Ivy Road Thundersley, Castle Point
19 addresses across 1 postcode (SS7), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 6301269.
- 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: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 4, E: 2, F: 1).
- 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.
- Storm overflows: 4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 10 times (55 hours) in 2025.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A13, carries 51,989 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 Pitsea, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 860 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 22 to 24 m above sea level.
- Noise: 16 of its 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Dr Khan & Partners, about 230 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 18 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
- 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
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 83 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (10). Built: 1976-1982 (7); 1967-1975 (2); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,047 kWh of it on average in 2024, 23% less than the district's 13,069 kWh, and 2,818 kWh of electricity, 23% less than the district's 3,660 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the 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 (33% of about 570 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)
- 117-123 London Road, Benfleet: up to 10 homes (530 m (0.3 miles))
- High Road, Tarpots Town Centre, Benfleet: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (560 m (0.3 miles))
- Land south of Clarence Road, Bowers Gifford, Basildon: up to 1 home, not permissioned (870 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitsea Landfill Scheme | Landfill Gas | 11.6 MW | Operational Jan 2004 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Pitsea Tipp | Landfill Gas | 14 MW | Operational May 2008 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cleanaway Project 3 | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 27.8 MW | No application needed | 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
Finished in the last three months
- 7 October 2026: BT, Remedial works, some carriageway incursion, on the footpath (minor works)
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 8 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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
4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 10 times, for 55 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Trib of River Crouch, Trib of the River Crouch.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushbottom Lane Ps Anglian Water | Trib of River Crouch | 0 | 0 | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Eversley Rd/Rushbot.ln Anglian Water | Trib of the River Crouch | 1 | 3 | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Lower Church Road Anglian Water | Trib of the River Crouch | 1 | 0 | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Rush Bottom Lane &Amp; Stansfield Rd Anglian Water | Trib of River Crouch | 8 | 52 | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square 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 19 addresses are between 22 m and 24 m above sea level (23 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS7 4RA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Pitsea 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Benfleet 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Rayleigh 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rushbottom Lane Thundersley | 300 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Basildon Town Centre | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 41 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dr Khan & Partners Good Oct 2017 | 230 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Arundel Pharmacy | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Braintree Community Hospital | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gifford House Care Home Good Nov 2023 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Pitsea Police Station | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | SGN Ltd - Manor Cashzone | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,020 m² | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 790 m² | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.7 ha | 330 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| North Benfleet Hall Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Coombe Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Benfleet Marsh | Wetland | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Thundersley Glen | Valley | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Church Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Hadleigh Ray | Beach | 5 km (3.1 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 19 | 19 |
16 of the street's 19 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 Castle Point: see them on the Castle Point page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodham Ley Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 280 m | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| Montgomerie Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 410 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Harris Academy Benfleet | Secondary | 11–19 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 39.0 (39.6 in 2025 and 41.9 in 2024); 36.1% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B-; 17.6% AAB or better; progress average |
| Jotmans Hall Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Requires improvement (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 42% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| St Margaret's Church of England Academy, Bowers Gifford | Primary | 2–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 32% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 43% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 43% in 2024 and 53% in 2023) |
| The Robert Drake Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 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) |
| Kents Hill Infant Academy | Primary | 2–7 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Kents Hill Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 71% in 2024 and 49% in 2023) |
| Kingston Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 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) |
| Eversley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 53% in 2023) |
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
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 700 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Stars T.M Preschool SS7 4BS | Sessional day care | 30 | Good (Jul 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Tree Tots Pre-school SS7 5RG | Sessional day care | 26 | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Queen Bee's Day Nursery SS7 5XR | Full day care | 55 | Good (Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodham Ley Primary School SS7 4DN | School/college/university | 280 m | 5 Very good | 8 Oct 2024 |
| Sandcastles Nursery SS7 5TG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Dec 2025 |
| Montgomerie Primary School SS7 4LW | School/college/university | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 22 May 2025 |
| Tesco SS7 5TJ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2026 |
| Glenwood School SS7 4LW | School/college/university | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Ivy Road (6); On or near Albert Road (6); On or near Hamley Close (3); On or near Wycombe Avenue (1); On or near Bartley 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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A13 between A13 slip to A130 and A13 slip to A130, with 51,989 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 500 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A130 | A13 and A130 Roundabout to A13 slip to A130 | 21,321 counted 2025 | 2% | +3% since 2015 | 360 m |
| A13 | A13 slip to A130 to A13 slip to A130 | 51,989 counted 2025 | 7% | +45% since 2015 | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Remedial works, 6 October 2026 to 8 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Glenwood School (school/college/university, SS7 4LW) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 6 October 2026) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- SS7 4RA: 19 addresses of 20 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Albert Road · Ivy Road · Hamley Close · Wren Close · Bartley Road · Sadlers · Lower Church Road · Wycombe Avenue · A13 · Rushbottom Lane · Clare Road · Louisa Avenue
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.