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On Brocket Road, in Hoddesdon Town
What it's like at EN11 8NX: every home that has sold on Brocket 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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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 Brocket Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 86 homes on the street are owned by companies.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Broxbourne, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 1.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Brocket Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 310, HL1, 25, 641); 34 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 29 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 30% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Sheredes Primary School (1 km).
The nearest secondary is Robert Barclay Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 7.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Broxbourne School (2.3 km) and Presdales School (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Frozen Foods, 50 m away; Jade Pharmacy (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Amwell Surgery (100 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Maxim Barbers is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Princess Alexandra Hospital, 7.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 71% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 36 restaurants and cafés and 8 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Evya Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Bogdan Catering the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 159 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 64 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 48% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 412 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Barclay Park, 400 m away; for exercise, énergie fitness (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 22 km away.
Most households own their home, 25% 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.
59 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hoddesdon Quaker Meeting House | II | 130 m |
| Hoddesdon Plant Hire Limited | II | 130 m |
| 57 and 59, High Street | II | 150 m |
| Numbers 61 and 63 (Meadows) | II | 150 m |
| 53, 53a, 55 and 55a, High Street | II | 160 m |
| Numbers 1a, (Fields) and 1b (the Book Centre) | II | 160 m |
| 47 and 49 High Street | II | 170 m |
| the Shoe Box, Heather | II | 180 m |
| Sharp Chemist | II | 180 m |
| 70, High Street | II | 180 m |
| Hoddesdon and Broxbourne Conservative Club | II | 180 m |
| Montague House | II | 190 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.
Broxbourne constituency: Lewis Cocking MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,858 (6.7%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Conservative 37%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 20%, Liberal Democrat 6%.
19 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 EN11 8NX →
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Broxbourne 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 86 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Southend Westcliff Bay · about 51 min
Nearest: Epping Ongar Railway · about 34 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: 0 of 79 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 55 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 70.3% | 86.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 27.0% | 12.4% | 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.