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On Vaughan Williams Way, in Brentwood Central
What it's like at CM14 5WR: every home that has sold on Vaughan Williams Way since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Vaughan Williams Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 58 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 51, Vaughan Williams WaySemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £530,000 | 169 m² | £3,136/m² | 2 |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Brentwood, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 3.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Osborne Heights, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 71, 72); 4 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 32 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Holly Trees Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 61 · 24.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redden Court School (5.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 500 m away; Warley Food & Wine (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beechwood Surgery (100 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Raymond Bottone Hair Salon is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 10.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 54 restaurants and cafés and 22 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
SportsCool West Essex is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Charlies Bar the nearest pub (450 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (22 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 152 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 47 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (54%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 340 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Warley Country Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Boxgym Fitness (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 21 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 30 km.
20 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Warley Hospital, Main Block, Administrative Buildings with Attached Ward Wings | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Brentwood and Ongar constituency: Alex Burghart MP (Conservative), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,980 (12.4%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Conservative 37%, Reform UK 24%, Labour 23%, Liberal Democrat 12%.
23 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CM14 5WR →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 42% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 42 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 77.7% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 20.0% | 10.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 58 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Charlton Lido And Lifestyle Club · about 36 min
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