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On Sovereign Close, in Bocking Churchstreet & Blackwater
What it's like at CM7 9DJ: every home that has sold on Sovereign Close 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.
Sales and extensions on Sovereign Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 31 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Sovereign CloseDetached | Oct 2019 | £280,000 | 75 m² | £3,733/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Mar 2020 | £150,000 | 54 m² | £2,778/m² | 2 |
| 7, Sovereign CloseSemi-detached | Mar 1998 | £64,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Apr 2023 | £268,000 | 54 m² | £4,963/m² | 4 |
| 11, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Jul 2014 | £174,950 | 52 m² | £3,364/m² | 2 |
| 13, Sovereign CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £270,000 | 63 m² | £4,286/m² | 3 |
| 15, Sovereign CloseSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £56,995 | – | – | 3 |
| 17, Sovereign CloseSemi-detached | Mar 1996 | £72,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Sovereign CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £258,000 | 72 m² | £3,583/m² | 3 |
| 21, Sovereign CloseSemi-detached | Dec 1995 | £78,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Feb 1996 | £52,000 | 58 m² | £897/m² | 1 |
| 25, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Apr 2015 | £168,000 | 55 m² | £3,055/m² | 3 |
| 27, Sovereign CloseSemi-detached | Dec 1995 | £71,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Feb 2023 | £360,000 | 81 m² | £4,444/m² | 5 |
| 31, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Dec 2023 | £300,000 | 67 m² | £4,478/m² | 5 |
| 33, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Mar 1996 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Sovereign CloseTerraced | Jun 2006 | £165,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 37, Sovereign CloseDetached | May 2004 | £265,000 | 157 m² | £1,688/m² | 3 |
| 39, Sovereign CloseDetached | Mar 2004 | £247,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Braintree, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 631k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Kings Park School, 200 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 30); 7 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 51 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
Central London is 65 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Lyons Hall School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Alec Hunter Academy, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 45.7 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 550 m away; Tesco Express (1.2 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blyth'S Meadow Surgery (1.6 km), with Meadows Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Luxe is 1.4 km 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and The Bell the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 78 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 543 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Kings Park Recreation Area, 150 m away; for exercise, CrossFit (1.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 23 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% 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.
10 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%.
8 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 9DJ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Sovereign Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.6% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.7% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.7% | 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 37 min
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