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On Church Lane, in Prettygate & Westlands
What it's like at CO3 4AF: every home that has sold on Church 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Church Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 60 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Unit 2, 16, Church LaneOther | Sept 2021 | £5,200 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16a, Church LaneFlat | Jan 2004 | £76,843 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Church LaneDetached | Oct 1997 | £70,000 | 147 m² | £476/m² | 1 |
| 24, Church LaneDetached | Mar 2025 | £450,000 | 80 m² | £5,625/m² | 1 |
| 51, Church LaneDetached | Oct 2025 | £642,500 | 80 m² | £8,031/m² | 4 |
| 53, Church LaneDetached | Nov 2003 | £385,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 55, Church LaneDetached | Jun 2015 | £335,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 57, Church LaneDetached | Aug 2016 | £376,000 | 139 m² | £2,705/m² | 2 |
| 59, Church LaneDetached | Aug 2015 | £310,000 | 133 m² | £2,331/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Colchester, a short drive or bike ride (3.0 km), with 3.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Baines Close, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 84, 83A, 15); 13 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 80 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Home Farm Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Philip Morant School and College, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 11.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Colchester County High School for Girls (1.2 km) and Colchester Royal Grammar School (2 km).
The nearest supermarket is East of England Co-op, 450 m away, with Lexden Convenience Store closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ambrose Avenue Group Practice (350 m), with Ambrose Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Lexden Retreat is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 4.3 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Grunts is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Prettygate the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 54 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Wheatfield road park, 750 m away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness Colchester (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: West Mersea, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 36 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 43 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
22 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.
Colchester constituency: Pam Cox MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,250 (18.4%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 24%, Reform UK 15%, Liberal Democrat 14%.
11 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 CO3 4AF →
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Colchester 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 60 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 48 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.1% | 81.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 6.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.2% | 11.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.
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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