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On Broadoaks Crescent, in Bocking Churchstreet & Blackwater
What it's like at CM7 9FD: every home that has sold on Broadoaks Crescent 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Broadoaks Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 43 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 1, Broadoaks CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £295,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 2024 | £435,000 | 132 m² | £3,295/m² | 3 |
| 3, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Oct 2013 | £362,000 | 144 m² | £2,514/m² | 3 |
| 4, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | May 2016 | £440,000 | 144 m² | £3,056/m² | 2 |
| 5, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jul 2018 | £452,500 | 136 m² | £3,327/m² | 2 |
| 6, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Nov 2017 | £445,000 | 146 m² | £3,048/m² | 2 |
| 7, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Aug 2007 | £340,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 8, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 1997 | £167,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 2000 | £148,000 | 152 m² | £974/m² | 3 |
| 10, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | May 2017 | £749,000 | 231 m² | £3,242/m² | 4 |
| 11, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 1997 | £158,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Feb 1997 | £150,950 | 157 m² | £961/m² | 1 |
| 14, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Sept 2016 | £445,000 | 151 m² | £2,947/m² | 2 |
| 15, Broadoaks CrescentDetached · company-owned | Mar 2021 | £450,000 | 153 m² | £2,941/m² | 3 |
| 16, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 2023 | £540,000 | 127 m² | £4,252/m² | 3 |
| 17, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Nov 2011 | £335,995 | 136 m² | £2,471/m² | 3 |
| 18, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Mar 2007 | £360,000 | 155 m² | £2,323/m² | 3 |
| 19, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Oct 2020 | £451,500 | 159 m² | £2,840/m² | 5 |
| 20, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Feb 2018 | £415,000 | 145 m² | £2,862/m² | 2 |
| 21, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Mar 2024 | £460,000 | 139 m² | £3,309/m² | 3 |
| 22, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 2004 | £285,000 | 132 m² | £2,159/m² | 2 |
| 23, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Apr 2018 | £460,000 | 133 m² | £3,459/m² | 2 |
| 24, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Nov 2006 | £345,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 25, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Dec 2003 | £227,000 | 105 m² | £2,162/m² | 3 |
| 26, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Sept 2005 | £280,000 | 126 m² | £2,222/m² | 2 |
| 27, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 2000 | £149,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Dec 2019 | £428,500 | 211 m² | £2,031/m² | 4 |
| 29, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 1997 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Apr 2000 | £148,500 | 190 m² | £782/m² | 2 |
| 31, Broadoaks CrescentDetached · company-owned | Jul 2005 | £218,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 32, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Aug 2018 | £360,000 | 109 m² | £3,303/m² | 4 |
| 33, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 1997 | £116,000 | 106 m² | £1,094/m² | 1 |
| 34, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Apr 1998 | £122,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jul 2015 | £354,000 | 108 m² | £3,278/m² | 2 |
| 36, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jul 2006 | £289,995 | 135 m² | £2,148/m² | 2 |
| 37, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jan 2025 | £440,000 | 110 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
| 38, Broadoaks CrescentSemi-detached | May 1998 | £136,950 | 124 m² | £1,104/m² | 1 |
| 40, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jul 2014 | £321,000 | 116 m² | £2,767/m² | 3 |
| 42, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 1999 | £109,250 | – | – | 2 |
| 44, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 2000 | £132,500 | 125 m² | £1,060/m² | 2 |
| 46, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Oct 2020 | £342,500 | 91 m² | £3,764/m² | 3 |
| 48, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Jun 2002 | £163,500 | 93 m² | £1,758/m² | 4 |
| 50, Broadoaks CrescentDetached | Sept 2019 | £460,000 | 125 m² | £3,680/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Braintree Freeport, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 142k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Tesco East Store, 100 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 170, X20, 320, 70); 17 departures an hour from the 6 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 (250 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, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 45.7 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 150 m away; Premier (1.2 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blyth'S Meadow Surgery (1.7 km), with Meadows Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.7 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 (400 m), and The Orange Tree the nearest pub (900 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 Twelve Acres Play Area, 350 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.
9 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%.
9 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 9FD →
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 33 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 | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.5% | 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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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 43 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.