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On Upper Holt Street, in Halstead East & Colnes
What it's like at CO6 2PG: every home that has sold on Upper Holt Street 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 Upper Holt Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Sept 2023 | £486,500 | 134 m² | £3,631/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Dec 2008 | £440,000 | 165 m² | £2,667/m² | 1 |
| 4, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Oct 2025 | £415,000 | 87 m² | £4,770/m² | 3 |
| 5, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Aug 2007 | £285,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 7, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Aug 2022 | £380,000 | 118 m² | £3,220/m² | 3 |
| 11, Upper Holt StreetSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £69,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Upper Holt StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2021 | £470,000 | 109 m² | £4,312/m² | 3 |
| 15 - 17, Upper Holt StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £530,000 | 109 m² | £4,862/m² | 2 |
| 16, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Mar 2012 | £427,500 | 154 m² | £2,776/m² | 2 |
| 18, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Oct 2023 | £460,000 | 119 m² | £3,866/m² | 1 |
| 19, Upper Holt StreetTerraced | Jun 1998 | £49,950 | 54 m² | £925/m² | 1 |
| 19a, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Feb 2018 | £500,000 | 191 m² | £2,618/m² | 1 |
| 20, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Jan 2002 | £177,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Sept 2015 | £300,000 | 141 m² | £2,128/m² | 1 |
| 26a, Upper Holt StreetFlat | Jun 2021 | £188,000 | 48 m² | £3,917/m² | 3 |
| 26b, Upper Holt StreetFlat | Sept 2020 | £167,500 | 54 m² | £3,102/m² | 6 |
| 28, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Dec 2004 | £680,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Apr 2004 | £475,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 31, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Aug 2016 | £405,000 | 131 m² | £3,092/m² | 2 |
| 32, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Dec 2022 | £618,500 | 253 m² | £2,445/m² | 2 |
| 33, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Sept 2013 | £320,000 | 158 m² | £2,025/m² | 2 |
| 34, Upper Holt StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £355,000 | 116 m² | £3,060/m² | 1 |
| 35, Upper Holt StreetOther | Nov 2017 | £757,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 36, Upper Holt StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £350,000 | 116 m² | £3,017/m² | 2 |
| Colne Priory, Upper Holt StreetOther | Oct 2023 | £6,170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Dovers House, Upper Holt StreetOther | Jul 2020 | £550,000 | 123 m² | £4,472/m² | 2 |
| Elm House, 14, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Sept 2002 | £540,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Middle Barn Oxford House, Upper Holt StreetOther | Jul 2019 | £11,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, Oxford House, Upper Holt StreetFlat | Oct 2017 | £325,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, Oxford House, Upper Holt StreetFlat | May 2018 | £255,000 | 93 m² | £2,742/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Oxford House, Upper Holt StreetFlat | Jul 2017 | £300,000 | 91 m² | £3,297/m² | 1 |
| End Barn, Oxford House, Upper Holt StreetOther | Mar 2020 | £21,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Oxford House, Upper Holt StreetOther | Mar 2020 | £10,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Priory Cottage, 35, Upper Holt StreetDetached | Feb 2015 | £645,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chappel & Wakes Colne, a drive away (3.4 km), with 33k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Colne Priory, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 25 minutes on weekdays (routes 88, 89, 82, 814); 14 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 58 minutes away by public transport (32 by car).
Central London is 73 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Ramsey Academy, Halstead, 4.9 km away; Attainment 8: 39.3 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Colchester County High School for Girls (14.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is East Of England Co-op, 700 m away, with Essex Professional Coaching closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Pump House Surgery (900 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (600 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Riverside Spice is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Colnes Constitutional Club the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 167 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 330 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Bures Recreation Ground, 6.7 km away; for exercise, Halstead Leisure Centre (4.8 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Friars Meadow, River Stour, 12 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 31 km away.
12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Houses 5 Metres South of Number 19 (Garage) | II | 0 m |
| Chandlers | II | 30 m |
| Boxtedds | II | 40 m |
| 5, Upper Holt Street | II | 90 m |
| Elm House | II | 90 m |
| the Coachman Inn | II | 100 m |
| Priory Cottage | II | 120 m |
| Dynes Cottage | II | 120 m |
| Spoutwell House | II | 130 m |
| Pump on Triangular Green at the Junction with Coggeshall Road | II | 150 m |
| 8 and 10, Lower Holt Street | II | 170 m |
| Colne Priory | II | 200 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.
Witham constituency: Priti Patel MP (Conservative), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,145 (10.2%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Conservative 37%, Labour 27%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 7%.
3 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 CO6 2PG →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% 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.
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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 34 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 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.4% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.1% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 35 min
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