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Chestnut Way

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30 recorded sales · median £383,800 · Uttlesford

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Uttlesford District Council · Non-partisan (independent members) 22/39 seats · 56% · 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

£384k

median price

6.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£384k

median sold price

11.7 yrs

of local pay to buy

31 min

London — fastest

rail stations mapped

grammar schools

schools total

6.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

207

Violence — most

7.1

NO₂ · WHO 10

2.8%

in a flood zone

1,228

green spaces

6.8

PM2.5 · WHO 5

184

eat & drink

shops

73.3%

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

£106,500 in 1996 → £401,050 in 2009

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

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-09-09

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)

Crime2026-07

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 £383,800. That's about 11.7× local earnings — around the 12.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2009 · 4 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 30 sales£383,800

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.7× · five-year average 12.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Uttlesford15.4%

Of the homes across Uttlesford that sold again within five years, 15.4% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than East of England (17.5%).

By property type

Detached houses3.8%

Semi-detached houses1.4%

Terraced houses3.6%

Flats23.2%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new26.8%

Bought second-hand13.4%

Overall

Typical resale gain+20.5% · ~7.7-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (481 resale pairs) across Uttlesford — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership71%

Owned outright

36%

With a mortgage

35%

Private rented

15%

Social rented

13%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,197

Your band:

Uttlesford District Council£187

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£275

Fire & Rescue£93

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,465

Band B£1,709

Band C£1,953

Band D (baseline)£2,197

Band E£2,686

Band F£3,174

Band G£3,662

Band H£4,395

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 Uttlesford how Chestnut Way compares · from Uttlesford

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Stansted Mountfitchet +36.3%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Stansted Mountfitchet	£430,000	+36.3%	195
Pleasant Valley	£437,000	+32.1%	273
Newport	£477,500	+22%	174
Great Dunmow	£310,750	+17%	174
Saffron View	£400,000	+0%	213
Saffron Walden	£365,000	-7.2%	123

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 Chestnut Way — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
2, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£385,000	May 2026
19 Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£570,000	Jul 2025
6 Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£405,000	Aug 2024
7, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£450,000	Sep 2023
13, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£402,000	May 2015
11, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£384,600	Oct 2009
27, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£346,800	Sep 2009
25, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£417,500	May 2009
17 Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£439,400	Apr 2009
8, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£416,100	Aug 2008
6 Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£426,100	Jun 2008
1, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£460,300	Oct 2007
4, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£387,300	Oct 2007
9, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£458,400	Aug 2007
7, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£380,100	May 2007
23, Chestnut Way Takeley	Semi-detached	—	—	£359,900	May 2007
14 Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£381,100	Feb 2007
21, Chestnut Way Takeley	Semi-detached	—	—	£345,700	Nov 2006
16 Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£383,000	Nov 2006
3, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£418,400	Oct 2006
5, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£413,500	Sep 2006
5, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£250,000	Oct 2001
2, Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£200,000	Apr 2001
14 Chestnut Way Takeley	Detached	—	—	£182,000	May 2000

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 Uttlesford

Crime runs at 6.2 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 / month6.2

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

By category, 12 months from Uttlesford

Violence & sexual offences

207

Anti-social behaviour

103

Other theft

Public order

Vehicle crime

Criminal damage & arson

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Uttlesford 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. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.

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

Who lives here? from Uttlesford

Population91,341

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 8/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% 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 8 in 2019 — little changed 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

7.8/10

Employment

8.6/10

Education & skills

7.6/10

Health & disability

9.8/10

Crime

7.1/10

Housing & services

4.1/10

Living environment

5.4/10

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

Figures for the wider Uttlesford — 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+62%

Unemployment · economically active residents3.6%

Degree-level (Level 4+)37%

Good or very good health87%

Own their home71%

Median age44

Born outside the UK9%

See the full Uttlesford 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
Roseacres Primary School	Primary	—	0.2 km
Pixies Pre-School Ltd	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.3 km
Blossom Barn Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.7 km
Takeley Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Sport Star (Takeley)	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Clever Cloggs Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.3 km
High House Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.0 km
Saplings Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.5 km
Countryside Pre-School Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.8 km
Forest Hall School	Secondary	Good ('21)	4.8 km
Blossom Barn Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	4.8 km
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad Oak	Primary	Requires improvement ('23)	5.0 km
Blossom Barn Nursery Hatfield Broad Oak	Nursery	—	5.0 km
Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Primary	—	5.2 km
Birchanger Butterflies Preschool	Nursery	Good ('21)	5.2 km
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	5.4 km
Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Primary	—	5.4 km
Howe Green House School	Primary	—	5.8 km
Birchwood High School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	5.8 km
Great Dunmow Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	5.8 km
Busy Bees at Stansted Mountfitchet	Nursery	—	5.8 km
Summercroft Primary School	Primary	—	6.0 km
Magna Carta Primary Academy	Primary	—	6.0 km
Rainbow Pre-school (Stansted)	Nursery	Good ('22)	6.0 km
Ugley Duckling Preschool	Nursery	—	6.5 km

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

Health This street

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	82.8 yrs
Life expectancy — women	86.8 yrs
Smoking	10.8%
Adults overweight or obese	62.6%

OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)

nearest GP surgery · nearest 5.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Yogi Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Dental Smiles	Dentist	—	0.3 km
The Priors Green Dental Hive	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Peacock Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	5.7 km
Unit 2 Castle Maltings	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Peacock Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Chapel Hill Dental	Dentist	—	5.9 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 Uttlesford

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 39 min from Bishops Stortford.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Stansted Airport	1.3 mi	London Liverpool Street	46 min
Stansted Mountfitchet	3.5 mi	London Liverpool Street	42 min
Elsenham	3.8 mi	London Liverpool Street	53 min
Bishops Stortford	4.3 mi	London Liverpool Street	39 min
Sawbridgeworth	5.9 mi	London Liverpool Street	39 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Bishops Stortford (39 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

50%

Work from home

39%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging5 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

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

Environment from Uttlesford

Air quality

NO₂

7.1

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.8

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.9%

Flood zone2.8% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill50 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 buildings3,741

Conservation areas40

Green belt5.9%

Green spaces1,228

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Uttlesford

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	184	97% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	36	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	13	—
Green spaces & parks	1,228	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

73.3%

Superfast

92.5%

Ultrafast

74%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Uttlesford

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

Unemployment rate3.6%

In work (employment rate)62.2%

Companies registered here17,304

New incorporations (12m)1,813

Property companies (SPVs)1,754

See the full Uttlesford report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district