Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops, Maldon
2 addresses across 2 postcodes (CM8), about 30 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 24300047.
- Sales: 31 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £750,000 across 1 sale.
- 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 E; Band D in Maldon costs £2,328 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Witham, about 3.9 km (2.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Church Green, is about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 76 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 2 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Witham Health Centre, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 510 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 91% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £750,000 | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £925,250 | £925,250 | £925,250 |
| 2021 | 2 | £1,052,000 | £894,000 | £1,210,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £932,500 | £845,000 | £1,020,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £405,000 | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £799,995 | £799,995 | £799,995 |
| 2017 | 2 | £1,442,500 | £960,000 | £1,925,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £780,000 | £680,000 | £880,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £700,000 | £700,000 | £700,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £729,500 | £650,000 | £809,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £487,500 | £340,000 | £635,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £480,000 | £480,000 | £480,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2026 | PINGLES CM8 3EA | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 14 Jun 2022 | HAWTHORNS CM8 3EA | Detached | £925,250 | |
| 30 Jun 2021 | ABBOTTSWOOD CM8 3EA | Detached | £1,210,000 | |
| 22 Jan 2021 | 8 CM8 3EA | Detached | £894,000 | |
| 20 Nov 2020 | CONIFERS CM8 3EA | Detached | £1,020,000 | |
| 7 Feb 2020 | LITTLE BEACONS CM8 3EA | Detached | £845,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2019 | 18 CM8 3EA | Detached | £405,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2018 | FIR COTTAGE CM8 3EA | Detached | £799,995 | |
| 21 Sep 2017 | GREAT RUFFINS CM8 3EA | Detached | £1,925,000 | |
| 21 Jun 2017 | COPPER BEECHES CM8 3EA | Detached | £960,000 | |
| 19 May 2015 | 16 CM8 3EA | Detached | £880,000 | |
| 20 Mar 2015 | RIDGEWAY CM8 3EA | Detached | £680,000 | |
| 11 Mar 2014 | CONIFERS CM8 3EA | Detached | £700,000 | |
| 14 Oct 2013 | CRINGLEWOOD CM8 3EA | Detached | £809,000 | |
| 15 Mar 2013 | MACKMURDOS CM8 3EA | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2011 | OAKDENE CM8 3EA | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2011 | TALL TREES CM8 3EA | Detached | £635,000 | |
| 18 Jun 2010 | ELM LODGE, 9 CM8 3EA | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 7 Aug 2009 | FIR COTTAGE CM8 3EA | Detached | £620,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2008 | 16 CM8 3EA | Detached | £930,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2006 | QUILTERS CM8 3EA | Detached | £587,500 | |
| 26 May 2006 | CRINGLEWOOD CM8 3EA | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 19 May 2005 | TALL TREES CM8 3EA | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 28 Jan 2004 | TALL TREES CM8 3EA | Detached | £292,500 | |
| 15 Jan 2004 | BAKERS HOUSE CM8 3EA | Detached | £735,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2003 | RUFFINS LODGE CM8 3EA | Detached | £442,500 | |
| 13 Aug 2002 | RIVENDELL CM8 3EA | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 7 Jun 2002 | CONIFERS CM8 3EA | Detached | £575,000 | |
| 28 May 1999 | OAKDENE CM8 3EA | Detached | £149,000 | |
| 10 Jan 1997 | COPPER BEECHES CM8 3EA | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 19 Jan 1996 | PINGLES CM8 3EA | Detached | £170,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Maldon in 2026-27: Band D £2,328 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,552 | £1,811 | £2,070 | £2,328 | £2,846 | £3,363 | £3,881 | £4,657 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (22% of about 2,040 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM8 3EA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| CM8 3HW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 76 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM8 3EA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CM8 3HW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Witham 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hatfield Peverel 362,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Kelvedon 600,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Finch's Wickham Bishops | 90 m |
| Car parks | Parking space on Carraways, CM8 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 23.6 km (15 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 32.8 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Witham Health Centre | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Witham Pharmacy | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Witham Health Centre | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | St Peters Hospital | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Police station | Maldon Police | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Nisa - Castle Stores | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Church Green 1,550 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 190 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.4 ha | 210 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Great Ruffins, a listed building (Grade II*), 220 m east. 27 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Great Ruffins | Listed building, Grade II* | 220 m east |
| Garden of Great Ruffins | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 290 m south-east |
| Braxted Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 650 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Shut Heath Wood | Wood | 690 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Chantry Wood | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Mountains Grove | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Criers Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Roundbush Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 2 |
2 of the street's 2 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 Maldon: see them on the Maldon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Totham Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 720 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Oaks Residential Care Home CM8 3JY | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 200 m | 5 Very good | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Green Man CM8 3LB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 390 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Braxted Road (4); On or near Finch'S (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 91% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 34% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 9 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
Poney Chase · Beacon Hill · Finch's · Carters Lane · Carters Lane · Kelvedon Road · Tiptree Road · Green Man Lane
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.