B1256 Uttlesford
30 addresses across 4 postcodes (CM6), about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 41400116.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 2, E: 1, 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 75% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Braintree, about 10 km (6.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 49 to 87 m above sea level.
- Noise: 18 of its 30 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is John Tasker House Surgery, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 660 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 252 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (4); 2007 onwards (2); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (22% of about 1,580 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 3 Stebbing Ford, grade II
- 4 Stebbing Ford, grade II
- 5, Stebbing Ford, grade II
- 6 and 7, Stebbing Ford, grade II
- HOMELYE FARM COTTAGE, grade II
- Round House, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 17 September 2026: AFFINITY WATER - C, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
- 15 September 2026 to 17 September 2026: AFFINITY WATER - C, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
- 14 September 2026: BT, Remedial works, two-way signals, on the footway, verge (minor works)
- 8 September 2026 to 9 September 2026: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, two-way signals, on the footway (standard works)
- 11 August 2026 to 13 August 2026: BT, Permanent reinstatement, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, 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: 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM6 3AH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM6 3AL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CM6 3AN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM6 3AJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 30 addresses are between 49 m and 87 m above sea level (59 m on average); the ground rises about 38 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM6 3AH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM6 3AJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM6 3AL | 75% | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| CM6 3AN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Braintree 631,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10 km (6.2 miles) |
| Stansted Airport 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) | |
| Braintree Freeport 142,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Braintree Road Little Dunmow | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Interchange Braintree Town Centre | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 12.2 km (7.6 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | John Tasker House Surgery | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Ropers The Chemist | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Market Place Dental | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Braintree Community Hospital | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) |
| Police station | Dunmow Police Station | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Dunmow Cashzone | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3,000 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 840 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.0 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,700 m² | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Medieval tile kilns S of Church End, a scheduled monument, 860 m (0.5 miles) north. 18 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Medieval tile kilns S of Church End | Scheduled monument | 860 m (0.5 miles) north |
| The Mount: a motte castle in Stebbing Park | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Moors | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Homelye Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| The Fir Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Dunmow Farm Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Bumpsted Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Mill Race | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.9 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.7 | 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 | 9 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 30 |
18 of the street's 30 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Flitch Green Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (essex).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 22% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 to 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
- CM6 3AH: 15 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- CM6 3AL: 11 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- CM6 3AN: 3 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- CM6 3AJ: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
All the streets in CM6 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.