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On Pretoria Road, in Halstead Central & West
What it's like at CO9 2EG: every home that has sold on Pretoria 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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2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Pretoria Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 42 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 7, Pretoria RoadDetached | Dec 1995 | £100,000 | 176 m² | £568/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Pretoria RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £215,000 | 76 m² | £2,829/m² | 1 |
| 9, Pretoria RoadDetached | May 1997 | £84,000 | 152 m² | £553/m² | 1 |
| 10, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | May 2013 | £183,000 | 87 m² | £2,103/m² | 2 |
| 11, Pretoria RoadDetached | Dec 2003 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £285,000 | 85 m² | £3,353/m² | 3 |
| 13, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £350,000 | 128 m² | £2,734/m² | 5 |
| 14, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £285,000 | 82 m² | £3,476/m² | 2 |
| 15, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | May 2024 | £400,000 | 111 m² | £3,604/m² | 2 |
| 16, Pretoria RoadDetached | Jan 2019 | £299,000 | 95 m² | £3,147/m² | 2 |
| 17, Pretoria RoadDetached | Mar 2024 | £400,000 | 110 m² | £3,636/m² | 3 |
| 18, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £310,000 | 92 m² | £3,370/m² | 2 |
| 20, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2019 | £233,950 | 134 m² | £1,746/m² | 3 |
| 22, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £407,500 | 125 m² | £3,260/m² | 2 |
| 26, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £340,000 | 99 m² | £3,434/m² | 4 |
| 30, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £275,000 | 117 m² | £2,350/m² | 1 |
| 32, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £318,000 | 109 m² | £2,917/m² | 3 |
| 34, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £77,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2013 | £170,000 | 105 m² | £1,619/m² | 1 |
| 38, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £399,500 | 111 m² | £3,599/m² | 3 |
| 40, Pretoria RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £337,000 | 111 m² | £3,036/m² | 2 |
| 42, Pretoria RoadTerraced | Aug 2015 | £188,000 | 82 m² | £2,293/m² | 4 |
| 46, Pretoria RoadTerraced | Mar 2021 | £315,000 | 110 m² | £2,864/m² | 2 |
| The Chase, Pretoria RoadDetached | May 2014 | £350,000 | 87 m² | £4,023/m² | 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 (8.2 km), with 33k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Pretoria Rd, 150 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (routes 88, 89, 814); 19 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 62 minutes away by public transport (33 by car).
Central London is 71 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Richard de Clare Community Academy, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 48% 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, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 39.3 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 550 m away, with Retroformers closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery (600 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, @The Courtyard is 5.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 18 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
The Curry Cottage is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Co-operative Food the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 79 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 118 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 206 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Gosfield Lake Resort, 4.3 km away; for exercise, Halstead Leisure Centre (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Friars Meadow, River Stour, 12 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 28 km away.
46 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 34 and 36, Head Street | II | 160 m |
| 38, Head Street | II | 160 m |
| Chipping Hill House | II | 160 m |
| 32 and 32a, Head Street | II | 160 m |
| 28, Head Street | II | 160 m |
| Rose and Crown Public House | II | 160 m |
| 22-26, Head Street | II | 170 m |
| 20, Head Street | II | 170 m |
| Napier Arms Public House | II | 170 m |
| 57 and 59, Head Street | II | 180 m |
| 14, Head Street | II | 180 m |
| 71-77, Head Street | II | 180 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
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 CO9 2EG →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 83.8% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.0% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
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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 42 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary · about 40 min
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