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On Darcy Rise, in Boreham & Little Baddow
What it's like at CM3 4SN: every home that has sold on Darcy Rise 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 Darcy Rise; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Hawthorn Lodge, Darcy RiseDetached | Sept 2016 | £783,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeysuckle House, Darcy RiseDetached | Nov 2020 | £940,000 | 216 m² | £4,352/m² | 2 |
| Juniper Ruff, Darcy RiseDetached | Jun 2019 | £560,000 | 165 m² | £3,394/m² | 1 |
| Piers Gill, Darcy RiseDetached | Jun 2014 | £845,000 | 194 m² | £4,356/m² | 2 |
| Saplings, Darcy RiseOther | Sept 2019 | £1,250,000 | 265 m² | £4,717/m² | 1 |
| Waverley, Darcy RiseDetached | May 2014 | £580,000 | 133 m² | £4,361/m² | 2 |
| Woodcote, Darcy RiseDetached | Oct 2014 | £785,000 | 241 m² | £3,257/m² | 1 |
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 (5.5 km).
The nearest bus stop is Fir Tree Lane, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 99); 1 departures an hour from the 4 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, about a 10-minute walk (800 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.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Beaulieu Park School (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chelmsford County High School for Girls (5 km) and King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (5.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-op, 1.1 km away; Blossom Hill Flowers (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beacon Health Group-Danbury Medical Ctr (1.3 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Images Hairdressing is 1.2 km 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Olio On The Ridge is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and The Bakers Arms the nearest pub (1.2 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 74 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
It's growing: about 381 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Eves Corner Village Green, 1.2 km away.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 23 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 25 km.
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.
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%.
12 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 4SN →
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
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" Darcy Rise in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 6 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 | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.7% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.1% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Leigh Bell Wharf · about 34 min
Nearest: Epping Ongar Railway · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.