SS7 1QQ
Last sold £185,000 in June 1997
196, Benfleet Road, Benfleet
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,841 sq ft / 171 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Jun 1997 — £185,000
What this home might be worth today
£874,000
Estimate range £831,000–£918,000
+372.6% since June 1997 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 71 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- The King John School 473m
- USP College 1.2km
- Benfleet station 2.2km
- Shipwrights Wood 118m
- The coast (coastline) 1.7km
- Lake 499m
- Pond 213m
- Thames And Medway Canal 17.5km
- Kersey Marsh Sewer 1.4km
- Hadleigh Castle 260m
- King George V Playing Field 104m
- Shop 2.5km
- Shipwrights Drive South (Adj) 186m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Benfleet, 2.2km away
- 37 min London
- 111 min Cambridge
- 119 min Brighton
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 60 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 206, Benfleet Road, Benfleet £940,000 · 2021
- 184, Benfleet Road, Benfleet £892,000 · 2009
- 188, Benfleet Road, Benfleet £770,000 · 2010
- 234, Benfleet Road, Benfleet £670,000 · 2011
- 197, Benfleet Road, Benfleet £1,445,000 · 2025
- 210, Benfleet Road, Benfleet £1,015,000 · 2021
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Demolition of existing conservatory, construction of single storey rear extension and… Mar 2025 source
- Permitted Construction of single storey rear/side extension, first floor side extension, roof… Apr 2025 source
- Permitted Construct front porch and roof alterations Jun 2026 source
- Rejected Removal of condition 4 (Restricted Permitted Development Rights) of permission 25/0495/FUL Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Construct first floor rear extension Nov 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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