Walkey Way Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea
2 addresses across 1 postcode (SS3), about 370 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 37102286.
- Flood: At least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Southend-on-Sea costs £2,265 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 33% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shoeburyness, about 830 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Friars Park, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 3 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 Dr Kumar & Ptnr - Shoebury Hc, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 23% 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 Southend-on-Sea in 2026-27: Band D £2,265 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,510 | £1,762 | £2,013 | £2,265 | £2,769 | £3,272 | £3,775 | £4,530 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (35% of about 1,090 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)
- Car Park Centurion Close, Shoeburyness, Essex, SS3 9UT: up to 9 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 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
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: the 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.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 3 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS3 9SR | 67% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shoeburyness 541,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Thorpe Bay 668,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Southend East 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Blackgate Road Camp Site North Shoebury | 290 m |
| Ferry terminal | Wallasea Island Ferry Landing Canewdon | 9.9 km (6.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Thorpe Esplanade Car Park | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Seaway Car Park GeniePoint | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 55.5 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dr Kumar & Ptnr - Shoebury Hc | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shoebury Pharmacy High Street | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Cambridge Dental Practice | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Wellesley Hospital | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Police station | Southend Police Station | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Great Wakering | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Friars Park 8.1 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,080 m² | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.1 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Growing Together Allotments 4,470 m² | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Manor House, a listed building (Grade II*), 150 m north. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 150 m north |
| Cold War defence boom, Pig's Bay, Shoeburyness | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Defended prehistoric settlement at Shoeburyness, known as the Danish Camp | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| East Beach | Beach | 490 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Pig's Bay | Bay | 710 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Black Grounds | Wetland | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Shoebury Ness | Wetland | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Shoebury Common Beach | Beach | 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
| Weir Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
None of the street's 2 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, railways or aircraft.
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 Southend-on-Sea: see them on the Southend-on-Sea page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friars Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| St George's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hinguar Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
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 | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 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 | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 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 | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 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
- SS3 9SR: 2 addresses of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Suttons Road · Rossiter Road · Walkey Way · Blackgate Road · Suttons Road · Peel Avenue · Brodie Road · Blackgate Road · Newell Avenue
All the streets in SS3 and across Southend-on-Sea.
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.