Michael Wright Way Great Bentley, Tendring
37 addresses across 3 postcodes (CO7), about 890 m (0.6 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 39902885.
- Sales: 54 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £450,000 across 3 sales.
- Energy: 29 homes have an energy certificate (B: 29).
- Flood: 6 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 Tendring costs £2,270 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 50% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Great Bentley, about 720 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 180 m away, and Bentley Green (6.8 hectares) is about 340 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 25 to 26 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 37 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Great Bentley Surgery, about 470 m (0.3 miles) away.
- People: About 800 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | £450,000 | £410,000 | £625,000 |
| 2023 | 10 | £637,500 | £450,000 | £760,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | £460,000 | £407,400 | £750,000 |
| 2021 | 10 | £457,500 | £375,000 | £655,000 |
| 2020 | 5 | £505,000 | £385,000 | £575,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2025 | 26 CO7 8GH | Detached | £410,000 | |
| 28 Mar 2025 | 12 CO7 8GH | Detached | £625,000 | |
| 21 Mar 2025 | 13 CO7 8GH | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2023 | 18 CO7 8GH | Detached | £455,000 | |
| 9 Nov 2023 | 41 CO7 8GH | Detached | £625,000 | New build. |
| 27 Oct 2023 | 64 CO7 8GH | Detached | £595,000 | New build. |
| 12 Sep 2023 | 43 CO7 8GH | Detached | £650,000 | New build. |
| 1 Aug 2023 | 45 CO7 8GH | Detached | £760,000 | New build. |
| 11 May 2023 | 62 CO7 8GH | Detached | £650,000 | New build. |
| 26 Apr 2023 | 50 CO7 8GH | Detached | £450,000 | New build. |
| 24 Feb 2023 | 15 CO7 8GH | Detached | £499,000 | New build. |
| 8 Feb 2023 | 66 CO7 8GH | Detached | £755,000 | New build. |
| 10 Jan 2023 | 47 CO7 8GH | Detached | £699,995 | New build. |
| 21 Dec 2022 | 37 CO7 8GH | Detached | £485,000 | New build. |
| 21 Dec 2022 | 39 CO7 8GH | Detached | £485,000 | New build. |
| 18 Nov 2022 | 33 CO7 8GH | Detached | £465,000 | New build. |
| 17 Nov 2022 | 52 CO7 8GH | Detached | £465,000 | New build. |
| 14 Nov 2022 | 58 CO7 8GH | Detached | £475,000 | New build. |
| 11 Nov 2022 | 56 CO7 8GH | Detached | £475,000 | New build. |
| 4 Nov 2022 | 35 CO7 8GH | Detached | £462,000 | New build. |
| 21 Oct 2022 | 60 CO7 8GH | Detached | £459,000 | New build. |
| 21 Oct 2022 | 17 CO7 8GH | Detached | £419,995 | New build. |
| 20 Oct 2022 | 48 CO7 8GH | Detached | £460,000 | New build. |
| 16 Sep 2022 | 54 CO7 8GH | Detached | £459,000 | New build. |
| 17 Aug 2022 | 32 CO7 8GH | Detached | £750,000 | New build. |
| 15 Jul 2022 | 36 CO7 8GH | Detached | £425,000 | New build. |
| 1 Jun 2022 | 19 CO7 8GH | Other | £365,938 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 May 2022 | 46 CO7 8GH | Detached | £407,400 | New build. |
| 19 May 2022 | 34 CO7 8GH | Detached | £425,000 | New build. |
| 19 May 2022 | 44 CO7 8GH | Detached | £420,000 | New build. |
| 11 Mar 2022 | 11 CO7 8GH | Detached | £460,000 | New build. |
| 18 Feb 2022 | 26 CO7 8GH | Detached | £435,000 | New build. |
| 17 Feb 2022 | 30 CO7 8GH | Detached | £415,000 | New build. |
| 17 Feb 2022 | 28 CO7 8GH | Detached | £415,000 | New build. |
| 28 Jan 2022 | 5 CO7 8GH | Detached | £595,000 | New build. |
| 21 Jan 2022 | 7 CO7 8GH | Detached | £570,000 | New build. |
| 20 Dec 2021 | 9 CO7 8GH | Detached | £460,000 | New build. |
| 20 Dec 2021 | 13 CO7 8GH | Detached | £415,000 | New build. |
| 10 Dec 2021 | 4 CO7 8GH | Detached | £655,000 | New build. |
| 7 Oct 2021 | 38 CO7 8GH | Other | £142,562 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 10 Sep 2021 | 3 CO7 8GH | Detached | £436,000 | New build. |
| 3 Sep 2021 | 22 CO7 8GH | Detached | £600,000 | New build. |
| 3 Sep 2021 | 1 CO7 8GH | Detached | £435,000 | New build. |
| 20 Aug 2021 | 20 CO7 8GH | Detached | £595,000 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 6 Aug 2021 | 18 CO7 8GH | Detached | £455,000 | New build. |
| 6 Aug 2021 | 16 CO7 8GH | Detached | £375,000 | New build. |
| 4 Aug 2021 | 33 CO7 8GH | Other | £900,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Jun 2021 | 24 CO7 8GH | Detached | £590,000 | New build. |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 14 CO7 8GH | Detached | £575,000 | New build. |
| 25 Nov 2020 | 12 CO7 8GH | Detached | £575,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
29 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 108 m². Most common: House, detached (21); Bungalow, detached (5); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 2021 (13); 2022 (11); 2018 (3).
Council tax
What each band costs in Tendring in 2026-27: Band D £2,270 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,513 | £1,765 | £2,017 | £2,270 | £2,774 | £3,278 | £3,783 | £4,539 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (30% of about 1,500 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)
- Sturricks Farm, Sturrick Lane, Great Bentley, Colchester, Essex, permissioned (630 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 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 5 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO7 8GH | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 4 | unlikely |
| CO7 8GG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 4 / 4 | unlikely |
| CO7 8RR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 38 addresses are between 25 m and 26 m above sea level (25 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO7 8GG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CO7 8GH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CO7 8RR | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Great Bentley 105,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Weeley 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Alresford (Essex) 97,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sturrick Lane Great Bentley | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Brightlingsea Ferry Landing | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 41.2 km (26 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 57.5 km (36 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Great Bentley Surgery | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Green Pharmacy | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Natrelles | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Clacton Hospital | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Police station | Essex Police | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 750 m² | 180 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Bentley Green 6.8 ha | 340 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 240 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.0 ha | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Michael Mitchell Memorial Allotments 4,780 m² | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 6.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Alder Car | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Lodge Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| The Woodlands | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Tenpenny Hill | Hill | 3.2 km (2 miles) south-west |
| Mill Dam | Lake or reservoir | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-west |
| Eastmarsh Point | Wetland | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 36 | 37 |
1 of the street's 37 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 Tendring: see them on the Tendring page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bentley Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 740 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ham's Burgers CO7 8LT | Mobile caterer | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 23 Jan 2018 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Pump Lane (2); On or near Michael Wright Way (1); On or near Moor'S Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
- CO7 8GH: 30 addresses of 62 in the postcode
- CO7 8GG: 6 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- CO7 8RR: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Hills Close · Speedwell Walk · Lang Way · Pump Lane · Bells Way · Moors Close · Moors Lane · Laburnum Close · Newman Fields
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.