Hollywood Mews Thundersley, Castle Point
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (SS7), about 280 m long. USRN 6301416.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £790,000 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Castle Point cost £357,241 in August 2026 (-4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,266 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (B: 4).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Great Wheatley Road - Solar Farm, is 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Castle Point costs £2,319 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Rayleigh, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Little Common, is about 610 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 44 to 49 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Grace House Surgery, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 19% 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 violence and sexual offences.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | £790,000 | £785,000 | £795,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2022 | 1 SS7 3FN | Detached | £795,000 | |
| 21 Dec 2022 | 2 SS7 3FN | Detached | £785,000 |
House prices and rents in Castle Point
A typical home in Castle Point cost £357,241 in August 2026, 4% less than a year before. That is 8% more than five years earlier and 31% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £477,570 |
| Semi-detached | £350,825 |
| Terraced | £288,554 |
| Flat or maisonette | £163,826 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £307,215 |
Private renters in Castle Point paid £1,266 a month on average in September 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £945 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,172 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,430 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,046 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 158 m². Most common: House, detached (4). Built: 2022 (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 14,356 kWh of it on average in 2024, 10% more than the district's 13,069 kWh, and 6,525 kWh of electricity, 78% more than the district's 3,660 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
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 SS7.
Council tax
What each band costs in Castle Point in 2026-27: Band D £2,319 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,546 | £1,803 | £2,061 | £2,319 | £2,834 | £3,349 | £3,864 | £4,637 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (40% of about 620 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: yes, Castle Point.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Hollywood, Great Burches Road, Thundersley, Benfleet: up to 4 homes, permissioned (70 m)
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Wheatley Road - Solar Farm Rochford 22/00175/FUL | Solar farm | 30 MW | Being built Jan 2026 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Dollymans Storage Basildon 21/00522/FUL | Battery storage | 100 MW | Operational Jul 2023 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Progress Road, Eastwood - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility Southend-on-Sea 21/01936/FUL | Landfill Gas | 4 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Feb 2022 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS7 3FN | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| SS7 3NE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | 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
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 5 addresses are between 44 m and 49 m above sea level (47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS7 3FN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SS7 3NE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rayleigh 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Benfleet 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Battlesbridge 23,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Basildon Town Centre | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Rayleigh Station Car Park | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 8 km (4.9 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 41.6 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grace House Surgery Good May 2020 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rishi Pharmacy Limited | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Practice | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Chartwell Private Hospital Good Feb 2025 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Godden Lodge Care Home Good Sep 2023 | 1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Rayleigh Police Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest MFG - Autohalt Cashzone | 380 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Little Common 1.8 ha | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 14 ha | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 910 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 7.7 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,900 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 16 hectares in all.
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Kingley Wood | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Thundersley Glen | Valley | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Round Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.1 miles) south |
| Benfleet Marsh | Wetland | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south-west |
| Oakwood Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) east |
| Hadleigh Ray | Beach | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
1 of the street's 5 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 Castle Point: see them on the Castle Point page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Robert Drake Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 85% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 87% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
| Thundersley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
| Kingston Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 90% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 37% at the higher standard (2025; 87% in 2024 and 80% in 2023) |
| Rayleigh Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 78% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 83% in 2024 and 86% in 2023) |
| Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 78% in 2024 and 68% in 2023) |
| The Deanes | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 32.2 (34.4 in 2025 and 35.3 in 2024); 14.4% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| USP College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | A level 2025: average grade D+; 2.4% 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
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier - Benfleet Hub SS7 3HT | Out-of-school day care | 18 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Little Footprints Day Nursery SS7 3PT | Full day care | 70 | Outstanding (Jul 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Woodside's Little Me Pre-School SS7 4PH | Sessional day care | 35 | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autohalt Service Station (Esso) SS6 7TU | Retailers - other | 380 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Burches Road (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 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 63% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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
All the streets in SS7 and across Castle Point.
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.