridge/4832/21/02Permitted
310 m
Discharge of conditions of approved permission 4832/21: Refuse Storage (Condition 15). (summary)
Received 2026-06-11 · decided 2026-07-09
Redbridge/1521/26Conditions
147 m
TPO 07/90 - T1 (Hawthorn) - Reduce height and laterals by up to 1m. T2 (Ash) - reduce height and laterals by up to 2.5m, thin crown by 10%. (summary)
Received 2026-06-08 · decided 2026-07-07
EppingForest/EPF/1043/26Conditions
472 m
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 12 Bat Licence, 12 Lighting and 14 Location of bat boxes of EPF/2560/24 Allowed on Appeal (Demolition of existing house including outbuildings and garage to be replaced by a single-family dwelling (incorporating existing outbuildings), together with associated single storey garage with attached annex and landscaping).
Received 2026-05-28 · decided 2026-06-24
Applications are matched within 500 m of the IG7 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for IG7 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1138 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for IG7
Decile 6 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled IG7 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 10, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
IG7 4ER, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so IG7 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in IG7: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in IG7, band by band
Epping Forest's council tax for 2026-27 set against the IG7 median sold price of £485,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearEpping Forest | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £485,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,518 | £127 | 0.31% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,771 | £148 | 0.37% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,024 | £169 | 0.42% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,277 | £190 | 0.47% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,783 | £232 | 0.57% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,289 | £274 | 0.68% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,795 | £316 | 0.78% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,554 | £380 | 0.94% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the IG7 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Epping Forest, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in IG7 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 235 distinct addresses in the records we hold for IG7. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
3, VERDERERS ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 4LZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£364,000
2026-08-17
3, DICKENS RISE, CHIGWELL
IG7 6PA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£875,000
2026-08-12
11, BURROW ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 4HE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-07
73, COPPERFIELD, CHIGWELL
IG7 5NH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-08-06
WESTWOOD HOUSE, 152, HIGH ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 5BQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£795,000
2026-08-03
46, HAZELWOOD PARK CLOSE, CHIGWELL
IG7 4JJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-31
6, CHESTER ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 6AJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,530,000
2026-07-30
13, BRAMSHILL CLOSE, CHIGWELL
IG7 4BU · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-07-28
75, BROCKET WAY, CHIGWELL
IG7 4ER · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-24
174, MANOR ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 5PZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£950,000
2026-07-17
60, HAZELWOOD PARK CLOSE, CHIGWELL
IG7 4JJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-07-17
31, MEADOW WAY, CHIGWELL
IG7 6LR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,567,500
2026-07-16
29, MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 5EP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,100,000
2026-07-13
CHIGWELL GRANGE, HIGH ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 6BF · Detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,425,000
2026-07-10
325, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL
IG7 4AF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-10
44, TROTWOOD, CHIGWELL
IG7 5JN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£252,000
2026-07-08
26, FLETCHER ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 4HD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-07-06
16, BURROW ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 4HQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-07-03
240, LIMES AVENUE, CHIGWELL
IG7 5LZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-07-01
SHEPERDS COTTAGE, ABRIDGE ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 6BX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£800,000
2026-06-30
130, BURROW ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 4NL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-06-26
49, SHRUBLANDS CLOSE, CHIGWELL
IG7 5EA · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2026-06-26
99, FIVE OAKS LANE, CHIGWELL
IG7 4FJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-06-24
15, MANOR ROAD, CHIGWELL
IG7 5PF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,380,000
2026-06-24
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Data sources
Every IG7 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.