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On Cressing Road, in Braintree South
What it's like at CM7 3PN: every home that has sold on Cressing Road 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). 4 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 Cressing Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 243 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 101, Cressing RoadSemi-detached | May 2018 | £207,500 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103, Cressing RoadTerraced | May 2024 | £250,000 | 65 m² | £3,846/m² | 2 |
| 105, Cressing RoadTerraced | Dec 2015 | £191,000 | 56 m² | £3,411/m² | 5 |
| 107, Cressing RoadTerraced | Nov 2022 | £265,000 | 96 m² | £2,760/m² | 2 |
| 108, Cressing RoadTerraced | Nov 2021 | £272,500 | 65 m² | £4,192/m² | 2 |
| 109, Cressing RoadTerraced | Mar 2019 | £250,000 | 104 m² | £2,404/m² | 6 |
| 110, Cressing RoadTerraced | Mar 2002 | £92,995 | 62 m² | £1,500/m² | 1 |
| 111, Cressing RoadTerraced | Jul 2021 | £237,000 | 68 m² | £3,485/m² | 7 |
| 113, Cressing RoadTerraced | Feb 2004 | £125,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 114, Cressing RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £290,000 | 81 m² | £3,580/m² | 3 |
| 115, Cressing RoadTerraced | Sept 2007 | £154,500 | 70 m² | £2,207/m² | 3 |
| 116, Cressing RoadTerraced | Feb 2002 | £82,000 | 75 m² | £1,093/m² | 1 |
| 117, Cressing RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £200,000 | 74 m² | £2,703/m² | 2 |
| 118, Cressing RoadTerraced | Oct 2020 | £273,000 | 95 m² | £2,874/m² | 3 |
| 119, Cressing RoadDetached | Jun 2001 | £73,000 | 78 m² | £936/m² | 1 |
| 120, Cressing RoadTerraced | Jan 2017 | £283,000 | 86 m² | £3,291/m² | 3 |
| 122, Cressing RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £272,800 | 106 m² | £2,574/m² | 2 |
| 124, Cressing RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £285,000 | 91 m² | £3,132/m² | 6 |
| 126, Cressing RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £46,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 132, Cressing RoadOther | Mar 2020 | £2,000 | 94 m² | £21/m² | 3 |
| 136, Cressing RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2005 | £225,000 | 119 m² | £1,891/m² | 2 |
| 138, Cressing RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2024 | £410,000 | 114 m² | £3,596/m² | 3 |
| 144, Cressing RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £392,500 | 90 m² | £4,361/m² | 2 |
| 146, Cressing RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £200,000 | 90 m² | £2,222/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Braintree, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 631k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Beaumont Place, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 30); 31 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 63 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Great Bradfords Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 56% 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 Alec Hunter Academy, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 45.7 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-op, 250 m away; Luxe Tanning Lotions (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blyth'S Meadow Surgery (600 m), with Meadows Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Luxe is 350 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.
Yak & Yeti Gurkha's is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Pub the nearest pub (400 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 Braintree & Bocking Recreation Ground, 650 m away; for exercise, CrossFit (450 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.
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 156 and 158, Cressing Road | II | 170 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.
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%.
18 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 3PN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 1 of 191 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 30 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.9% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.1% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Braintree 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 243 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary · about 42 min
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