Heath Road Ramsden Heath, Chelmsford
185 addresses across 8 postcodes (CM11), about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 6602073.
- Energy: 75 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, B: 16, C: 19, D: 26, E: 11, F: 2).
- Flood: 21 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 Chelmsford costs £2,300 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 51% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wickford, about 3.5 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 54 to 68 m above sea level.
- Noise: 64 of its 185 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Swanwood Partnership, about 3.6 km (2.3 miles) away.
- People: About 790 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 91% of households owned their home and 34% 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
75 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 159 m². Most common: House, detached (50); House, semi-detached (12); Bungalow, detached (7). Built: 1950-1966 (18); before 1900 (7); 1967-1975 (6). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (51); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (46 addresses)
- 7a, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 9a, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 14, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 17, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 26, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 29, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 30, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 37, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 39, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 42, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 43, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 47, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 50, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 54, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 55, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 58, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 60 Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 61, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 67b Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 68 Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 69, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 72, Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 78, Downham Road, Downham
- 81, Downham Road, Downham
- 82, Downham Road, Downham
- 84, Downham Road, Downham
- 86, Downham Road, Downham
- 92-94, Downham Road, Downham
- 95, Downham Road, Downham
- 95a Downham Road
- 96a, Downham Road, Downham
- 97, Downham Road, Downham
- 98 Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
- 99, Downham Road, Downham
- 100, Downham Road, Downham
- 101, Downham Road, Downham
- 103, Downham Road, Downham
- 104, Downham Road, Downham
- 105, Downham Road, Downham
- 106, Downham Road, Downham
- 109, Downham Road, Downham
- 111, Downham Road, Downham
- 115, Downham Road, Downham
- 120, Downham Road, Downham
- Kites Lodge, Downham Road, Downham
- Pioneer Tools Ltd, 32 Downham Road, Ramsden Heath
Council tax
What each band costs in Chelmsford in 2026-27: Band D £2,300 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,533 | £1,789 | £2,045 | £2,300 | £2,811 | £3,322 | £3,834 | £4,600 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (30% of about 940 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- ALLEN'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- KITES' LODGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land and Garages at 71 School Road Downham, permissioned (380 m)
- 12-14 School Road Downham Billericay Chelmsford: up to 5 homes, permissioned (750 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 8 October 2026: ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 5 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the verge (minor works)
- 7 September 2026: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 13 addresses are in areas at high risk, 8 at medium risk and 12 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 1PU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
| CM11 1QQ | not in 2 or 3 | 6 / 2 / 3 | unlikely |
| CM11 1PZ | not in 2 or 3 | 5 / 4 / 5 | unlikely |
| CM11 1QH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM11 1QD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM11 1QA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM11 1QB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM11 1QZ | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 185 addresses are between 54 m and 68 m above sea level (59 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM11 1PU | 98% | 51% | 51% | 0% |
| CM11 1PZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM11 1QA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM11 1QB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM11 1QD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM11 1QH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM11 1QQ | 97% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| CM11 1QZ | 100% | 54% | 54% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wickford 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.1 miles) |
| Billericay 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Battlesbridge 23,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Oak Road Downham | 200 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Basildon Town Centre | 8 km (5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Downham Arms (Wickford) evyve | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 16.2 km (10 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 32.5 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Swanwood Partnership | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Swan Lane (Dental Surgery) | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Runwell Hospital | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Police station | Essex Police | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Your Local Cashzone | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 640 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.7 ha | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chitham's Farm moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.6 km (1 mile) west. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chitham's Farm moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cock Wood | Wood | 290 m north |
| Rectory Wood | Wood | 540 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Crowsheath Wood | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Chestnut Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Pump Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Hanningfield Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 58 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 121 | 185 |
64 of the street's 185 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 Chelmsford: see them on the Chelmsford page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 950 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvoir Arms CM11 1QH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 80 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2025 |
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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 91% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 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) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 8 October 2026 to 12 October 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band A, house, detached (lodged 14 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- CM11 1PU: 73 addresses of 80 in the postcode
- CM11 1QQ: 44 addresses of 46 in the postcode
- CM11 1PZ: 37 addresses
- CM11 1QH: 23 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- CM11 1QD: 3 addresses
- CM11 1QA: 2 addresses
- CM11 1QB: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
- CM11 1QZ: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in CM11 and across Chelmsford.
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.