Drywoods, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford

MyStreetCheck free street report: Drywoods, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/chelmsford-essex/drywoods/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CM3 5ZG.

Average price (last 12 months)

£541,898

4 sales

Average price (since 2016)

£492,638

26 sales

Price range

£312k – £810k

lowest to highest sale

Last sale

17 Aug 2026

CM3 5ZG

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At a glance

House prices£542k average25% above the Chelmsford average CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 90% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 9 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station18 min walkSouth Woodham Ferrers station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 28 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

26 property sales on Drywoods, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 4 homes sold here for an average of £541,898. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £557,631. Average sale prices rose from £429,250 in 2016 to £560,000 in 2026 (+30%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 25% above the Chelmsford average of £433,921 over the same period. 6 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 5 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 62% detached, 38% terraced. Recorded sale prices on Drywoods range from £312,000 to £810,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 449 streets in Chelmsford with at least two sales in the last year, Drywoods ranks 86th for average price.

House prices on Drywoods compared

Drywoods£541,898

CM3 postcode area£478,585

Chelmsford£433,921

England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all CM3 house prices.

Average sale price by year

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 28 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

Type	Sales	Average price	Last sold
Detached	16	£557,631	17 Aug 2026
Terraced	10	£388,650	31 Mar 2026

Sold prices on Drywoods

Address	Date	Price	Type	Tenure
36, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	17 Aug 2026	£620,000	Detached	Freehold
46, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	27 Apr 2026	£620,000	Detached	Freehold
54, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	31 Mar 2026	£440,000	Terraced	Freehold
38, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	2 Dec 2025	£487,590	Detached	Freehold
58, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	27 Oct 2025	£436,000	Terraced	Freehold
58, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	27 Oct 2025	£438,000	Terraced	Freehold
20, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	24 Jun 2025	£740,000	Detached	Freehold
16, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	2 May 2025	£810,000	Detached	Freehold
7, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	24 Jan 2025	£450,000	Terraced	Freehold
71, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	25 Oct 2024	£412,500	Detached	Freehold
42, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	16 Dec 2022	£430,000	Terraced	Freehold
22, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	23 Sep 2021	£530,000	Detached	Freehold
20, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	20 Aug 2021	£660,000	Detached	Freehold
60, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	12 Aug 2021	£399,995	Terraced	Freehold
32, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	28 Aug 2020	£575,000	Detached	Freehold
54, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	17 Aug 2020	£372,500	Terraced	Freehold
44, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	19 Jul 2019	£515,000	Detached	Freehold
23, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	21 Mar 2019	£510,000	Detached	Freehold
42, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	15 Oct 2018	£371,000	Terraced	Freehold
58, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	23 Jul 2018	£350,000	Terraced	Freehold
19, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	21 Feb 2018	£575,000	Detached	Freehold
54, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	27 Sep 2017	£375,000	Terraced	Freehold
2, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	25 Sep 2017	£510,000	Detached	Freehold
7, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	22 Mar 2017	£338,000	Terraced	Freehold
12, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	1 Dec 2016	£535,000	Detached	Freehold
61, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	30 Sep 2016	£312,000	Detached	Freehold
2, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	22 Jul 2016	£510,000	Detached	Freehold
50, Drywoods CM3 5ZG	13 Jun 2016	£360,000	Terraced	Freehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

Address	Sales	Change
54, Drywoods	£375,000 (Sep 2017) → £372,500 (Aug 2020) → £440,000 (Mar 2026)	+17% over 9 yrs
58, Drywoods	£350,000 (Jul 2018) → £438,000 (Oct 2025)	+25% over 7 yrs
20, Drywoods	£660,000 (Aug 2021) → £740,000 (Jun 2025)	+12% over 4 yrs
7, Drywoods	£338,000 (Mar 2017) → £450,000 (Jan 2025)	+33% over 8 yrs
42, Drywoods	£371,000 (Oct 2018) → £430,000 (Dec 2022)	+16% over 4 yrs
2, Drywoods	£510,000 (Jul 2016) → £510,000 (Sep 2017)	+0% over 1 yr

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Schools near Drywoods

School	Type	Ages	Ofsted	Distance
Collingwood Primary School 208 pupils	Primary	4–11	Report	0.6 mi
Elmwood Primary School 414 pupils	Primary	4–11	Report	0.6 mi
Riverside Primary School 422 pupils	Primary	4–11	Report	0.7 mi
Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers 132 pupils	Primary Church of England	4–11	Report	0.7 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SWF 180 pupils	Primary Roman Catholic	2–11	Good Report	0.7 mi
William de Ferrers School 1,237 pupils	Secondary	11–18	Report	0.7 mi
Woodville Primary School 412 pupils	Primary	5–11	Report	1.1 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

South Woodham Ferrers station 0.9 mi · 18 min walk
Battlesbridge station 2.1 mi · 43 min walk
Hockley station 3.1 mi · 1 hr 2 min walk

Nearest bus stops

Broughton Road (E-bound, Broughton Rd) 4 min walk
Broughton Road (W-bound, Broughton Rd) 5 min walk
Hallowell Down (opp, Inchbonnie Rd) 5 min walk
Gandalfs Ride (adj, Inchbonnie Rd) 5 min walk

GP surgeries

Conner & Partners
175 Ferry Road, Hullbridge, Hockley · 0.9 mi
Kingsway Surgery
Crouch Vale Medical Centre, Burnham Road, Chelmsford · 1.1 mi
Downhall Park Surgery
49 Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh · 2.4 mi
Church View Surgery
The Jones Family Practice, 55 Southend Road, Hockley · 3.2 mi

Supermarkets

Asda Superstore Asda South Woodham Ferrers Superstore · 0.5 mi
The Co-operative Food Co-op Baron Road South Woodham Ferrers · 0.6 mi
Spar Spar - South Woodham · 0.8 mi
The Co-operative Food Co-op Hullbridge · 1.1 mi

Pharmacies

Govani Chemists · 0.6 mi
Allied Pharmacy South Woodham Ferrers · 0.6 mi
Ferry Pharmacy · 0.9 mi

Dentists

Unit 21 · 0.6 mi
Dental Surgery · 0.6 mi
Brickfields Dental Practice · 0.6 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income	10 of 10
Employment	10 of 10
Education and skills	6 of 10
Health and disability	10 of 10
Crime	10 of 10
Access to housing and services	2 of 10
Living environment	10 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

	Here	Eng & Wales
Owned	94.0%	62.5%
Private rented	5.8%	20.3%
Social rented	0.2%	17.1%
Households	514

People

	Here	Eng & Wales
Under 15	15.9%	17.4%
Aged 15–64	60.4%	64.1%
Aged 65+	23.7%	18.6%
Residents	1,353

Broadband

	Here	UK
Superfast (30Mbit+)	100%	95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)	100%	80%
Gigabit-capable	100%	80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

	Here	Eng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks	83%	89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network	100%	100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks	99%	99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks	89%	92%

Share of homes across Chelmsford with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Drywoods

Ethnic group

	Here	Chelmsford
White	94.6%	88.5%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	2.4%	5.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.9%	2.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	1%	2.6%
Other ethnic group	0%	0.9%

Religion

	Here	Chelmsford
Christian	53.8%	48%
No religion	39.6%	41.2%
Not answered	4.7%	5.8%
Hindu	0.8%	1.7%
Jewish	0.4%	0.2%
Muslim	0.3%	2%
Other religion	0.3%	0.4%
Buddhist	0.1%	0.5%

Country of birth

	Here	Chelmsford
Born in the UK	95.1%	88.1%
Born outside the UK	4.9%	11.9%

Highest qualification

	Here	Chelmsford
Level 4 qualifications and above	30.3%	33.9%
Level 3 qualifications	19.2%	17.5%
Level 2 qualifications	17.7%	15.2%
No qualifications	13.3%	15.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	12.2%	10.4%
Apprenticeship	4.7%	5.2%
Other qualifications	2.5%	2.6%

General health

	Here	Chelmsford
Very good health	56%	51.6%
Good health	33.9%	33.8%
Fair health	7.7%	11%
Bad health	1.7%	2.8%
Very bad health	0.7%	0.8%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	Chelmsford
2 cars or vans in household	41.7%	31%
1 car or van in household	32.4%	41.9%
3 or more cars or vans in household	21.4%	12.3%
No cars or vans in household	4.5%	14.9%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Chelmsford.

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