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On Friars Avenue, in Shenfield & Hutton Mount
What it's like at CM15 8HU: every home that has sold on Friars Avenue 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.
14 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Friars Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 72 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 40, Friars AvenueDetached | Mar 1995 | £177,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42, Friars AvenueDetached | Jun 2021 | £1,119,000 | 161 m² | £6,950/m² | 2 |
| 43, Friars AvenueDetached | Mar 2023 | £780,000 | 139 m² | £5,612/m² | 1 |
| 44, Friars AvenueDetached | Aug 2006 | £437,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Friars AvenueDetached | Oct 2015 | £610,000 | 98 m² | £6,224/m² | 1 |
| 46, Friars AvenueDetached | Dec 2024 | £1,190,000 | 122 m² | £9,754/m² | 3 |
| 49, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £430,000 | 95 m² | £4,526/m² | 3 |
| 50, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £592,500 | 133 m² | £4,455/m² | 1 |
| 51, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £692,500 | 106 m² | £6,533/m² | 2 |
| 53, Friars AvenueDetached | Dec 2025 | £820,000 | 130 m² | £6,308/m² | 2 |
| 54, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £880,000 | 126 m² | £6,984/m² | 1 |
| 55, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2005 | £320,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 56, Friars AvenueDetached | Apr 2022 | £1,057,500 | 171 m² | £6,184/m² | 3 |
| 57, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £705,000 | 148 m² | £4,764/m² | 3 |
| 59, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £900,000 | 161 m² | £5,590/m² | 2 |
| 60, Friars AvenueDetached | Jan 2011 | £665,000 | 190 m² | £3,500/m² | 2 |
| 61, Friars AvenueDetached | Jul 2026 | £1,010,000 | 124 m² | £8,145/m² | 4 |
| 62, Friars AvenueDetached | Mar 2021 | £1,100,000 | 167 m² | £6,587/m² | 2 |
| 63, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2005 | £330,000 | 145 m² | £2,276/m² | 3 |
| 65, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £780,000 | 127 m² | £6,142/m² | 3 |
| 67, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £320,000 | 134 m² | £2,388/m² | 2 |
| 68, Friars AvenueDetached | Jan 2005 | £415,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2009 | £370,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 70, Friars AvenueDetached | Oct 1995 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £785,000 | 140 m² | £5,607/m² | 3 |
| 73, Friars AvenueTerraced | Dec 2022 | £825,000 | 124 m² | £6,653/m² | 1 |
| 77, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £825,000 | 125 m² | £6,600/m² | 2 |
| 81, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2012 | £470,000 | 95 m² | £4,947/m² | 2 |
| 87, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £353,500 | 115 m² | £3,074/m² | 1 |
| 89, Friars AvenueDetached | Sept 1999 | £247,500 | 117 m² | £2,115/m² | 3 |
| 91, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £872,120 | 150 m² | £5,814/m² | 2 |
| 93, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £775,000 | 146 m² | £5,308/m² | 2 |
| 95, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £940,000 | 158 m² | £5,949/m² | 2 |
| 97, Friars AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £451,500 | 116 m² | £3,892/m² | 2 |
| 99, Friars AvenueDetached | Apr 2018 | £1,035,000 | 177 m² | £5,847/m² | 2 |
| 101, Friars AvenueDetached | Apr 2011 | £649,995 | 153 m² | £4,248/m² | 2 |
| 105, Friars AvenueDetached | Aug 2012 | £477,500 | 116 m² | £4,116/m² | 3 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 57% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Shenfield, about a 5-minute walk (500 m), with 5.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Shorter Avenue, 300 m away, with a bus about every 43 minutes on weekdays (route 81); 3 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 35 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 93% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is St Martin's School Brentwood, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 45.9 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 400 m away; Roses Bakery (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rockleigh Court Surgery (400 m), with Rockleigh Court Chemist the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, New Look is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 13 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Foureighty Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Hollands Wine Bar the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 24 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 63% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 222 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Hutton Poplars Green, 1.3 km away; for exercise, Courage Hall (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 24 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 29 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
32 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.
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%.
15 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 CM15 8HU →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Friars Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 54 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 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.7% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.5% | 10.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.1% | 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.
Nearest: Leigh Bell Wharf · about 34 min
Nearest: Black Notley Community Association · about 39 min
Nearest: Hertfordshire Zoo · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.