8 Wavell Close
Last sold
£160,000
May 2026
Previous sales
Every sale of this address since 1995, newest first.
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What is around it
Size, energy rating, walls and flood risk.
Broadband
Every home in this postcode can get gigabit broadband (full fibre or cable): 1,000 Mb or more.
As of July 2025, for the whole postcode. What you can actually get depends on the provider.
Schools nearby
The nearest primary and secondary schools, as the crow flies, with their latest Ofsted inspection.
Primary schools
Springfield Primary School Ages 4 to 11 · 409 pupils
Report card, 2026
0.4 miles
Perryfields Infant School Ages 5 to 7 · 180 pupils
No grade
0.6 miles
The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School Ages 5 to 11 · 437 pupils · Church of England/Roman Catholic
No grade
0.6 miles
Secondary schools
The Beaulieu Park School Ages 4 to 19 · 1,763 pupils
Outstanding, 2023
0.3 miles
The Boswells School Ages 11 to 18 · 1,423 pupils
No grade
0.6 miles
St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford Ages 11 to 18 · 1,241 pupils · Roman Catholic
No grade
1.3 miles
Distance is a straight line, not the walk. Being close is not a promise of a place: each school has its own admissions rules.
What’s nearby
Shops, places to eat, things to do and getting about.
Supermarkets
Within a 15-minute walk
0
Restaurants
2
Cafés
Coffee Squared, Costa
1
Pubs and bars
The Gardeners
2
Takeaways
Domino's, Churchill's Fish & Chips
Everyday
Things to do
Getting about
Distances are as the crow flies; walking times are rough, by the streets.
Recently sold nearby
Sold prices, from the area on the map, last two years.
Move or zoom the map to change what is listed below. Dots show the middle of a postcode, not a front door, and a sale counts as on the map by that middle — so one near the edge may fall either side of it.
9 Knapton Close
August 2026
£382,500
4 Tythe Close
August 2026
£435,000
30 Anvil Way
August 2026
£675,000
24 Paddock Drive
August 2026
£425,000
13 Tythe Close
June 2026
£437,500
3 Saddle Rise
June 2026
£390,000
8 Wavell Close
May 2026
£160,000
124 Trenchard Crescent
April 2026
£202,000
11 Paddock Drive
April 2026
£495,000
70 Stirrup Close
February 2026
£374,000
74 Stirrup Close
January 2026
£410,000
42 Stirrup Close
January 2026
£255,000
52 Churchill Rise
January 2026
£200,000
24 Churchill Rise
December 2025
£350,000
18 Blacksmith Close
November 2025
£340,000
60 Trenchard Crescent
October 2025
£450,000
24 Blacksmith Close
September 2025
£325,000
3 Trenchard Crescent
August 2025
£358,000
3 Paddock Drive
July 2025
£485,000
33 Saddle Rise
June 2025
£417,000
12 Blacksmith Close
April 2025
£303,000
40 Trenchard Crescent
April 2025
£435,000
16 Saddle Rise
March 2025
£450,000
140 Trenchard Crescent
March 2025
£380,000
32 Anvil Way
March 2025
£692,500
48 Stirrup Close
February 2025
£235,000
14 Stirrup Close
February 2025
£435,000
13 Stirrup Close
November 2024
£240,000
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Flipometer
Places on the map that were bought, done up and sold on.
Move or zoom the map to change what is listed below. Dots show the middle of a postcode, not a front door, and a sale counts as on the map by that middle — so one near the edge may fall either side of it.
Nothing on the map was bought and sold on again. Move the map, or zoom out a little.
A gap between two sale prices does not prove work was done, and a planning application near a sale does not prove the two are connected. Map OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap.
How this area has changed
Typical prices for flats, now and in years gone by. The twelve months to September 2026 against the same twelve months back then.
| Area | Now | 5 years ago | 10 years ago | 15 years ago | 20 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wavell Close | – | Not enough sales | Not enough sales | Not enough sales | Not enough sales |
| Postcode sector CM1 6 | £185,000 | £182,500 +1% since | £149,995 +23% since | £108,000 +71% since | £116,250 +59% since |
| Chelmsford | £218,000 | £215,000 +1% since | £197,500 +10% since | £132,750 +64% since | £135,000 +61% since |
The typical price is the middle sale of the twelve months, not the average, so one very dear or very cheap sale cannot pull it about. Standard sales only. A figure needs at least 15 sales behind it; with fewer, it says so.
How homes change hands in CM1 6, over the last five years (1,699 sales):
- What sells: 32% detached, 25% semi-detached, 22% flats, 20% terraced, 1% other.
- 22% sold leasehold, and 34% were new builds.
- 213 sales in the last twelve months, against 436 in the same twelve months five years ago.
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