St Michael's Drive Roxwell, Chelmsford
99 addresses across 5 postcodes (CM1), about 570 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 6601682.
- Energy: 63 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 12, D: 26, E: 20, F: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 G; Band D in Chelmsford costs £2,300 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chelmsford, about 6.4 km (4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 39 to 50 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 99 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Writtle Surgery, about 3.8 km (2.4 miles) away.
- People: About 1,110 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 13 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
63 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 86 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (26); House, mid-terrace (7); Bungalow, semi-detached (7). Built: 1950-1966 (48); 1930-1949 (5); 1991-1995 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (33); rented (social) (16); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (27 addresses)
- 1, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 1b, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 2 School Bungalows, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 5, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 6, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 7, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 11, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 13, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 17, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 22, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 24, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 31, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 36, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 37, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 39, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 41, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 45, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 46, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 48, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 51, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 55, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 60, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 64, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 73 St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 78, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 80, St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
- 82 St. Michaels Drive, Roxwell
Council tax
What each band costs in Chelmsford in 2026-27: Band D £2,300 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,533 | £1,789 | £2,045 | £2,300 | £2,811 | £3,322 | £3,834 | £4,600 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (20% of about 1,410 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)
- 59-63 Garage Block Rear of St Michaels Drive Roxwell Chelmsford: up to 3 homes, permissioned (250 m)
- Site at Dukes Manor The Street Roxwell Chelmsford: up to 1 home, permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
- Site at Dukes Manor The Street Roxwell Chelmsford, permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 20 October 2026 to 26 October 2026: ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway, carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 17 August 2026 to 21 August 2026: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the carriageway (standard works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 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 21 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 2 low and 0 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM1 4NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM1 4NX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM1 4NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CM1 4PE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| CM1 4PF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 99 addresses are between 39 m and 50 m above sea level (46 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM1 4NT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM1 4NU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM1 4NX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM1 4PE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM1 4PF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chelmsford 7.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Ingatestone 779,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Shenfield 5.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.5 km (8.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St Michael's Drive Roxwell | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Chelmsford City Centre | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 18.1 km (11 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Writtle Surgery | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | The Village Pharmacy | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Broomfield Hospital | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Police station | Chelmsford Police Station | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Writtle, Writtle Cashzone | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 180 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.5 ha | 120 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,020 m² | 100 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Michael and All Angels, a listed building (Grade II*), 400 m (0.2 miles) north-east. 15 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Michael and All Angels | Listed building, Grade II* | 400 m (0.2 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hopgarden Spring | Wood | 830 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Ring Grove | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Cooley Spring | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Newland Osiers | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Moat Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km (2 miles) north-west |
| Winchmore Hill | Hill | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 | 98 | 99 |
1 of the street's 99 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 Chelmsford: see them on the Chelmsford page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxwell Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 310 m | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxwell Church Of England Primary School CM1 4PE | School/college/university | 340 m | 5 Very good | 3 Jun 2026 |
| Roxwell Pre-school CM1 4PA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Feb 2025 |
| The Memorial Hall CM1 4PA | Other catering premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt | |
| The Chequers CM1 4PD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Stonehill Road (5); On or near Mill Close (4); On or near St Michael'S Drive (3); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 20 October 2026 to 27 October 2026 (give and take) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- CM1 4NU: 50 addresses of 51 in the postcode
- CM1 4NX: 42 addresses of 43 in the postcode
- CM1 4NT: 5 addresses
- CM1 4PE: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
- CM1 4PF: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Mill View Court · Mill Close · Vicarage Road · Church Green
All the streets in CM1 and across Chelmsford.
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.