Hyde Lane Braintree
10 addresses across 3 postcodes (CM7), about 340 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 3903218.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £600,000 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 C; Band D in Braintree costs £2,280 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 29% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Braintree, about 7.7 km (4.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Stoneley Park, is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 74 to 85 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 10 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Freshford Practice, about 5.7 km (3.5 miles) away.
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £600,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £278,000 | £278,000 | £278,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £91,000 | £91,000 | £91,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £71,000 | £71,000 | £71,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2021 | HYDE FARM CM7 4FG | Detached | £600,000 | |
| 10 May 2017 | HYDE STABLES CM7 4FG | Other | £600,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 7 Nov 2002 | SLOMANS FARM CM7 4FG | Detached | £278,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2000 | SLOMANS FARM CM7 4FG | Detached | £91,000 | |
| 1 Nov 1999 | SLOMANS FARM CM7 4FG | Detached | £71,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Braintree in 2026-27: Band D £2,280 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,520 | £1,774 | £2,027 | £2,280 | £2,787 | £3,294 | £3,801 | £4,561 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (24% of about 580 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- BARN APPROXIMATELY METRES NORTH OF SLOMAN'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- BYRE APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF HYDE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CART LODGE APPROXIMATELY 35 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF HYDE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HIGH THATCH, grade II
- HYDE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- STABLE RANGE APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH WEST OF HYDE FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 11 August 2026: COUNTY BROADBAND LTD, Utility repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM7 4FG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM7 4AH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CM7 4AW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 10 addresses are between 74 m and 85 m above sea level (83 m on average); the ground rises about 12 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM7 4AH | 29% | 29% | 29% | 0% |
| CM7 4AW | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| CM7 4FG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Braintree 631,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Braintree Freeport 142,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Cressing (Essex) 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.6 km (6.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Blackmore End Road | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Interchange Braintree Town Centre | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 21 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Freshford Practice | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Braintree Community Hospital | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| Police station | Ministry of Defence Police | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Chelmsford Star Coop Bocking, Bocking | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Stoneley Park 2.0 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 540 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.8 ha | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 870 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Valley Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 860 m (0.5 miles) west. 28 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 860 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Spice's Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Shragg's Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| The Old Hall Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Plantation Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| New Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Lady's Hole | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Horn Hill | Hill | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 10 |
1 of the street's 10 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 Braintree: see them on the Braintree page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hyde Lane (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 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) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- CM7 4FG: 8 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- CM7 4AH: 1 address of 22 in the postcode
- CM7 4AW: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.