SS7 5RZ

Last sold £520,000 in September 2017

581, High Road, Benfleet

Property type: Detached
Bedrooms: 5 (est.)
Tenure: Freehold
Floor area: 1,733 sq ft / 161 sq m
EPC rating: C

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
March 2011	£360,000		0.5%
September 2017	£520,000	+44.4%	0.25%	+9 pts

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Mar 2011 — £360,000
Sep 2017 — £520,000 · +44.4% · 9 pts ahead of the UK market

paid well above the local norm at the time

vs 66 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km

The life around it

Kents Hill Infant Academy is 774m away.
Jotmans Hall Primary School is 171m away.
Benfleet station is 2.3km away.
Coombe Wood is 1.3km away.
The coast (coastline) is 1.7km away.
Lake is 1.9km away.
Pond is 1.4km away.
Thames And Medway Canal is 16.6km away.
Benfleet Hall Sewer is 1.4km away.
Public Park is 1.5km away.
Playing Field is 514m away.

Broadband

Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.

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, 2.3km 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

1 Jotmans Hall Primary School · Primary 0.1 miles State Ofsted Requires improvement
2 The Appleton School · Secondary 0.1 miles State Attainment 8: 41.9 (2023)
3 Kents Hill Junior School · Primary 0.5 miles State
4 Kents Hill Infant Academy · Primary 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good
5 Holy Family Catholic Primary School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good
6 Woodham Ley Primary School · Primary 0.6 miles State Ofsted Good
7 Montgomerie Primary School · Primary 0.7 miles State
8 Glenwood School 0.8 miles State
9 South Benfleet Primary School · Primary 0.8 miles State
10 The Robert Drake Primary School · Primary 0.9 miles State Ofsted Good

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Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 154 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

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Planning activity nearby

Construction of hip to gable roof extension, front roof lights and rear dormer — Permitted, Jul 2025 source
Demolition of existing building and construction of 2No. semi-detached dwellings — Permitted, Oct 2025 source
Demolish conservatory/rear extension and construct single storey rear/side extension,… — Permitted, Sep 2025 source
Construct two storey side and rear extension — Rejected, Sep 2025 source
Construction of a single storey side extension, demolish store and external alterations — Permitted, May 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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