Acorn Close Harwich, Tendring
5 addresses across 1 postcode (CO12), about 30 m long. USRN 39900010.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £240,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Tendring cost £260,636 in August 2026 (-1.2% on a year); private rents averaged £1,058 a month.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 0 times (0 hours) in 2025.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 650 m (0.4 miles) from its postcodes.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Tendring costs £2,270 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 75% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Dovercourt, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 160 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 7 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Mayflower Medical Centre, about 720 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 15% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 35 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2007 | 6 CO12 4XF | Detached | £185,000 | |
| 12 Apr 2021 | 8 CO12 4XF | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 15 Oct 2012 | 8 CO12 4XF | Detached | £135,000 |
House prices and rents in Tendring
A typical home in Tendring cost £260,636 in August 2026, 1.2% less than a year before. That is 6% more than five years earlier and 31% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £367,926 |
| Semi-detached | £255,436 |
| Terraced | £203,459 |
| Flat or maisonette | £132,634 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £222,460 |
Private renters in Tendring paid £1,058 a month on average in September 2026, 3.7% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £761 |
| Two bedrooms | £979 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,192 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,593 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 56 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Gas and electricity use
The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Tendring in 2026-27: Band D £2,270 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,513 | £1,765 | £2,017 | £2,270 | £2,774 | £3,278 | £3,783 | £4,539 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (28% of about 1,040 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Delfords Factory Site, 606 Main Road, Harwich, Essex, permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
- 723 Main Road Harwich Essex, permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
- 723 Main Road Harwich Essex, permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
- Former Red Cross Centre, Manor Lane, Dovercourt, CO12 4EB, permissioned (910 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
The nearest projected erosion zone is 650 m (0.4 miles) from the street's postcodes (by 2105, if defences are not maintained or built).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line Essex and South Suffolk | none (the line is held) | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line Essex and South Suffolk | none (the line is held) | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Essex and South Suffolk | up to 330 m | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Trib South Hall Creek.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dovercourt Low Road Pumping Station Anglian Water | Trib South Hall Creek | 0 | 0 | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 7 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO12 4XF | 100% | 75% | 75% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dovercourt 168,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Harwich International 118,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Harwich Town 112,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 33 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Freshfields Upper Dovercourt | 70 m |
| Ferry terminal | Harwich International Ferry Terminal Harwich International Port | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Car parks | Dovercourt Station Car Park | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 55.6 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 70.5 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mayflower Medical Centre | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Borno Pharmacy | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Clear Springs (Dental Surgery) | 210 m |
| Hospital | Harwich & District Hospital | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Care homes | 6 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Don Thomson House Residential Care Home Good Mar 2018 | 210 m |
| Police station | Harwich police Station | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest East of England Co-op Fronks Road Cashzone | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 160 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 2.1 ha | 180 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 430 m² | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8.2 ha | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Long Meadows Allotments 2,040 m² | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 5.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade II*), 670 m (0.4 miles) north. 32 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) north |
| The Dovercourt lighthouses and causeway | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Beach | Beach | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Delf Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Raycliff Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Beacon Cliff | Cliff or slope | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Crabknowe Spit | Wetland | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 5 | 5 |
None of the street's 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Tendring: see them on the Tendring page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harwich and Dovercourt High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 430 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 34.1 (37.6 in 2025 and 39.3 in 2024); 23.4% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade D; progress well below average |
| All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt | Primary | 4–11 | 660 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 38% in 2023) |
| Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 64% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 65% in 2023) |
| Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 5–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 73% in 2023) |
| The Mayflower Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 48% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lighthouse Holiday Club CO12 3ST | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Harwich Centre Pre-School CO12 4AJ | Sessional day care | 50 | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 665 childminders and 193 home childcarers (nannies) in Essex. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crafty Tearoom CO12 4XN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 130 m | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2025 |
| Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust CO12 3UE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 15 Dec 2022 |
| Don Thomson House CO12 3TS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 250 m | 5 Very good | 21 Nov 2025 |
| Foleys CO12 4XN | Retailers - other | 310 m | 5 Very good | 15 Dec 2022 |
| Tiny Rugby School CO12 3TS | School/college/university | 320 m | 5 Very good | 27 Sep 2025 |
| Harwich School The Lighthouse Canteen CO12 3TG | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 26 Sep 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hudson Close (9); On or near Keynes Way (7); On or near Minerva Close (5); On or near Newport Close (5); On or near Rebow Road (4).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 100% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2024 23:00 | Serious | 2 people | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- CO12 4XF: 5 addresses
Nearby streets
Oakview · Freshfields · Abbott Road · Kilmaine Road · Rebow Road · Newport Close · Keynes Way · Pelham Close · Hudson Close · Nightingale Close · Allfields · Minerva Close
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.