SS7 3YL
Last sold £108,000 in December 2001
55, Drake Close, Benfleet
- Property type
- Terraced
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 915 sq ft / 85 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 62m
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Price history in context
- Dec 2001 — £108,000
What this home might be worth today
£323,000
Estimate range £307,000–£339,000
+199.1% since December 2001 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 35 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- The King John School 18-min walk crosses a major road
- Westwood Academy 13-min walk crosses a major road
- Rayleigh station 3.1km
- West Wood 257m
- The coast (coastline) 2.7km
- Lake 1.2km
- Pond 1.2km
- White House Farm Canal 17.6km
- Prittle Brook 888m
- Public Park 268m
- Play Area 301m
- Sainsbury's Local 2.5km
- Drake Close (Opp) 174m
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 Rayleigh, 3.1km away
- 51 min London
- 112 min Cambridge
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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,730 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 161 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 53, Drake Close, Benfleet £48,000 · 1996
- 46, Drake Close, Benfleet £335,000 · 2022
- 42, Drake Close, Benfleet £290,000 · 2021
- 49, Drake Close, Benfleet £290,000 · 2018
- 38, Drake Close, Benfleet £183,000 · 2007
- 41, Woodburn Close, Benfleet £350,000 · 2023
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Construct single storey rear extension and external alterations including removal of… Feb 2026 source
- Undecided Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of permission 25/0869/FUL Jul 2026 source
- Permitted Garage conversion and external alterations Jan 2025 source
- Permitted Horse Chestnut (Aesculus Hippocatanum) 2-3 metre crown reduction (TPO 11/99) May 2026 source
- Rejected Construction of single storey front extension Apr 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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