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On Mearns Place, in Chelmer Village
What it's like at CM2 6TT: every home that has sold on Mearns Place 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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Sales and extensions on Mearns Place; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 16 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Mearns PlaceTerraced | Feb 2021 | £340,000 | 61 m² | £5,574/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Mearns PlaceSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £368,000 | 57 m² | £6,456/m² | 5 |
| 3, Mearns PlaceTerraced | Mar 2000 | £79,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Mearns PlaceSemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £165,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 5, Mearns PlaceTerraced | May 2021 | £182,000 | 25 m² | £7,280/m² | 1 |
| 6, Mearns PlaceFlat | Feb 2026 | £115,000 | 26 m² | £4,423/m² | 2 |
| 7, Mearns PlaceTerraced | Oct 1995 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Mearns PlaceFlat | Jan 2004 | £68,000 | 27 m² | £2,519/m² | 3 |
| 9, Mearns PlaceDetached | May 2011 | £290,000 | 117 m² | £2,479/m² | 1 |
| 10, Mearns PlaceFlat | Aug 2018 | £115,000 | 26 m² | £4,423/m² | 3 |
| 11, Mearns PlaceDetached | Jun 2021 | £397,000 | 72 m² | £5,514/m² | 5 |
| 12, Mearns PlaceFlat | Nov 2008 | £97,000 | 25 m² | £3,880/m² | 2 |
| 14, Mearns PlaceFlat | Oct 2025 | £89,000 | 26 m² | £3,423/m² | 5 |
| 16, Mearns PlaceFlat | Mar 2021 | £115,500 | 26 m² | £4,442/m² | 4 |
| 18, Mearns PlaceFlat · company-owned | Jan 1996 | £20,000 | 26 m² | £769/m² | 1 |
| 20, Mearns PlaceFlat | Dec 2000 | £39,000 | 26 m² | £1,500/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Beaulieu Park, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km).
The nearest bus stop is Fulcher Avenue, 250 m away, with a bus about every 43 minutes on weekdays (routes 47, 605, 605A, FWC003); 4 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 50 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Barnes Farm Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 50% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford (1 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Boswells School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 48.4 · 11.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Beaulieu Park School (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chelmsford County High School for Girls (2.2 km) and King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (2.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 350 m away, with Homefolk closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chelmer Village Surgery (750 m), with Apple Tree Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, The Tan Boutique is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southend University Hospital, 24 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 50% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 18 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Toby Carvery is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Springfield Cricket Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Coronation Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 23 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 24 km.
26 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%.
22 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 CM2 6TT →
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
The nearest university is Anglia Ruskin University, 1.8 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.
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 16 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 9 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.3% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.2% | 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.
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