Duck Street Norton End, Uttlesford
64 addresses across 4 postcodes (CB11), about 700 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 41400407.
- Sales: 37 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £486,500 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Uttlesford cost £468,166 in August 2026 (+0.1% on a year); private rents averaged £1,305 a month.
- Energy: 21 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 5, D: 4, E: 5, F: 3, G: 1).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Rookery Lane, is 290 m away.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- 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 94% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Audley End, about 820 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 54 to 60 m above sea level.
- Noise: 37 of its 64 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Newport Surgery, about 2.2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 450 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 57% 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.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £486,500 | £486,500 | £486,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | £458,750 | £300,000 | £617,500 |
| 2015 | 3 | £495,000 | £440,000 | £675,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £621,000 | £621,000 | £621,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £422,500 | £422,500 | £422,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | £525,000 | £353,000 | £707,500 |
| 2010 | 2 | £461,250 | £460,000 | £462,500 |
| 2009 | 6 | £368,500 | £280,000 | £480,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2006 | 5 | £460,000 | £435,000 | £515,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £355,000 | £355,000 | £355,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £335,000 | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 2013 | APPLEYARD COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £422,500 | |
| 20 Jul 2009 | APPLEYARD COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £395,000 | |
| 31 Aug 2006 | ARLEY HOUSE CB11 4JU | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 10 Dec 1998 | BEAM END CB11 4JU | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 19 Feb 2016 | BULSE COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £617,500 | |
| 28 Mar 2008 | BULSE COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2017 | 1, BULSE FARM COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £325,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 22 Jun 2012 | CASTRA CB11 4JU | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 21 Nov 2002 | CASTRA CB11 4JU | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 6 Jan 1999 | CASTRA CB11 4JU | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 16 Mar 2010 | COTON CB11 4JU | Detached | £462,500 | |
| 25 Oct 2012 | CRANFORD COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Detached | £707,500 | |
| 27 Jan 1995 | CRISPIN CB11 4JU | Detached | £140,000 | |
| 5 Mar 2015 | GARDEN COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Detached | £675,000 | |
| 3 Oct 2006 | KINGFISHER HOUSE CB11 4JU | Detached | £515,000 | |
| 8 Jan 2001 | KINGFISHER HOUSE CB11 4JU | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 12 Jun 1998 | KINGFISHER HOUSE CB11 4JU | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 24 Feb 2014 | LITTLE PARVA CB11 4JU | Detached | £621,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2010 | MAIBOIS CB11 4JU | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 14 Nov 2012 | MALLARDS CB11 4JU | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 16 Feb 2006 | MALLARDS CB11 4JU | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 25 Aug 1995 | MALLARDS CB11 4JU | Detached | £198,000 | |
| 14 Jul 2009 | MR RICKARDS HOUSE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £387,000 | |
| 29 Oct 2009 | MUSCOVY COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Terraced | £350,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2012 | PEKIN COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £353,000 | |
| 9 Nov 2009 | PEKIN COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £280,000 | |
| 5 Jan 2015 | ROUEN COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £440,000 | |
| 7 Jul 2009 | ROUEN COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £345,000 | New build. |
| 18 Dec 2009 | SAXONY COTTAGE CB11 4JU | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 15 Aug 1997 | THE BOURN CB11 4JU | Detached | £242,500 | |
| 3 Aug 1995 | THE BOURN CB11 4JU | Detached | £178,750 | |
| 4 Sep 2006 | THE ELMS CB11 4JU | Detached | £450,500 | |
| 23 Jun 2025 | THE LODGE CB11 4JU | Detached | £486,500 | |
| 31 Mar 2016 | THE LODGE CB11 4JU | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 24 Feb 2000 | TROUT HALL CB11 4JU | Semi-detached | £310,000 | |
| 5 Apr 2006 | WENDENS HOUSE CB11 4JU | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 10 Apr 2015 | WILLOWS CB11 4JU | Detached | £495,000 |
House prices and rents in Uttlesford
A typical home in Uttlesford cost £468,166 in August 2026, 0.1% more than a year before. That is 6% more than five years earlier and 20% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £716,088 |
| Semi-detached | £439,513 |
| Terraced | £364,693 |
| Flat or maisonette | £203,116 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £335,535 |
Private renters in Uttlesford paid £1,305 a month on average in September 2026, 1.6% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £916 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,156 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,461 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,060 |
Energy performance certificates
21 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 179 m². Most common: House, detached (12); House, semi-detached (9). Built: 1967-1975 (5); before 1900 (4); 2009 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Each home's certificates and sales (21 addresses)
- 1 Bulse Farm Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- 2 Bulse Farm Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Appleyard Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Bulse Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Castra, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Driftway House, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- GARDEN COTTAGE, DUCK STREET, WENDENS AMBO
- Kellers, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Kingfisher House, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Little Parva, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Maibois, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Mallards, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Mr Rickards House, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Muscovy Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Pekin Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Rouen Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Saxony Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- The Lodge, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Wenden Grange, Norton End, Wendens Ambo
- Wendens House, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
- Willows, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 65 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (18 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB11 4JU | 35 12 Economy 7 | 5,389 kWh | none recorded | |
| CB11 4JT | 8 | 7,355 kWh | under 5 | |
| CB11 4JY | 12 6 Economy 7 | 3,746 kWh | none recorded | |
| CB11 4JZ | 10 | 5,208 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is CB11.
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 (31% of about 780 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Wendens Ambo. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 10.
- 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
- BEAM END, grade II
- BELL INN, grade II
- BOUNDARY WALL EXTENDING EAST FROM WENDEN PLACE TO THE OLD POST OFFICE, grade II
- COTTAGE 80 YARDS NORTH EAST OF WILLOWS, grade II
- HOUSE AND COTTAGE SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, grade II
- OLD RECTORY COTTAGES, grade II
- TROUT HALL, grade II
- WENDEN PLACE, grade II
- WENDEN PLACE COTTAGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Royston Road Wendens Ambo CB11 4JX: up to 6 homes, permissioned (840 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 4 at medium risk and 6 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 44 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 4 medium, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB11 4JU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 4 / 3 | unlikely |
| CB11 4JT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| CB11 4JY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB11 4JZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: less than 1% (1); 1 to 3% (4).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 290 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rookery Lane Wendens Ambo, Saffron Walden, Essex | Not recorded | Inert | 290 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 64 addresses are between 54 m and 60 m above sea level (56 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB11 4JT | 100% | 94% | 94% | 0% |
| CB11 4JU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB11 4JY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB11 4JZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Audley End 814,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Newport (Essex) 206,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Great Chesterford 101,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Car parks | Audley End Station Car Park | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 13.1 km (8.2 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Newport Surgery Good Oct 2016 | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Newport Pharmacy | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Saffron Walden Community Hospital | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Grange Good Mar 2022 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Saffron Walden Police Station | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 8,830 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 910 m² | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,810 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,620 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Roman villa at Chinnel Barn, a scheduled monument, 320 m north-west. 26 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Roman villa at Chinnel Barn | Scheduled monument | 320 m north-west |
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 650 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Shortgrove Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Audley End | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Hill | Hill | 600 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Whiteditch Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Three Corner Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Long Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Duck Island | Island | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Place Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.4 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 33 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 64 |
37 of the street's 64 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 50.7 (44.9 in 2025 and 49.1 in 2024); 50.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade D; 0% AAB or better; progress well below average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 800 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendens Ambo Pre School CB11 4JX | Sessional day care | 24 | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 665 childminders and 193 home childcarers (nannies) in Essex. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
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 Duck Street (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 60% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 30% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 57% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- CB11 4JU: 49 addresses
- CB11 4JT: 10 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- CB11 4JY: 4 addresses of 29 in the postcode
- CB11 4JZ: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in CB11 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.