Brookside Billericay, Basildon
33 addresses across 3 postcodes (CM11), about 150 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 2002527.
- Energy: 19 homes have an energy certificate (C: 6, D: 11, E: 2).
- Flood: 4 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 D; Band D in Basildon costs £2,327 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Billericay, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Norsey Wood, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 71 to 73 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 The Billericay Medical Practice, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 680 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 24 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
19 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 97 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (19). Built: 1967-1975 (15); 1950-1966 (2); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (15); rented (social) (2); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Basildon in 2026-27: Band D £2,327 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,551 | £1,810 | £2,069 | £2,327 | £2,844 | £3,362 | £3,879 | £4,654 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (40% of about 520 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)
- The Grange Stock Road Stock, permissioned (840 m (0.5 miles))
- Land at the Grange Stock Road Stock, permissioned (870 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM11 1DZ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 12 | unlikely |
| CM11 1ED | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CM11 1EB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 33 addresses are between 71 m and 73 m above sea level (72 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM11 1DZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM11 1EB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM11 1ED | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Billericay 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Ingatestone 779,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Wickford 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Longtail Billericay | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Basildon Town Centre | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Billericay Station Car Park | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 19.6 km (12 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 30.3 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Billericay Medical Practice | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Mayflower Community Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Billericay Police Station | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Billericay Cashzone | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Norsey Wood 76 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,000 m² | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Multi-period site at Norsey Wood, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-period site at Norsey Wood | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Forty Acre Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Norsey Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Great Fox Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Stock Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Great Bishop's Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Hanningfield Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 | 33 | 33 |
None of the street's 33 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 Basildon: see them on the Basildon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayflower High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 590 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Dec 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Buttsbury Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttsbury Pre-School CM12 0SA | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 12 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Brookside Close (6); On or near Penwood Close (5); On or near Potash Road (5); On or near Moore Close (3); On or near Longtail (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band C, house, semi-detached (lodged 15 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Glencree · Bridleway · Kilbarry Walk · Glanmire · Talisman Walk · Glanmire · Broome Road · Brookside · Longtail · Moore Close · Derby Close · Brookside 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.
- 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.