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On Gore Lane, in Braintree West & Rayne
What it's like at CM77 6TU: every home that has sold on Gore 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 Gore Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Gore LaneTerraced | Aug 2024 | £275,000 | 50 m² | £5,500/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 2, Gore LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £258,500 | – | – | 5 |
| 2, Gore LaneTerraced | Jul 2024 | £290,000 | 70 m² | £4,143/m² | 1 |
| 5, Gore LaneDetached | Mar 2014 | £325,000 | 140 m² | £2,321/m² | 3 |
| 10, Gore LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £229,995 | 98 m² | £2,347/m² | 3 |
| 11, Gore LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £276,000 | 71 m² | £3,887/m² | 1 |
| 13, Gore LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2009 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Gore LaneDetached | May 2026 | £505,000 | 125 m² | £4,040/m² | 3 |
| 17, Gore LaneDetached | Jan 1997 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Gore LaneDetached | Jan 2023 | £550,000 | 113 m² | £4,867/m² | 3 |
| 19, Gore LaneDetached | Aug 1995 | £102,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Gore LaneDetached | Sept 2006 | £290,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Gore LaneDetached | Sept 2014 | £360,000 | 124 m² | £2,903/m² | 3 |
| Gore Cottage, 4, Gore LaneDetached | Oct 2024 | £335,000 | 65 m² | £5,154/m² | 3 |
| Melody, Gore LaneDetached | Oct 2023 | £395,000 | 88 m² | £4,489/m² | 3 |
| Oak Cottage, Gore LaneDetached | May 2014 | £350,000 | 148 m² | £2,365/m² | 2 |
| Peach Cottage, 13, Gore LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £203,329 | – | – | 1 |
| The Jays, Gore LaneDetached | Nov 2017 | £350,000 | 85 m² | £4,118/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Braintree, a drive away (3.0 km), with 631k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is The Swan, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 333, 332); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
Central London is 61 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Rayne Primary and Nursery School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 48% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Tabor Academy, 2.3 km away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Chelmsford County High School for Girls (15 km).
The nearest supermarket is BP Braintree SFC, 1.8 km away, with Nasda Store closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blandford Medical Centre (2.0 km), with Tesco In-Store Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.0 km).
For a haircut, Passion is 2.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 26 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Voujon Indian Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Swan the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 80 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 235 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Oak Meadow Nature Reserve, 300 m away; for exercise, Ab Salute Gym (2.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 20 km away.
15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tudor Cottage | II | 20 m |
| Oak Cottage | II | 30 m |
| Fir Cottage | II | 30 m |
| 5 and 6, Gore Lane | II | 50 m |
| Gore Cottage | II | 80 m |
| Lavender Cottage Quincies | II | 90 m |
| Pump on Verge in Front of Quincies and Lavender Cottage | II | 110 m |
| Marchants | II | 130 m |
| Pump in Forecourt of Marchants | II | 140 m |
| Nether House | II | 140 m |
| Turners | II | 150 m |
| Rayne House | II | 160 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%.
4 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 CM77 6TU →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
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" Gore Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 12 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 | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.7% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.9% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.5% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 46 min
Nearest: Colne Valley Railway · about 32 min
Nearest: Colchester Zoo · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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