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On Silks Way, in Central Braintree
What it's like at CM7 3GB: every home that has sold on Silks Way 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Silks Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 30 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Handicraft House, Silks WayFlat | Jun 1995 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 12, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Jan 2025 | £80,000 | 35 m² | £2,286/m² | 2 |
| Flat 14, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Dec 2016 | £155,000 | 60 m² | £2,583/m² | 5 |
| Flat 16, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Aug 2018 | £168,500 | 50 m² | £3,370/m² | 4 |
| Flat 15, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Oct 2007 | £88,000 | 38 m² | £2,316/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Jan 2002 | £60,000 | 48 m² | £1,250/m² | 2 |
| Flat 10, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Feb 2021 | £158,000 | 57 m² | £2,772/m² | 4 |
| Flat 11, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Nov 2022 | £168,000 | 89 m² | £1,888/m² | 7 |
| Flat 17, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Mar 2022 | £159,000 | 53 m² | £3,000/m² | 3 |
| Flat 13, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Dec 2022 | £175,000 | 77 m² | £2,273/m² | 3 |
| Flat 9, Warners Mill, Silks WayFlat | Aug 2017 | £130,000 | 50 m² | £2,600/m² | 4 |
| Unit F, Warners Mill, Silks WayOther | Dec 2025 | £500 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Braintree, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 631k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Rue De Jeunes, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 170, X20, 38, 520); 43 departures an hour from the 14 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, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Notley High School and Sixth Form, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 44.9 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 200 m away; The Asian Cookshop (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mount Chambers Medical Practice (450 m), with Borno Chemist (Great Square) the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Passion is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 24 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 35 restaurants and cafés and 16 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Dished / Legends Pool Club is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Picture Palace the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (26 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 32% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Braintree Town Centre and Bradford Street).
There are 103 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 41% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 163 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is John Ray Park, 400 m away; for exercise, CrossFit (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 22 km away.
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
49 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mills | II | 30 m |
| Pound End Mill (formerly part of New Mills) | II | 60 m |
| 66, South Street | II | 80 m |
| Bradbury House | II | 80 m |
| 68 and 70, South Street | II | 90 m |
| Gooseberry Hall | II | 110 m |
| Angel Inn | II | 110 m |
| 34, New Street | II | 140 m |
| the Cage Or Lock Up | II | 150 m |
| 24 and 26 New Street | II | 180 m |
| 22 New Street | II | 190 m |
| The Corner House | II | 190 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.
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 3GB →
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Silks Way in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary · about 39 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: 0 of 28 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 28 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 75.7% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 23.5% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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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