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On Spenlow Drive, in Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey
What it's like at CM1 4UQ: every home that has sold on Spenlow Drive 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Spenlow Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Spenlow DriveTerraced | Sept 2022 | £565,000 | 103 m² | £5,485/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Spenlow DriveDetached | May 2012 | £360,000 | 125 m² | £2,880/m² | 1 |
| 7, Spenlow DriveTerraced | Aug 1995 | £86,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Spenlow DriveDetached | Jul 2002 | £224,500 | 115 m² | £1,952/m² | 1 |
| 10, Spenlow DriveDetached | Jul 2022 | £545,000 | 96 m² | £5,677/m² | 2 |
| 11, Spenlow DriveTerraced | Sept 2009 | £115,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Spenlow DriveDetached | Jun 2014 | £335,000 | 145 m² | £2,310/m² | 1 |
| 14, Spenlow DriveDetached | May 2022 | £555,000 | 112 m² | £4,955/m² | 3 |
| 17, Spenlow DriveDetached | Sept 2019 | £450,000 | 121 m² | £3,719/m² | 2 |
| 19, Spenlow DriveDetached | Mar 1999 | £30,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Spenlow DriveDetached | Dec 2025 | £485,000 | 102 m² | £4,755/m² | 2 |
| 27, Spenlow DriveDetached | Jul 2015 | £380,000 | 137 m² | £2,774/m² | 1 |
| 31, Spenlow DriveDetached | Aug 1997 | £115,000 | 99 m² | £1,162/m² | 1 |
| 35, Spenlow DriveDetached | Oct 2020 | £540,000 | 120 m² | £4,500/m² | 1 |
| 37, Spenlow DriveDetached | Oct 2022 | £535,000 | 79 m² | £6,772/m² | 3 |
| 39, Spenlow DriveDetached | May 1995 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Spenlow DriveDetached | Apr 2015 | £445,000 | 128 m² | £3,477/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chelmsford, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km), with 7.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Micawber Way, 100 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes C2, 676); 19 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 47 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 49.9 · 14.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Beaulieu Park School (5.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chelmsford County High School for Girls (4.2 km) and King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (4.4 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Wm Morrison, 300 m away; BP Chelmsford SF Connect (1.7 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Melbourne House Surgery (1.0 km), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Amy's Unisex Hair Salon is 950 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Princess Alexandra Hospital, 23 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 71% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Chelmsford City Football Club Events is the closest café or restaurant (850 m), and The Flyer the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 77 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 102 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Copperfield Road Recreation Ground, 350 m away; for exercise, Chelmsford Sport & Athletics Centre (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 18 km away.
7 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.
Chelmsford constituency: Marie Goldman MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 4,753 (9.4%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 40%, Conservative 31%, Reform UK 13%, Labour 12%.
10 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 CM1 4UQ →
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
The nearest university is Anglia Ruskin University, 2.8 km away (TEF Gold).
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 13 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 | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 80.9% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 12.2% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 10.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.9% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Chelmsford since 2011.
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 17 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 33 min
Nearest: Colchester Zoo · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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