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Sweet Briar Road, Stanway, Colchester

MyStreetCheck free street report: Sweet Briar Road, Stanway, Colchester · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/colchester-essex/sweet-briar-road/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CO3 0HJ, CO3 0HH.

Average price (last 12 months)
£400,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£304,661
22 sales
Price range
£190k – £400k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
7 Nov 2025
CO3 0HJ

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At a glance

House prices£305k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station47 min walkColchester station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 24 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

22 property sales on Sweet Briar Road, Stanway, Colchester have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £400,000. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £309,784. Average sale prices rose from £224,000 in 2016 to £335,000 in 2025 (+50%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 73% detached, 27% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Sweet Briar Road range from £190,000 to £400,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold.

House prices on Sweet Briar Road compared

CO3 postcode area£360,427
Colchester£356,821
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Sweet Briar Road has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all CO3 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £224,000 (2 sales)2016£224k2017: £310,000 (1 sales)2017£310k2018: £325,000 (3 sales)2018£325k2019: £270,000 (2 sales)2019£270k2020: £285,667 (3 sales)2020£286k2021: £326,500 (4 sales)2021£327k2022: £368,275 (2 sales)2022£368k2023: £295,000 (2 sales)2023£295k2024: £270,000 (1 sales)2024£270k2025: £335,000 (2 sales)2025£335k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 24 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached16£309,7847 Nov 2025
Semi-detached6£291,00010 Jul 2025

Sold prices on Sweet Briar Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
34, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 7 Nov 2025£400,000 DetachedFreehold
8, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 10 Jul 2025£270,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
19, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 31 May 2024£270,000 DetachedFreehold
19, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 29 Sep 2023£190,000 DetachedFreehold
27, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 25 Jul 2023£280,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 11 Jan 2023£400,000 DetachedFreehold
3, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 29 Jul 2022£380,000 DetachedFreehold
18, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 14 Feb 2022£356,550 DetachedFreehold
10, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 6 Sep 2021£286,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
7, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 28 May 2021£365,000 DetachedFreehold
67, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HH 25 Feb 2021£375,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
31, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 23 Feb 2021£280,000 DetachedFreehold
51, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 30 Sep 2020£267,000 DetachedFreehold
15, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 18 Sep 2020£305,000 DetachedFreehold
73, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HH 5 Jun 2020£285,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
37, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 29 Oct 2019£262,000 DetachedFreehold
7, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 1 May 2019£278,000 DetachedFreehold
73, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HH 4 Oct 2018£300,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 23 Feb 2018£350,000 DetachedFreehold
9, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 12 Feb 2018£325,000 DetachedFreehold
15, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 1 Jun 2017£310,000 DetachedFreehold
73, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HH 23 May 2016£230,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
55, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HH 13 May 2016£285,000 DetachedFreehold
23, Sweet Briar Road CO3 0HJ 7 Mar 2016£218,000 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
19, Sweet Briar Road £190,000 (Sep 2023) → £270,000 (May 2024) +42%
over under a year
51, Sweet Briar Road £267,000 (Sep 2020) → £400,000 (Jan 2023) +50%
over 2 yrs
7, Sweet Briar Road £278,000 (May 2019) → £365,000 (May 2021) +31%
over 2 yrs
15, Sweet Briar Road £310,000 (Jun 2017) → £305,000 (Sep 2020) -2%
over 3 yrs
73, Sweet Briar Road £230,000 (May 2016) → £300,000 (Oct 2018) → £285,000 (Jun 2020) +24%
over 4 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Sweet Briar Road

Crime

138 crimes were reported within about a mile of Sweet Briar Road in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences53
Anti-social behaviour32
Public order13
Shoplifting13
Criminal damage & arson10
Vehicle crime7

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Sweet Briar Road is in or near 3 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • The River Colne from Halstead to Lexden Flood warning area
  • The River Colne from Great Yeldham to Colchester Flood alert area
  • The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Sweet Briar Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Stanway Primary School 390 pupils Primary 5–11 Good Report 0.4 mi
Holmwood House School 395 pupils Other independent school 0–16 Report 0.4 mi
Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils 236 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.5 mi
Lexden Springs School 301 pupils Academy special sponsor led 3–19 Inadequate Report 0.5 mi
The Stanway School 1,396 pupils Secondary 11–16 Report 0.5 mi
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester 252 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 2–11 Report 0.7 mi
Home Farm Primary School 422 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Stanway Fiveways Primary School 473 pupils Primary 5–11 Good Report 0.7 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

  • Colchester station 2.4 mi · 47 min walk
  • Marks Tey station 2.5 mi · 50 min walk
  • Colchester Town station 2.8 mi · 56 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Tudor Rose Close (opp, Halstead Rd) 3 min walk
  • Lucy Lane South (adj, London Rd) 3 min walk
  • Garage (adj, London Rd) 3 min walk
  • Garage (opp, London Rd) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Winstree Medical Practice
    84 Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester · 0.5 mi
  • Tollgate Health Centre
    145 London Road, Stanway, Colchester · 0.5 mi
  • Ambrose Avenue Group Practice
    76 Ambrose Avenue, Colchester · 1.2 mi
  • Creffield Medical Group
    Creffield Medical Centre, 15 Cavalry Road, Colchester · 2.3 mi

Supermarkets

  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Colchester Stanway Villa · 0.3 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Stanway · 0.5 mi
  • Iceland Iceland Colchester · 0.6 mi
  • Cook Cook Colchester · 0.6 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.5 mi
  • Ambrose Pharmacy · 1.2 mi
  • Prettygate Pharmacy · 1.3 mi

Dentists

  • The Zen Dental Clinic · 0.5 mi
  • Brickstables Dental & Implant Clinic · 0.6 mi
  • 118 Straight Road [dental Practice] · 0.9 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.

Income8 of 10
Employment8 of 10
Education and skills7 of 10
Health and disability7 of 10
Crime6 of 10
Access to housing and services7 of 10
Living environment5 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned83.1%62.5%
Private rented14.4%20.3%
Social rented2.5%17.1%
Households720

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1513.9%17.4%
Aged 15–6459.5%64.1%
Aged 65+26.6%18.6%
Residents1,595

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 networks84%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network99%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks99%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks86%92%

Share of homes across Colchester 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 Sweet Briar Road

Ethnic group

HereColchester
White91.3%87%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4%5.1%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%3.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%2.9%
Other ethnic group0.6%1.5%

Religion

HereColchester
Christian50.1%44.4%
No religion41.2%44.3%
Not answered4.7%6.2%
Hindu1.8%1.3%
Muslim1%2.1%
Buddhist0.4%0.7%
Other religion0.4%0.6%
Sikh0.3%–

Country of birth

HereColchester
Born in the UK90.2%85.5%
Born outside the UK9.8%14.5%

Highest qualification

HereColchester
Level 4 qualifications and above25.8%32.2%
No qualifications18.8%15.4%
Level 3 qualifications17.6%19.5%
Level 2 qualifications15%14.8%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%10.3%
Apprenticeship6.3%5.2%
Other qualifications4%2.6%

General health

HereColchester
Very good health43.5%49.2%
Good health39.8%34.7%
Fair health12.6%11.9%
Bad health3.6%3.3%
Very bad health0.6%0.9%

Cars or vans per household

HereColchester
1 car or van in household41.3%42.3%
2 cars or vans in household33.1%29.1%
No cars or vans in household15.5%18.2%
3 or more cars or vans in household10%10.4%

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 Colchester.

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