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Nelson Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester

MyStreetCheck free street report: Nelson Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/colchester-essex/nelson-street/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CO7 0DZ, CO7 0DN.

Average price (last 12 months)
£193,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£205,847
36 sales
Price range
£129k – £368k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
5 Jun 2026
CO7 0DZ

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At a glance

House prices£206k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 4 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station1 hr 6 min walkAlresford (Essex) station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband89% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 40 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

36 property sales on Nelson Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £193,000. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £187,611. 8 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 7 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 50% terraced, 44% semi-detached, 6% detached. Recorded sale prices on Nelson Street range from £128,750 to £368,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold.

House prices on Nelson Street compared

CO7 postcode area£395,860
Colchester£356,821
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Nelson Street has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all CO7 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £153,036 (7 sales)2016£153k2017: £179,500 (4 sales)2017£180k2018: £221,875 (4 sales)2018£222k2019: £179,000 (2 sales)2019£179k2020: £191,800 (5 sales)2020£192k2021: £183,000 (1 sales)2021£183k2022: £261,938 (4 sales)2022£262k2023: £252,000 (3 sales)2023£252k2024: £232,500 (2 sales)2024£233k2025: £257,333 (3 sales)2025£257k2026: £193,000 (1 sales)2026£193k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 40 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Terraced18£187,6115 Jun 2026
Semi-detached16£222,90617 Oct 2025
Detached2£233,50028 Mar 2025

Sold prices on Nelson Street

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
10, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 5 Jun 2026£193,000 TerracedFreehold
28, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 17 Oct 2025£275,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
1, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 29 Aug 2025£225,000 TerracedFreehold
31, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 28 Mar 2025£272,000 DetachedFreehold
48, Nelson Street CO7 0DN 6 Dec 2024£235,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
22, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 20 Nov 2024£230,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
21, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 23 Nov 2023£170,000 TerracedFreehold
79, Nelson Street CO7 0DN 29 Sep 2023£193,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
57, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 3 May 2023£218,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
36, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 28 Apr 2023£345,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 12 Dec 2022£275,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
40, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 28 Jul 2022£368,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
23, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 30 Mar 2022£210,000 TerracedFreehold
81, Nelson Street CO7 0DN 21 Jan 2022£194,750 TerracedFreehold
59, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 24 Jun 2021£183,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
26, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 26 Nov 2020£205,000 TerracedFreehold
15, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 23 Oct 2020£170,000 TerracedFreehold
6, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 11 Sep 2020£198,000 TerracedFreehold
4, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 3 Sep 2020£220,000 TerracedFreehold
13, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 17 Jan 2020£166,000 TerracedFreehold
85, Nelson Street CO7 0DN 10 Oct 2019£215,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
23, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 9 Aug 2019£168,000 TerracedFreehold
39, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 15 Apr 2019£190,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
61, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 26 Oct 2018£247,500 TerracedFreehold
77, Nelson Street CO7 0DN 21 Sep 2018£188,000 TerracedFreehold
39, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 10 Aug 2018£175,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
40, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 3 Apr 2018£277,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
5, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 29 Nov 2017£202,500 TerracedFreehold
15, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 13 Oct 2017£171,000 TerracedFreehold
67, Nelson Street CO7 0DN 5 Oct 2017£130,000 TerracedFreehold
7, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 25 Sep 2017£175,000 TerracedFreehold
9, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 24 Jul 2017£169,500 TerracedFreehold
8, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 12 Jun 2017£145,000 TerracedFreehold
39, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 9 Dec 2016£172,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
29, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 5 Aug 2016£140,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
15, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 1 Jul 2016£128,750 TerracedFreehold
31, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 1 Jul 2016£195,000 DetachedFreehold
39, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 19 May 2016£155,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
9, Nelson Street CO7 0DZ 8 Apr 2016£145,000 TerracedFreehold
48, Nelson Street CO7 0DN 8 Jan 2016£135,000 Semi-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
28, Nelson Street £275,000 (Dec 2022) → £275,000 (Oct 2025) +0%
over 3 yrs
31, Nelson Street £195,000 (Jul 2016) → £272,000 (Mar 2025) +39%
over 9 yrs
48, Nelson Street £135,000 (Jan 2016) → £235,000 (Dec 2024) +74%
over 9 yrs
40, Nelson Street £277,000 (Apr 2018) → £368,000 (Jul 2022) +33%
over 4 yrs
23, Nelson Street £168,000 (Aug 2019) → £210,000 (Mar 2022) +25%
over 3 yrs
15, Nelson Street £128,750 (Jul 2016) → £171,000 (Oct 2017) → £170,000 (Oct 2020) +32%
over 4 yrs
39, Nelson Street £155,000 (May 2016) → £172,500 (Dec 2016) → £175,000 (Aug 2018) → £190,000 (Apr 2019) +23%
over 3 yrs
9, Nelson Street £145,000 (Apr 2016) → £169,500 (Jul 2017) +17%
over 1 yr

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Schools near Nelson Street

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery 653 pupils Primary 2–11 Good Report 0.1 mi
Colne Community School 1,289 pupils Secondary 11–16 Good Report 0.8 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

  • Alresford (Essex) station 3.3 mi · 1 hr 6 min walk
  • Great Bentley station 3.4 mi · 1 hr 9 min walk
  • Wivenhoe station 4.4 mi · 1 hr 27 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Station Road (SW-bound, Station Rd) 2 min walk
  • Station Road (NE-bound, Station Rd) 3 min walk
  • Victoria Place (W-bound, Victoria Place) 3 min walk
  • Victoria Place (E-bound, Victoria Place) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Colne Medical Centre
    40 Station Road, Brightlingsea, Colchester · 0.1 mi

Supermarkets

  • Spar Spar - Brightlingsea Post Office · 0.1 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Co-op Brightlingsea Foodstore · 0.1 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Brightlingsea Express · 0.2 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsbury's Brightlingsea · 0.9 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.2 mi

Dentists

  • Brightling Sea Dental Practice · 0.2 mi
  • Colne View Dental Surgery · 0.3 mi
  • Natrelles · 0.5 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 4 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.

Income5 of 10
Employment5 of 10
Education and skills3 of 10
Health and disability5 of 10
Crime5 of 10
Access to housing and services2 of 10
Living environment2 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned58.8%62.5%
Private rented38.8%20.3%
Social rented2.3%17.1%
Households1,006

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1517.5%17.4%
Aged 15–6462.5%64.1%
Aged 65+19.9%18.6%
Residents2,058

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)89%80%
Gigabit-capable89%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 networks77%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks99%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks87%92%

Share of homes across Tendring 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 Nelson Street

Ethnic group

HereTendring
White96.4%96.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%1.6%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%1.2%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%0.6%
Other ethnic group0.3%0.4%

Religion

HereTendring
No religion55.7%43.2%
Christian38%49.3%
Not answered4.8%5.9%
Other religion0.7%0.5%
Hindu0.4%0.2%
Muslim0.3%0.4%
Buddhist0.1%0.3%
Jewish0%0.2%

Country of birth

HereTendring
Born in the UK94.5%95%
Born outside the UK5.5%5%

Highest qualification

HereTendring
Level 4 qualifications and above27.6%19.9%
No qualifications17%26.2%
Level 3 qualifications16.8%15.6%
Level 2 qualifications16.2%15.3%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%12.9%
Apprenticeship6.5%6.8%
Other qualifications3.4%3.3%

General health

HereTendring
Very good health44%39.4%
Good health35.7%35.6%
Fair health15.4%17.2%
Bad health4%6%
Very bad health0.9%1.8%

Cars or vans per household

HereTendring
1 car or van in household52.8%43.3%
2 cars or vans in household25%25.8%
No cars or vans in household15.7%20.1%
3 or more cars or vans in household6.5%10.8%

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 Tendring.

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