B1053 Uttlesford
33 addresses across 3 postcodes (CB10), about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 41401269.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, D: 3, E: 3, F: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Uttlesford costs £2,334 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Newport (Essex), about 13.6 km (8.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 65 to 83 m above sea level.
- Noise: 20 of its 33 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Freshford Practice, about 3 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 178 m². Most common: House, detached (8); Maisonette, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (6); 1983-1990 (1); 2020 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (2); rented (social) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Uttlesford in 2026-27: Band D £2,334 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,556 | £1,815 | £2,075 | £2,334 | £2,852 | £3,371 | £3,890 | £4,668 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (24% of about 870 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 24.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 15 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, grade I
- 11 AND 12, HAWKINS HILL, grade II
- 7 AND 8, HAWKINS HILL, grade II
- 9 AND 10, HAWKINS HILL, grade II
- BARLEY CROFT, grade II
- BARN TO SOUTH OF MAYNARD'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- Clock House Farmhouse, grade II
- CLOCK TOWER COTTAGE, grade II
- FRESHWELL, grade II
- GREEN FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MALMESBURY COTTAGE, grade II
- MAYNARD'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MONKS CORNER, grade II
- NUMBER 1 (BOARDED COTTAGE) AND NUMBER 2, grade II
- OUTBUILDING APPROXIAMTELY 10 YARDS TO NORTH OF MAYNARD'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- SONNING COTTAGE, grade II
- SUDBURY LEY, grade II
- SUNDANCE COTTAGE, grade II
- SWALLOWS NEST, grade II
- THE GRANGE, grade II
- THE RECTORY, grade II
- WATER HALL, grade II
- WHITEHOUSE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- WYCHEND, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 13 August 2026: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, multi-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 6 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB10 2QT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB10 2QN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CB10 2FN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 33 addresses are between 65 m and 83 m above sea level (74 m on average); the ground rises about 18 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB10 2FN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB10 2QN | 88% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| CB10 2QT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newport (Essex) 206,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.6 km (8.5 miles) |
| Elsenham (Essex) 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.1 km (8.8 miles) | |
| Stansted Airport 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hall Rd Little Sampford | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 15.9 km (9.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Freshford Practice | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Thaxted Pharmacy | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Thaxted Dental | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Saffron Walden Community Hospital | 12 km (7.5 miles) |
| Police station | Ministry of Defence Police | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 880 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.1 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 470 m² | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade I), 540 m (0.3 miles) west. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 540 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Moated site and fishpond at Maynards Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Great Winsey moated site and fishpond, 1.4km south west of Finchingfield church | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Spains Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hawkin's Hill | Hill | 780 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Bliss Grove | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Little Almond's Grove | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Seven Acre Plantation | Wood | 930 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Great Howe Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Long Almond's Grove | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 11 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 33 |
20 of the street's 33 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
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 Uttlesford: see them on the Uttlesford page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near B1053 (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 28% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 7 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
- CB10 2QT: 19 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- CB10 2QN: 13 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- CB10 2FN: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
All the streets in CB10 and across Uttlesford.
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.
- 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.