Bocking South · Braintree · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Gilchrist Way, Braintree, CM7 2SY | 5 March 2026 | £290,000 |
| 6, Gilchrist Way, Braintree, CM7 2SY | 10 December 2021 | £287,000 |
| 16, Gilchrist Way, Braintree, CM7 2SY | 1 August 2018 | £185,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree
Voluntary aided school
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery
Community school
Tabor Academy
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
47 female, 36 male
1,374 residents
810 residents
1,970 residents
1,871 residents
1,330 residents
This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM7 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
4
within 5 km
92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY
ODS code F81087
624 m
MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE
ODS code F81132
657 m
BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN
ODS code F81014
1.1 km
TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN
ODS code F81683
1.1 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Pygot Place
BCT · Bocking
Pygot Place
BCT · Bocking
Dale House
BCT · Bocking
Tabor High School
BCT · Braintree
Tabor High School
BCT · Braintree
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 008C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
4 of 10
Overall England rank
10,826 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £288,500 from 2 recorded sales in CM7 2SY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Braintree is £330,637 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.
Published establishments
19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree is the nearest published school at 107 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
2,236 published events cover 12 months, averaging 186.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,082 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.