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On Palmers Lane, in Newport, Littlebury & Clavering
What it's like at SG8 8QE: every home that has sold on Palmers Lane 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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Sales and extensions on Palmers Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| 1, Palmers LaneDetached | Sept 1995 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Palmers LaneDetached | Oct 2020 | £447,500 | 122 m² | £3,668/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Great Chesterford, a drive away (6.7 km), with 101k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
The nearest bus stop is School, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 444); 1 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 63 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
Central London is 58 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
For secondary school: Saffron Walden County High School (4.6 km).
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 10 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Barley Surgery (4.6 km).
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 20 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
The Mixing Shed is the closest café or restaurant (4.3 km), and The Red Cow the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 580 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 259 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 13 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 40% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Martinholm Farmhouse | II | 70 m |
| the Cottage | II | 80 m |
| Pump Opposite the Red Cow Inn | II | 120 m |
| the Red Cow Inn | II | 140 m |
| the Gate | II | 140 m |
| Chrishall Cottage Mullion Cottage | II | 140 m |
| Barn to South West of the Red Cow Inn | II | 150 m |
| 15, High Street | II | 150 m |
| Thatch Cottage | II | 190 m |
| Peartree Cottage | II | 190 m |
| Nash'S Farmhouse | 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.
North West Essex constituency: Mrs Kemi Badenoch MP (Conservative), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,610 (4.8%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Labour 31%, Reform UK 14%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
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 SG8 8QE →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Palmers Lane in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 9.6% | 4.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 51.6% | 73.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 33.3% | 14.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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: Southend Chalkwell · about 77 min
Nearest: Jesus Green · about 37 min
Nearest: Epping Ongar Railway · about 50 min
Nearest: Abbey Stadium · about 41 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.