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On Barfield Road, in West Mersea
What it's like at CO5 8QX: every home that has sold on Barfield 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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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 Barfield Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 35b, Barfield RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £50,000 | 60 m² | £833/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42, Barfield RoadDetached | Feb 2017 | £540,000 | 179 m² | £3,017/m² | 2 |
| 46, Barfield RoadTerraced | Nov 2007 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46a, Barfield RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2009 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 48, Barfield RoadDetached | Oct 2007 | £290,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Barfield RoadDetached | Nov 1996 | £66,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Barfield RoadDetached | Feb 2018 | £288,000 | 81 m² | £3,556/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wivenhoe, a drive away (9.1 km), with 352k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Melrose Rd, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 820); 11 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (27 by car).
Central London is 78 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Mersea Island School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 56% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Grammar schools are within reach: Colchester County High School for Girls (12.1 km) and Colchester Royal Grammar School (12.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is East of England Co-op, 100 m away; Galley Seafoods (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is West Mersea Surgery (150 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (under 50 m).
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 15 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: 23 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Old Forge Filling Station is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Royal British Legion the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 35 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 65% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 25% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 161 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is West Mersea Park, 50 m away; for exercise, Woodup Amenity Pool (5.1 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: West Mersea, 1.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 28 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 48 km.
28 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.
Harwich and North Essex constituency: Sir Bernard Jenkin MP (Conservative), since April 1992. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,162 (2.4%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Labour 32%, Reform UK 20%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
15 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 CO5 8QX →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 56% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 37% are 65 or over.
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 9 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 | 2.1% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 69.0% | 81.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 16.7% | 6.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.1% | 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.
Nearest: Clacton Pier · about 43 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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.