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On Valley Road, in Central Braintree
What it's like at CM7 9BJ: every home that has sold on Valley 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Valley Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 19 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Valley RoadDetached | Aug 2016 | £357,500 | 120 m² | £2,979/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, Valley RoadDetached | Oct 2016 | £380,000 | 120 m² | £3,167/m² | 2 |
| 2b, Valley RoadDetached | Sept 2016 | £387,500 | 136 m² | £2,849/m² | 1 |
| 4, Valley RoadSemi-detached | Dec 1999 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Valley RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £265,000 | 62 m² | £4,274/m² | 2 |
| 7, Valley RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2020 | £183,500 | 55 m² | £3,336/m² | 3 |
| 8, Valley RoadDetached | May 2021 | £570,000 | 93 m² | £6,129/m² | 3 |
| 10, Valley RoadDetached · company-owned | Nov 2020 | £300,000 | 49 m² | £6,122/m² | 1 |
| 11, Valley RoadDetached | Jun 2014 | £250,000 | 100 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 12, Valley RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £390,000 | 158 m² | £2,468/m² | 1 |
| 13, Valley RoadDetached | Oct 2020 | £317,500 | 54 m² | £5,880/m² | 3 |
| 14, Valley RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £320,000 | 180 m² | £1,778/m² | 1 |
| 16, Valley RoadDetached | Feb 2021 | £406,000 | 180 m² | £2,256/m² | 2 |
| 18, Valley RoadDetached | Dec 2011 | £533,750 | 200 m² | £2,669/m² | 3 |
| 22, Valley RoadDetached | Sept 2024 | £355,000 | 68 m² | £5,221/m² | 1 |
| 24, Valley RoadDetached | Mar 2014 | £332,500 | 119 m² | £2,794/m² | 1 |
| 26, Valley RoadDetached | Jun 2026 | £520,000 | 175 m² | £2,971/m² | 1 |
| Christville, 16a, Valley RoadDetached | Oct 2005 | £475,000 | 43 m² | £11,047/m² | 1 |
| Copper Beech House, 8b, Valley RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £575,000 | 181 m² | £3,177/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Braintree, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 631k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Old Court Hotel, 250 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 86, 87, 370, 38A); 7 departures an hour from the 6 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 5-minute walk (500 m); 56% 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 Tabor Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Filling Station, 500 m away; C J Eley & Co (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mount Chambers Medical Practice (650 m), with Christchurch Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Sisters Nails & Beauty is 850 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.
Tabor Centre is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Eagle the nearest pub (500 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 Braintree & Bocking Recreation Ground, 300 m away; for exercise, CrossFit (1.2 km).
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.
36 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thorpe Lodge | II | 150 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%.
24 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 9BJ →
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.
On this street: 0 of 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 75.6% | 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.
Nearest: Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary · about 39 min
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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 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.