Finding postcode…
These only choose where you start. Every page and every lens is still one tap away.
Sign in to keep them on every device →Finding postcode…
On The Street, in Steeple Bumpstead & Great Yeldham
What it's like at CO9 4BJ: every home that has sold on The 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.
Street View and the aerial view come from Google, which receives your IP address and may set cookies once you choose them. We'll remember your choice on this device.
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.
3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on The Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 100 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Birdbrook Farm, The StreetOther | Dec 2024 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birdbrook Hall, The StreetDetached | Feb 2025 | £1,340,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Brooklands, The StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £165,000 | 82 m² | £2,012/m² | 3 |
| Brooklyn, The StreetDetached | Jul 2001 | £200,000 | 185 m² | £1,081/m² | 1 |
| Fairways, The StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £334,000 | 116 m² | £2,879/m² | 2 |
| Fauve, The StreetDetached | Aug 2021 | £312,000 | 97 m² | £3,216/m² | 4 |
| The Haven, The StreetTerraced | Feb 2018 | £225,000 | 78 m² | £2,885/m² | 3 |
| The Plough, The StreetDetached | May 2017 | £290,000 | 116 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| Wren Cottage, The StreetDetached | Aug 2014 | £320,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Sudbury (Suffolk), a drive away (17 km), with 348k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Moat Rd, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route HD6).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 101 minutes away by public transport (41 by car).
Central London is 73 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Steeple Bumpstead Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Castle Manor Academy, 6.3 km away; Attainment 8: 40.3 · 9.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Uk, 4.9 km away, with Morgans Butchery closer still (2.0 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Unity Healthcare (5.6 km), with GP Practice and Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.9 km).
For a haircut, First Class Turkish Barbers is 5.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is West Suffolk Hospital, 26 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 80% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Tarka's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (2.0 km), and The Plough the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 287 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 52% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 168 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Stambourne Playing Field, 2.5 km away; for exercise, PureGym (4.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 25 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% 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.
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Telephone Kiosk | II | 20 m |
| Wren Cottages | II | 40 m |
| Yew Tree Cottage | II | 60 m |
| Parish Church of St Augustine | II* | 60 m |
| Birdbrook Hall | II | 60 m |
| the Plough Inn | II | 70 m |
| Granary Approximately 30 Metres North of Birdbrook Hall | II | 110 m |
| Barn Approximately 25 Metres North North East of Birdbrook Hall | II* | 140 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.
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%.
1 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 4BJ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" The Street in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary · about 56 min
Nearest: Newmarket Racecourse · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 1 of 59 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 34 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 6.0% | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 29.3% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 53.4% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.8% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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.