The UK Postcode Database

CM23 5BL

a postcode in Hertfordshire

Introduced in January 1980
CM23 5BL Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with CM23 5BL

Plaw Hatch Close - 39 properties, USRN 12413716

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.874 / 51°52'26"N

Longitude: 0.1777 / 0°10'39"E

UTM Reference: 31U 305721 5750794

OS Easting: 550009

OS Northing: 221737

OS Grid: TL500217

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR MDR.HQC

Mapcode Global: VHHLW.1596

Open Location Code: 9F32V5FH+J3

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01cu19

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 6a2

  • Baseline UK
  • Challenged Communities
  • Semi Detached Strivers

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 27336 / 32844

  • 9th decile
  • much less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for CM23 5BL on Sunday 12 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 03:00
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 04:08
Sunrise 04:54
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:04
Sunset 21:15
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:01
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:09
Hours of daylight today04:24 to 21:45
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:45 to 04:25
Moon Phase Waning Crescent
Moon Rises 00:59
Moon sets 19:24

For a full sun and moon calendar for CM23 5BL, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in CM23 5BL

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
31 May 2024 63 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £380,000
8 January 2024 61 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £305,000
16 March 2022 69 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £500,000
25 August 2021 7a Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £410,000
27 August 2020 1 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £350,000
26 March 2020 21 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £375,000
18 June 2019 15 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £385,000
16 May 2019 33 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £360,000
9 August 2017 41 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £350,000
23 December 2016 67 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £367,000
29 July 2016 51 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £335,000
10 May 2016 7a Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £319,000
30 October 2014 7 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £340,000
28 July 2014 67 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £239,950
1 April 2014 33 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £270,000
16 August 2013 33 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £222,750
6 September 2012 45 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £221,500
5 December 2011 37 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £218,500
7 November 2008 45 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £190,000
5 September 2008 11 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £210,000
9 February 2007 13 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £217,000
5 December 2006 25 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Flat/apartment Leasehold £175,000
24 November 2006 15 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £227,500
29 September 2006 41 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £205,000
24 March 2006 61 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £164,000
14 February 2006 67 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £169,000
17 February 2005 21 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £205,000
17 December 2004 63 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £181,000
24 September 2004 25 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Flat/apartment Leasehold £144,000
11 July 2003 15 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £162,500
18 September 2002 37 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £159,995
19 July 2002 63 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £149,995
17 December 2001 41 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £139,000
20 November 2001 7 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
2 October 2001 37 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £139,950
17 August 2001 9 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £142,500
23 July 1999 25 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Flat/apartment Leasehold £60,000
3 June 1997 1a Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Detached Freehold £117,000
21 November 1996 25 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Flat/apartment Leasehold £44,000
10 September 1996 67 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £64,000
24 May 1996 41 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £66,000
1 March 1996 69 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £60,000
29 January 1996 3 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £35,960
20 December 1995 7 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Semi-detached Freehold £75,500
7 July 1995 37 Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £59,995

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for CM23 5BL

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Hertford and Stortford

MP

Josh Dean Labour

Hertfordshire County Council
County council electoral division

Bishop's Stortford East

Councillor

Calvin Horner Liberal Democrats

East Hertfordshire District Council
District council ward

Bishop's Stortford Parsonage

Councillors

Calvin Horner Liberal Democrats

Richard Townsend Liberal Democrats

CM23 5BL also falls within the Civil Parish of Bishop's Stortford, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for CM23 5BL

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00119054 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01023438 East Hertfordshire 005A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02004882 East Hertfordshire 005 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04012914 Bishop's Stortford Civil Parishes Administrative 1 April 2019 DLUHC
E05015358 Bishop's Stortford Parsonage Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 4 May 2023 DLUHC
E07000242 East Hertfordshire Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 April 2013 DLUHC
E10000015 Hertfordshire Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000006 East of England Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001283 Hertford and Stortford Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000027 Hertfordshire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000186 Cambridge Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33027199 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000048 Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000049 NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2020 ODS
E40000007 East of England NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E54000025 NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E56000035 East of England Cancer Alliances Health 1 April 2024 NHS England
E58001775 Bishop's Stortford East ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 6 May 2021 DLUHC
E63011309 Bishop's Stortford Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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