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Water Lane

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70 recorded sales · median £237,500 · Braintree

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Braintree Council · Conservative-controlled 25/49 seats · 51% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

68/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£238k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£238k

median sold price

9.2 yrs

of local pay to buy

42 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

428

Violence — most

7.6

NO₂ · WHO 10

in a flood zone

198

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

233

eat & drink

shops

82.5%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£231,500 in 2005 → £600,000 in 2025

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Braintree, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £237,500. That's about 9.2× local earnings — around the 10.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 70 sales£237,500

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.2× · five-year average 10.2×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership68%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

34%

Private rented

15%

Social rented

16%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,216

Your band:

Braintree District Council£206

Essex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,642

Police & Crime Commissioner£275

Fire & Rescue£93

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,477

Band B£1,723

Band C£1,970

Band D (baseline)£2,216

Band E£2,708

Band F£3,201

Band G£3,693

Band H£4,432

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Braintree how Water Lane compares · from Braintree

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Hatfield Peverel +26.9%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Hatfield Peverel	£425,000	+26.9%	147
Witham	£300,000	+22.5%	1,149
Sible Hedingham	£316,250	+21.6%	150
Bocking Churchstreet	£357,875	+19.5%	258
Halstead	£300,000	+17.9%	579
Rivenhall	£377,625	+14.9%	300
Bocking	£307,000	+14.5%	528
Braintree	£285,000	+12.6%	1,209
Kelvedon	£385,000	+6.5%	135
Great Notley	£450,000	+6.4%	315
Coggeshall	£342,500	+3.4%	186

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Water Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
SECRETARIES HOUSE, 2 WATER LANE	Other	—	—	£1,625,000	Apr 2026
32, Water Lane Steeple Bumpstead	Semi-detached	—	—	£272,500	Feb 2026
New House Farm Water Lane Helions Bumpstead	Detached	—	—	£1,253,000	Nov 2025
12, Water Lane	Detached	—	—	£290,000	Aug 2025
58 Oaklands Water Lane Steeple Bumpstead	Detached	—	—	£600,000	Mar 2025
60 WATER LANE	Detached	—	—	£590,000	Jan 2025
Highfields Water Lane Pebmarsh	Other	—	—	£750,000	Sep 2024
64 WATER LANE	Detached	—	—	£610,000	Apr 2024
Wheatlands Water Lane Pebmarsh	Detached	—	—	£800,000	Jan 2024
22 WATER LANE	Other	—	—	£25,000	Dec 2023
40 Water Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£238,000	Jul 2023
24 Water Lane	Detached	—	—	£271,000	Jun 2023
51 Water Lane Steeple Bumpstead	Detached	—	—	£295,000	Jan 2023
10 Water Lane	Detached	—	—	£700,000	Aug 2022
Highfields Water Lane Pebmarsh	Other	—	—	£440,000	Aug 2022
28 Water Lane	Detached	—	—	£400,000	May 2022
26 Water Lane Steeple Bumpstead	Semi-detached	—	—	£407,000	Nov 2021
36, Water Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£200,000	Jun 2021
WATER LANE COTTAGE, 20 - 22 WATER LANE	Detached	—	—	£510,000	Apr 2021
44 Water Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£345,000	Apr 2021
14, Water Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£205,000	Feb 2021
THATCHED COTTAGE WATER LANE	Detached	—	—	£450,000	Feb 2021
32, Water Lane Steeple Bumpstead	Semi-detached	—	—	£215,000	Jun 2020
3 WATER LANE STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD	Detached	—	—	£630,000	Aug 2017

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Braintree

Crime runs at 6 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month6

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Braintree

Violence & sexual offences

428

Anti-social behaviour

116

Other theft

Criminal damage & arson

Shoplifting

Public order

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Braintree district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Braintree

Population155,268

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 7 in 2019 — has worsened since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

6.2/10

Employment

6.2/10

Education & skills

4.8/10

Health & disability

6.5/10

Crime

5.7/10

Housing & services

4.6/10

Living environment

6.3/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Braintree — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+60%

Unemployment · economically active residents4.4%

Degree-level (Level 4+)26%

Good or very good health83%

Own their home68%

Median age43.4

Born outside the UK7%

See the full Braintree report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

75% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Stisted Church of England Primary Academy	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.3 km
Fairways Childcare Centre	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Lyons Hall School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.6 km
Little Lily's Academy	Nursery	—	2.2 km
Alec Hunter Pre School	Nursery	Good ('20)	2.2 km
Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School	Primary	—	2.2 km
Great Bradfords Junior School	Primary	—	2.2 km
Charlies House Childminding and Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.3 km
Beckers Green Primary School	Primary	—	2.6 km
Apple Tree Day Care Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.7 km
Spring - Carousel	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.8 km
Alec Hunter Academy	Secondary	—	2.8 km
Bocking Primary School	Primary	—	2.9 km
Kidorable Pre School And Childcare Services	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.0 km
Scallywags Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.0 km
Little Me Preschool Braintree	Nursery	—	3.1 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.2 km
Step Start Nurseries Braintree	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.3 km
Yumbo Daycare	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.4 km
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery	Primary	—	3.6 km
Spring - Seesaw	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.6 km
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree	Primary	Good ('24)	3.6 km
Goldingham Drive Community Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.9 km
Christ Church Pre School Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.9 km
Tabor Academy	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	3.9 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 2.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 3.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 3.1 km
NHS ODS

6 of 6 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Church Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	2.7 km
Blyth'S Meadow Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	3.1 km
Meadows Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Mount Chambers Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	3.3 km
Alba Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Borno Chemists Limited	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Christchurch Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Braintree Dental Centre	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Oakmoor Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Borno Chemist (Great Square)	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
The Horn Mews Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.6 km
St Michaels House	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Challis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Blandford Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	4.1 km
Christchurch Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Silver End Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	5.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
The Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	6.0 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
The Essex Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	6.1 km
Weavers Court Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.1 km
Solar Superstore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.1 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	6.1 km
Mr N R Chappell And Associates	Dentist	—	6.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	6.2 km
The Yorkshire Grey	Dentist	—	6.4 km
Braintree Dental Studio	Dentist	—	6.5 km
Tesco In-Store Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.5 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Braintree

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 49 min from Kelvedon Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Braintree Freeport Rail Station	2.1 mi	London Liverpool Street	59 min
Braintree Rail Station	2.1 mi	London Liverpool Street	61 min
Cressing Rail Station	3.0 mi	London Liverpool Street	55 min
White Notley Rail Station	3.8 mi	London Liverpool Street	53 min
Kelvedon Rail Station	5.9 mi	London Liverpool Street	49 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Kelvedon Rail Station (49 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

58%

Work from home

29%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging2 points

Per 10,000 residents0.1

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Braintree

Air quality

NO₂

7.6

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000%

Flood zone2% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill91 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings3,196

Conservation areas37

Green belt0%

Green spaces198

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Braintree

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	233	96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	66	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	14	—
Green spaces & parks	198	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

82.5%

Superfast

95.6%

Ultrafast

82.5%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Braintree

Figures for the wider Braintree — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate4.4%

In work (employment rate)60.3%

Companies registered here10,696

New incorporations (12m)1,206

Property companies (SPVs)1,066

See the full Braintree report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district