Koln Close Canvey Island, Castle Point
12 addresses across 2 postcodes (SS8), about 50 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 6301317.
- Flood: 5 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 C; Band D in Castle Point costs £2,319 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 7% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Benfleet, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 2 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 12 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Canvey Village Surgery, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 21% 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
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 C (56% of about 640 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)
- Garden World Plants Ltd Canvey Road, Canvey Island: up to 57 homes, permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
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, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 13 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 1 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 1 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS8 0SB | zone 3 | 2 / 1 / 4 | unlikely |
| SS8 0QY | zone 3 | 2 / 0 / 9 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 2 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS8 0QY | 98% | 7% | 7% | 0% |
| SS8 0SB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Benfleet 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pitsea 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Leigh-On-Sea 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Canvey Village | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Basildon Town Centre | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Tilbury Ferry Terminal | 14.9 km (9.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 11.5 km (7.1 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 46.2 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Canvey Village Surgery | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Britannia Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Oak Road Dental Practice | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Chartwell Private Hospital | 6.8 km (4.3 miles) |
| Police station | Canvey Island Police Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Mfg - Long Road | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 9.0 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 4,140 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,800 m² | 360 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Roman saltern 260m south east of Great Russell Head Farm, Canvey Island | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hole Haven | Tidal water | 910 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Holehaven Point | Wetland | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Canvey Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) east |
| Benfleet Downs | Wood | 3.1 km (2 miles) north-east |
| Round Hill | Hill | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
| Thundersley Glen | Valley | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 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 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
1 of the street's 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Canvey Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Canvey Island Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 3–7 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Cornelius Vermuyden School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Inadequate (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| William Read Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Food Warehouse SS8 0EJ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 360 m | 5 Very good | 7 Mar 2024 |
| Costa Coffee SS8 0EJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 16 Apr 2025 |
| B&M Retail Ltd SS8 0EJ | Retailers - other | 370 m | 5 Very good | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Marks & Spencer SS8 0EJ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 380 m | 5 Very good | 27 May 2026 |
| The Coffee House SS8 0PQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Aug 2025 |
| The Rosebud Coffee House SS8 0PQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 470 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| Crazy Chef SS8 0PQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 31 Mar 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 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 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) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
Arjan Way · Sandhurst · West Point Place · Romainville Way · Cambria Close · Fenttiman Road · Kings Close · Kings Road
All the streets in SS8 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.
- 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.