How many listed buildings are in Epping Forest? 1,341 listed buildings
Epping Forest has 1,341 listed buildings, 15 of them Grade I, and 25 conservation areas. About 4.8% of homes are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
- Grade I
- 15
- Grade II*
- 85
- Grade II
- 1,241
- Per 1,000 homes
- 24.6
- More listed buildings per home than
- 62% of areas
- Conservation areas
- 25
Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are counted where their map point falls; one list entry can cover a terrace or group. Per 1,000 homes uses Census 2021 households. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we calculate this
All house prices in Epping ForestIs a home in Epping Forest likely to be in a conservation area?
About as likely as anywhere: about 4.8% of homes in Epping Forest are in a conservation area, compared with 6.2% across Essex and 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
| Area | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| Epping ForestThis area | 4.8% |
| Essex | 6.2% |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 2.4% |
In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.
What does it mean if a home is listed?
A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.
This page shows how common listed buildings are in Epping Forest. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Epping Forest?
Epping Forest has 15 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.
Each name links to its official list entry.
Which conservation areas are in Epping Forest?
Epping Forest has 25 conservation areas. Waltham Abbey has the most homes, about 444, and was designated in 1969.
| Conservation area | Designated | Homes inside |
|---|---|---|
| Waltham Abbey | 1969 | 444 |
| Nazeing and South Roydon | 1982 | 344 |
| Chipping Ongar | 1969 | 299 |
| Epping | 1969 | 237 |
| Lower Sheering | 1975 | 145 |
| Roydon Village | 1973 | 140 |
| York Hill, Loughton | 1977 | 126 |
| Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey | 1981 | 122 |
| Bell Common, Epping | 1985 | 112 |
| Upshire | 1985 | 102 |
| Abridge | 1977 | 89 |
| Baldwins Hill, Loughton | 1977 | 74 |
| Great Stony School, Chipping Ongar | 1995 | 73 |
| Matching Green | 1969 | 64 |
| Chigwell Village | 1969 | 43 |
| Staples Road, Loughton | 1995 | 40 |
| Copped Hall | 1984 | 34 |
| High Ongar | 1995 | 24 |
| Coopersale Street | 1977 | 21 |
| Hill Hall, Theydon Mount | 1996 | 21 |
| Matching Tye | 1977 | 18 |
| Moreton | 1977 | 13 |
| Abbess Roding | 1981 | 10 |
| Blake Hall, Bobbingworth | 1995 | 8 |
| Matching | 1977 | 6 |
Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area.
Are there scheduled monuments in Epping Forest?
Yes, Epping Forest has 35 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.
- A London mobilisation centre known as the North Weald Redoubt
- Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort
- Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common
- Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common
- Bowl barrow 90m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common
- Bundish Hall moated site
- Cold War Heavy Anti-aircraft gun site, 330m and 220m north east of Halls Green Farm
- Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite including Anti-Tank Blocks on Lippitts Hill
- Hill Hall, brick kiln and deserted manorial settlement of Mount Hall
- Latton Priory
- Loughton camp slight univallate hillfort
- Moat House moated site
- Moated site 100m south west of Torrell's Hall
- Moated site 350m south of Dorrington Farm
- Moated site immediately east of the Old Rectory
- Moated site immediately west of Skreens Lodge
- Moated site known as Marshalls, 290m south of Weald Place
- Moated site known as Spriggs
- Moated site known as Tadgells, 100m south west of The Cottage
- Moated site known as Tanner's Cottage, 250m south of Greens
- Nether Hall
- Obelisk 325m NW of Cobbin Pond
- Ongar Castle
- Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch
- Purlieu Bank, Epping
- Roman villa 300m south of Long Shaw
- Roman villa south of Hill Farm
- Rookwood Hall moated site
- Shellow Hall moated site
- The Temple, Temple Hill, Warlies Park
- Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Factory
- Waltham Abbey, including gatehouse and Stoney Bridge
- World War II Bofors Anti-aircraft gun platform 340m south east of Cheshunt railway station
- World War II bombing decoy Nazeing
- Wynters Armourie moated site
Which part of Epping Forest has the most listed buildings?
Waltham Abbey has the most listed buildings of the 28 areas of Epping Forest, with 139.
| Area | Listed buildings | Per 1,000 homes | Homes in a conservation area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham Abbey | 139 | 14.6 | 7.1% |
| Ongar | 115 | 39.4 | 12.7% |
| Stanford Rivers | 91 | — | 0.0% |
| Matching | 75 | — | 22.9% |
| Epping | 72 | 13.5 | 6.9% |
| Chigwell | 67 | 12.9 | 0.8% |
| Roydon | 60 | 48.5 | 26.3% |
| North Weald Bassett | 55 | 20.8 | 0.0% |
| Willingale | 54 | — | 0.0% |
| Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding | 54 | — | 5.1% |
| Fyfield | 52 | — | 0.0% |
| Loughton | 50 | 3.7 | 1.8% |
| Nazeing | 49 | 25.5 | 8.3% |
| High Ongar | 48 | 88.6 | 4.4% |
| Sheering | 45 | 31.8 | 10.2% |
| Stapleford Tawney | 41 | — | 0.0% |
| Moreton | 39 | — | 6.6% |
| Bobbingworth | 38 | — | 6.9% |
| Theydon Garnon | 33 | — | 0.0% |
| Epping Upland | 28 | — | 8.5% |
| Lambourne | 28 | 31.7 | 10.1% |
| Theydon Mount | 22 | — | 27.3% |
| Stapleford Abbotts | 19 | — | 0.0% |
| Theydon Bois | 17 | 10.3 | 0.0% |
| High Laver | 17 | — | 0.0% |
| Magdalen Laver | 17 | — | 0.0% |
| Little Laver | 16 | — | 0.0% |
| Buckhurst Hill | 3 | 0.6 | 0.0% |
A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.
What else do people ask about Epping Forest?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in Epping Forest.
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Where does this data come from?
Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are from Historic England and Cadw, and conservation areas from planning.data.gov.uk. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Air quality is from Defra modelled background pollution maps. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025.
Last updated 11 November 2026 at 01:14 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Epping Forest dataset covers 5,034 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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