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Longacre, Chelmsford

MyStreetCheck free street report: Longacre, Chelmsford · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/chelmsford-essex/longacre/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CM1 3BJ.

Average price (last 12 months)
£495,500
2 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£430,355
30 sales
Price range
£280k – £545k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
6 May 2026
CM1 3BJ

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At a glance

House prices£496k average14% above the Chelmsford average CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station24 min walkChelmsford station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 31 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

30 property sales on Longacre, Chelmsford have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £495,500. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £456,906. Average sale prices rose from £419,333 in 2016 to £495,500 in 2026 (+18%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 14% above the Chelmsford average of £433,921 over the same period. 5 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 53% detached, 47% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Longacre range from £280,000 to £545,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 449 streets in Chelmsford with at least two sales in the last year, Longacre ranks 124th for average price.

House prices on Longacre compared

Longacre£495,500
CM1 postcode area£418,613
Chelmsford£433,921
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all CM1 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £419,333 (3 sales)2016£419k2017: £354,000 (4 sales)2017£354k2018: £387,917 (6 sales)2018£388k2019: £407,500 (4 sales)2019£408k2020: £470,000 (1 sales)2020£470k2021: £467,883 (3 sales)2021£468k2022: £460,667 (3 sales)2022£461k2023: £545,000 (1 sales)2023£545k2024: £520,000 (1 sales)2024£520k2025: £483,750 (2 sales)2025£484k2026: £495,500 (2 sales)2026£496k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 31 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached16£456,9066 May 2026
Semi-detached14£400,01115 Jan 2025

Sold prices on Longacre

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
3, Longacre CM1 3BJ 6 May 2026£465,000 DetachedFreehold
23, Longacre CM1 3BJ 12 Jan 2026£526,000 DetachedFreehold
80, Longacre CM1 3BJ 7 May 2025£532,500 DetachedFreehold
24, Longacre CM1 3BJ 15 Jan 2025£435,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
55, Longacre CM1 3BJ 31 Oct 2024£520,000 DetachedFreehold
82, Longacre CM1 3BJ 23 Jun 2023£545,000 DetachedFreehold
60, Longacre CM1 3BJ 3 Nov 2022£470,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
62, Longacre CM1 3BJ 15 Jul 2022£420,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
49, Longacre CM1 3BJ 7 Jan 2022£492,000 DetachedFreehold
1, Longacre CM1 3BJ 30 Sep 2021£505,000 DetachedFreehold
23, Longacre CM1 3BJ 27 Jul 2021£450,000 DetachedFreehold
72, Longacre CM1 3BJ 9 Apr 2021£448,650 Semi-detachedFreehold
53, Longacre CM1 3BJ 11 Jun 2020£470,000 DetachedFreehold
27, Longacre CM1 3BJ 7 Jun 2019£375,000 DetachedFreehold
30, Longacre CM1 3BJ 23 May 2019£470,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
68, Longacre CM1 3BJ 18 Apr 2019£375,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
27, Longacre CM1 3BJ 31 Jan 2019£328,000 DetachedFreehold
22, Longacre CM1 3BJ 16 Jan 2019£410,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
38, Longacre CM1 3BJ 26 Oct 2018£352,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
43, Longacre CM1 3BJ 25 Oct 2018£440,000 DetachedFreehold
62, Longacre CM1 3BJ 13 Aug 2018£350,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
59, Longacre CM1 3BJ 31 May 2018£410,000 DetachedFreehold
7, Longacre CM1 3BJ 9 May 2018£405,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
35, Longacre CM1 3BJ 27 Apr 2018£370,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
50, Longacre CM1 3BJ 29 Sep 2017£436,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
78, Longacre CM1 3BJ 31 Jul 2017£400,000 DetachedFreehold
74, Longacre CM1 3BJ 6 Apr 2017£300,000 DetachedFreehold
50, Longacre CM1 3BJ 13 Mar 2017£280,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
36, Longacre CM1 3BJ 28 Oct 2016£455,000 DetachedFreehold
58, Longacre CM1 3BJ 29 Apr 2016£378,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
49, Longacre CM1 3BJ 5 Jan 2016£425,000 DetachedFreehold

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

AddressSalesChange
23, Longacre £450,000 (Jul 2021) → £526,000 (Jan 2026) +17%
over 4 yrs
62, Longacre £350,000 (Aug 2018) → £420,000 (Jul 2022) +20%
over 4 yrs
49, Longacre £425,000 (Jan 2016) → £492,000 (Jan 2022) +16%
over 6 yrs
27, Longacre £328,000 (Jan 2019) → £375,000 (Jun 2019) +14%
over under a year
50, Longacre £280,000 (Mar 2017) → £436,000 (Sep 2017) +56%
over under a year

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Schools near Longacre

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Hylands School 614 pupils Secondary 11–18 Requires improvement Report 0.3 mi
Widford Lodge School 179 pupils Other independent school 2–11 Report 0.6 mi
Westlands Community Primary School 571 pupils Primary 5–11 Good Report 0.6 mi
St Cedd's School 321 pupils Other independent school 3–11 Report 0.7 mi
St Anne's School 107 pupils Other independent school 3–11 Report 0.9 mi
Writtle Infant School 178 pupils Primary 4–7 Report 0.9 mi
Oaklands Infant School 168 pupils Primary 5–7 Report 1.0 mi
Writtle Junior School 238 pupils Primary 7–11 Report 1.0 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

  • Chelmsford station 1.2 mi · 24 min walk
  • Beaulieu Park station 3.8 mi · 1 hr 16 min walk
  • Ingatestone station 4.9 mi · 1 hr 37 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Hole in Hedge (opp, Writtle Rd) 2 min walk
  • Hole in Hedge (o/s, Writtle Rd) 2 min walk
  • Robjohns Road (adj, Writtle Rd) 3 min walk
  • Robjohns Road (opp, Writtle Rd) 4 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Whitley House Surgery
    Crompton Bld, Writtle Road, Chelmsford · 0.4 mi
  • The Writtle Surgery
    16A Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford · 0.9 mi
  • Beauchamp House
    37 Baddow Road, Chelmsford · 1.3 mi
  • Rivermead Gate Med.ctr.
    123 Rectory Lane, Chelmsford · 1.5 mi

Supermarkets

  • Marks and Spencer Foodhall M&S Chelmsfood Westway Foodhall · 0.3 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Co-op Forest Drive · 0.4 mi
  • Aldi Aldi Central Chelmsford Chelmsford · 0.4 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Chelmsford Marsham Arms Express · 0.6 mi

Pharmacies

  • Writtle Road Pharmacy · 0.4 mi
  • Tesco In-store Pharmacy · 0.8 mi
  • The Village Pharmacy · 0.9 mi

Dentists

  • Redmayne House Dental Surgery · 0.7 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.7 mi
  • Sharrow Dental Surgery · 0.8 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 8 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.

Income6 of 10
Employment7 of 10
Education and skills8 of 10
Health and disability7 of 10
Crime6 of 10
Access to housing and services10 of 10
Living environment5 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned67.6%62.5%
Private rented17.4%20.3%
Social rented14.7%17.1%
Households632

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1516.2%17.4%
Aged 15–6469.1%64.1%
Aged 65+14.7%18.6%
Residents1,474

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%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

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks83%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks99%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks89%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 Longacre

Ethnic group

HereChelmsford
White86%88.5%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.8%5.3%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.7%2.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%2.6%
Other ethnic group1.3%0.9%

Religion

HereChelmsford
No religion44.3%41.2%
Christian43.5%48%
Not answered5.4%5.8%
Muslim3.3%2%
Hindu1.9%1.7%
Buddhist0.8%0.5%
Other religion0.5%0.4%
Jewish0.2%0.2%

Country of birth

HereChelmsford
Born in the UK83.2%88.1%
Born outside the UK16.8%11.9%

Highest qualification

HereChelmsford
Level 4 qualifications and above38.3%33.9%
Level 3 qualifications17.5%17.5%
No qualifications13.5%15.2%
Level 2 qualifications13.5%15.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%10.4%
Apprenticeship4.9%5.2%
Other qualifications2.1%2.6%

General health

HereChelmsford
Very good health50.2%51.6%
Good health34.8%33.8%
Fair health11%11%
Bad health3.2%2.8%
Very bad health0.8%0.8%

Cars or vans per household

HereChelmsford
1 car or van in household44.3%41.9%
2 cars or vans in household30.3%31%
No cars or vans in household14%14.9%
3 or more cars or vans in household11.4%12.3%

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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