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On Hopping Jacks Lane, in Danbury & Bicknacre
What it's like at CM3 4PN: every home that has sold on Hopping Jacks Lane 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 Hopping Jacks Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 54 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Aug 2007 | £595,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Jan 2001 | £399,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Dec 2016 | £795,000 | 251 m² | £3,167/m² | 3 |
| 4b, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Jan 2002 | £299,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 4c, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Mar 2019 | £615,000 | 141 m² | £4,362/m² | 4 |
| 5, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Nov 2017 | £586,750 | 155 m² | £3,785/m² | 3 |
| 6, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Aug 2016 | £635,000 | 159 m² | £3,994/m² | 1 |
| 7, Hopping Jacks LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £425,000 | 139 m² | £3,058/m² | 2 |
| 9, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Mar 2021 | £550,000 | 131 m² | £4,198/m² | 3 |
| 10, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Apr 1997 | £183,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Dec 2023 | £508,000 | 116 m² | £4,379/m² | 1 |
| 12, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Nov 2024 | £450,000 | 107 m² | £4,206/m² | 1 |
| 13, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Aug 2019 | £537,500 | 104 m² | £5,168/m² | 1 |
| 14, Hopping Jacks LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £385,000 | 92 m² | £4,185/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 15, Hopping Jacks LaneFlat | Aug 2014 | £300,000 | 57 m² | £5,263/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 15, Hopping Jacks LaneFlat | Jan 2026 | £365,000 | 68 m² | £5,368/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 15, Hopping Jacks LaneFlat | May 2015 | £320,000 | 74 m² | £4,324/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 15, Hopping Jacks LaneFlat | Apr 2016 | £320,000 | 102 m² | £3,137/m² | 1 |
| 15, Hopping Jacks LaneOther | Feb 2021 | £1,000 | 89 m² | £11/m² | 1 |
| 16, Hopping Jacks LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2009 | £265,000 | 111 m² | £2,387/m² | 2 |
| 21, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Apr 2006 | £396,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 22, Hopping Jacks LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £320,000 | 120 m² | £2,667/m² | 2 |
| Oak Rise, 4a, Hopping Jacks LaneDetached | Sept 2008 | £475,000 | – | – | 2 |
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: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Beaulieu Park, a drive away (6.4 km).
The nearest bus stop is Eves Corner, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 99, 602); 17 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 53 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Sandon School, 4.8 km away; Attainment 8: 46.6 · 8.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (9 km) and Chelmsford County High School for Girls (9.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-op, 350 m away, with Danbury Local closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beacon Health Group-Danbury Medical Ctr (250 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Images Hairdressing is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southend University Hospital, 18 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, 6 pubs and bars.
Tea On The Green (Danbury) is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Bakers Arms the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 86 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 63% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 145 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Village Green, 150 m away.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 16 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 31 km.
28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Belvedere House | II | 110 m |
| Hill House | II | 150 m |
| Kyrtles Cottage | II | 160 m |
| 24 and 24a, Maldon Road | II | 170 m |
| Holly Cottage | II | 170 m |
| Adam'S Cottage , Myra Cottage and Blacksmiths Cottge | II | 180 m |
| the Cottage | 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.
Maldon constituency: Sir John Whittingdale MP (Conservative), since April 1992. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 6,906 (13.9%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Conservative 39%, Reform UK 25%, Labour 20%, Liberal Democrat 12%.
7 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 CM3 4PN →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
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: 1 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 4.7% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 72.1% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 16.5% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 10.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.7% | 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.
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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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 54 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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