Back Hill Hadstock, Uttlesford
7 addresses across 3 postcodes (CB21), about 80 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 41400034.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £480,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 1, E: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 C; Band D in Uttlesford costs £2,334 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Great Chesterford, about 6 km (3.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Camping Close, is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 75 to 81 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Crocus Medical Practice, about 6.5 km (4 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 56% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £480,000 | £480,000 | £480,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | £365,000 | £265,000 | £465,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 2016 | DUCHY BARN CB21 4NJ | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 27 Jun 2011 | 2 CB21 4PB | Terraced | £275,000 | |
| 8 Oct 2009 | 1 CB21 4PB | Semi-detached | £465,000 | |
| 10 Jul 2009 | 2 CB21 4PB | Terraced | £265,000 | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | 2 CB21 4PB | Terraced | £250,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 131 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (1); House, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (2); 1950-1966 (1); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (21% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Hadstock. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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
- BARN COTTAGE, grade II
- CHESTNUT HOUSE, grade II
- GARDEN COTTAGE, grade II
- GOLDACRE, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, grade II
- POND HOUSE, grade II
- ROUNDHILL COTTAGE, grade II
- THE GATE HOUSE, grade II
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB21 4PB | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB21 4NJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB21 4PF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 75 m and 81 m above sea level (77 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB21 4NJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CB21 4PB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CB21 4PF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Great Chesterford 101,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Whittlesford Parkway 454,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Audley End 814,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Kings Head Hadstock | 70 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 7.3 km (4.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 21.9 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Crocus Medical Practice | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Village Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 High Street | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Saffron Walden Community Hospital | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Police station | Saffron Walden Police Station | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Camping Close 1.1 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 930 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 240 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,670 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Botolph, a listed building (Grade I), 180 m south-west. 35 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 Botolph | Listed building, Grade I | 180 m south-west |
| Linton Roman villa | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hadstock Wood | Wood | 480 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Haw's Hill | Hill | 640 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| The Spinneys | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Top Spinney | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| New Farm Belt | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Railway Belt | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 7 |
1 of the street's 7 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton CofE Infant School Church of England | Primary | 5–7 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Moules Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 27% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 56% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
Nearby streets
Church Path · Orchard Pightle · Moules Lane · Bilberry End · Bilberry End
All the streets in CB21 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.