Juniper Close Colchester
6 addresses across 2 postcodes (CO3), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 8902975.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4).
- 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 D; Band D in Colchester costs £2,283 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Marks Tey, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 220 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 39 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Winstree Medical Practice, about 470 m (0.3 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 24% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 66 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 113 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (4). Built: 2007-2011 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Colchester in 2026-27: Band D £2,283 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,522 | £1,776 | £2,029 | £2,283 | £2,790 | £3,297 | £3,805 | £4,566 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (42% of about 1,020 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.
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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO3 0EB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CO3 0RY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 39 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO3 0EB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CO3 0RY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Marks Tey 474,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Colchester 3.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Colchester Town 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 37 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Winstree Court Stanway | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Colchester North Park-and-Ride Mile End | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | East Mersea Ferry Landing | 14.8 km (9.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Source EV Charging Station | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 35.9 km (22 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 41.4 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Winstree Medical Practice | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 390 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Zen Dental Clinic | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust (Lexden Hospital) | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Copford Police Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Daily - Colchester Stanway Villa, Stanway Cashzone | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,280 m² | 220 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 3.0 ha | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,170 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Stanway Allotments 1.7 ha | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 12 parks and gardens, 8.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Beaconhead Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 720 m (0.4 miles) north. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Beaconhead Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 720 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum | Scheduled monument | 840 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tye Grove | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Gathering Grounds | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Warren Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Hanging Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Copfordhall Wood | Wood | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Wigleys Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 | 5 | 6 |
1 of the street's 6 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 Colchester: see them on the Colchester page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakelands Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 310 m | Outstanding (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Stanway School | Secondary | 11–16 | 310 m | No published inspection |
| Stanway Fiveways Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Stanway Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 500 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Home Farm Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBERRY ROAD BAKERY CO3 0RZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 320 m | 5 Very good | 19 Aug 2026 |
| The Perfect Chef CO3 0RZ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 330 m | 5 Very good | 19 Jun 2025 |
| Stanway Pre-School CO3 0QG | Other catering premises | 340 m | 5 Very good | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Sports Direct CO3 8RG | Retailers - other | 350 m | 5 Very good | 12 Nov 2024 |
| Colchester Foodbank CO3 8RG | Distributors/Transporters | 350 m | Exempt | |
| Your Sweetest Moment CO3 0QH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | Exempt | |
| Costa Coffee CO3 8RG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 5 May 2026 |
| McDonalds Restaurants CO3 8RG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Next CO3 8RG | Retailers - other | 430 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt | |
| Stanway Fiveways Primary School CO3 0QG | School/college/university | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 17 Aug 2026 |
| The Stanway School CO3 0QA | School/college/university | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Boots UK Ltd CO3 8RG | Retailers - other | 450 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt | |
| Layer Marney Meats CO3 0LN | Farmers/growers | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Iceland PLC CO3 8RG | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 38 |
| Public order | 7 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Juniper Close (19); On or near Villa Road (19); On or near Martin Hunt Drive (14); On or near Harvey Crescent (6); On or near Peter Crowe Approach (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 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) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 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 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
Nearby streets
Holly Road · Villa Road · Harrison Walk · Harvey Crescent · Reg Hilham Walk · Peter Crowe Approach · Nursery Close · Allen Aldridge Grove · Gorse Way · Westley Sandford Road · Juniper Road · Bailey Dale
All the streets in CO3 and across Colchester.
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.