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On Challis Lane, in Braintree South
What it's like at CM7 1AL: every home that has sold on Challis 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.
4 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 Challis Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 78 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 37, Challis LaneSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2004 | £140,000 | 84 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39, Challis LaneTerraced | Dec 2022 | £380,000 | 100 m² | £3,800/m² | 4 |
| 41, Challis LaneTerraced | Jun 2012 | £101,250 | – | – | 4 |
| 43, Challis LaneTerraced | Aug 2023 | £255,000 | 69 m² | £3,696/m² | 1 |
| 45, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 49, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £290,000 | 71 m² | £4,085/m² | 1 |
| 51, Challis LaneTerraced | Jul 2022 | £270,000 | 64 m² | £4,219/m² | 1 |
| 53, Challis LaneTerraced | Feb 2003 | £116,000 | 81 m² | £1,432/m² | 1 |
| 55, Challis LaneTerraced | Apr 2017 | £230,000 | 73 m² | £3,151/m² | 3 |
| 57, Challis LaneTerraced | Dec 2025 | £327,500 | 104 m² | £3,149/m² | 2 |
| 59, Challis LaneDetached | Dec 2012 | £225,000 | 112 m² | £2,009/m² | 1 |
| 61, Challis LaneDetached | Feb 1997 | £67,000 | 86 m² | £779/m² | 1 |
| 63, Challis LaneDetached | Aug 2015 | £230,000 | 113 m² | £2,035/m² | 2 |
| 65, Challis LaneDetached | May 2017 | £308,500 | 82 m² | £3,762/m² | 2 |
| 69, Challis LaneDetached | Feb 2004 | £173,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Challis LaneDetached | Feb 2007 | £200,000 | 95 m² | £2,105/m² | 1 |
| 75, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £260,000 | 83 m² | £3,133/m² | 2 |
| 79, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £335,000 | 105 m² | £3,190/m² | 2 |
| 83, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2025 | £320,000 | 92 m² | £3,478/m² | 1 |
| 85, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £326,500 | 83 m² | £3,934/m² | 2 |
| 89, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £275,000 | 79 m² | £3,481/m² | 1 |
| 97, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £204,995 | 86 m² | £2,384/m² | 2 |
| 99, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £350,000 | 71 m² | £4,930/m² | 3 |
| 101, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £350,000 | 83 m² | £4,217/m² | 2 |
| 103, Challis LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £273,000 | 96 m² | £2,844/m² | 2 |
| 105, Challis LaneDetached | Jun 2017 | £295,000 | 94 m² | £3,138/m² | 2 |
| The Old Bakery, Challis LaneDetached · company-owned | Dec 2025 | £270,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Braintree Freeport, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 142k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Park Drive Ind Estate, 150 m away, with a bus about every 35 minutes on weekdays (route 21BR); 11 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 63 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is John Ray Junior School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Notley High School and Sixth Form, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 44.9 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-op, 200 m away; Challis Convenience Stores (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blyth'S Meadow Surgery (900 m), with Challis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Avenues is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 23 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 21 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Steam is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and The Sportsman the nearest pub (850 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 86 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Brain Valley Park, 450 m away; for exercise, CrossFit (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 22 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
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.
Braintree constituency: Sir James Cleverly MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,670 (7.5%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 23%, Liberal Democrat 6%.
17 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 CM7 1AL →
Nearest: Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 1 of 62 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.9% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.0% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.4% | 0.4% | 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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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 78 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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