Pyrus Place High Garrett, Braintree
31 addresses across 1 postcode (CM7), about 100 m long. USRN 3903448.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (B: 15).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Braintree costs £2,280 a year in 2026-27.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Braintree, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 71 to 73 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Church Lane Surgery, about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 24% 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 criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 143 m². Most common: House, detached (11); House, semi-detached (4). Built: 2025 (9); 2026 (6). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 (32% of about 1,270 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
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 31 addresses are between 71 m and 73 m above sea level (72 m on average).
Broadband
No Ofcom coverage figures for these postcodes.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Braintree 631,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Braintree Freeport 142,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Cressing (Essex) 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Four Releet High Garrett | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Interchange Braintree Town Centre | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.1 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 23.3 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Church Lane Surgery | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Christchurch Pharmacy | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Braintree Dental Centre | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Braintree Community Hospital | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Police station | Braintree Police Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Chelmsford Star Coop Bocking, Bocking | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,950 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 790 m² | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,550 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.8 ha | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bocking windmill, a scheduled monument, 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bocking windmill | Scheduled monument | 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Windmill | Listed building, Grade I | 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Dovecote at The Old Deanery, 380m south of Bocking Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Round Wood | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Hobbs Croft Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Clapgate Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| The Ash Grounds Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Oak Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Polly's Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 31 | 31 |
None of the street's 31 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bocking Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree Hockey Club CM7 5LJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 27 Mar 2025 |
| Millard House CM7 5LJ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Pebmarsh Pride Egg Shed CM7 9SG | Retailers - other | 500 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Church Street (2); On or near Grove Field (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 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 | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 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 5XW: 31 addresses
Nearby streets
Grenadier Way · Monarch Avenue · Grove Orchard · Church Street · Grove Field · Braeburn Drive · Ashpole Road · Hadley Close
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.