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On Swan Lane, in Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden
What it's like at CM4 9BQ: every home that has sold on Swan 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Swan Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Swan LaneDetached | Mar 2012 | £365,000 | 89 m² | £4,101/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Swan LaneDetached | Apr 2024 | £775,000 | 139 m² | £5,576/m² | 1 |
| 6, Swan LaneDetached | Nov 2024 | £725,000 | 110 m² | £6,591/m² | 1 |
| 8, Swan LaneDetached | Jul 2018 | £1,200,000 | 215 m² | £5,581/m² | 3 |
| 9, Swan LaneDetached | Apr 2026 | £995,000 | 152 m² | £6,546/m² | 4 |
| 10, Swan LaneDetached | Aug 2025 | £1,764,663 | 303 m² | £5,824/m² | 2 |
| 11, Swan LaneDetached | Dec 2019 | £680,000 | 112 m² | £6,071/m² | 1 |
| 13, Swan LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £400,000 | 62 m² | £6,452/m² | 1 |
| 25, Swan LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £480,000 | 82 m² | £5,854/m² | 1 |
| 35, Swan LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £320,000 | 77 m² | £4,156/m² | 1 |
| 39, Swan LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £810,000 | 152 m² | £5,329/m² | 5 |
| Swan House, Swan LaneDetached | Dec 2008 | £765,000 | 231 m² | £3,312/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: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ingatestone, a drive away (4.0 km), with 779k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is War Memorial, 150 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 300, 561, 50); 6 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 44 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Stock Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Mayflower High School, 3.0 km away; Attainment 8: 47.6 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (8.8 km) and Chelmsford County High School for Girls (9.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 3.6 km away, with Budgens Of Stock closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stock Surgery (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (3.6 km).
For a haircut, Kennadys is 4.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Southend University Hospital, 20 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
The Bear Inn is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Harvard Inn the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 116 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 129 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Queens Park, 3.0 km away; for exercise, Hannakins Farm Community Centre (3.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 19 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 29 km.
16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Cock Inn | II | 140 m |
| Ellis Cottages | II | 140 m |
| 1, Mill Road | II | 140 m |
| Swan Cottage | II | 140 m |
| Little Harvard | II | 150 m |
| Farthings | II | 160 m |
| 6, Mill Road | II | 160 m |
| 4, Mill Road | II | 170 m |
| Bear Inn | II | 170 m |
| 2, Mill Road | II | 170 m |
| The Old Post Office | II | 170 m |
| 8-14, Mill Road | II | 170 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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%.
11 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 CM4 9BQ →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% 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.
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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 1 of 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 7.9% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 61.9% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 21.9% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 10.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Black Notley Community Association · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.