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Guide Price£475,000

High Easter, Essex

Land size
49.8 acres

Description

Lot 2 of the land at Hill and Parsonage Farms offers the opportunity to purchase Grade 2 arable land situated in an unspoilt location close to Great Dunmow and Chelmsford. The land extends to 49.80 acres.

The land is identified as of the Stretham series which is chalky till, described as deep well drained calcareous clayey soils suitable for growing winter cereals and other arable crops. Typical cropping has been first and second wheat, spring oats, beans and potatoes.

CM1 4QP is a nearby postcode.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-09-04

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 57 Farmland & Pasture listings in East Anglia (25+ acres).

This Property£9,538 / acre
Farmland & Pasture Average (25+ acres) £9,369 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Ford End Church of England Primary School2.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    47
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Flitch Green Academy3.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    272
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Rodings Primary School3.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    293
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Dunmow St Mary's Primary School3.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    459
    Type
    Foundation school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    191
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Helena Romanes School4.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    1,265
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Chelmer Valley High School5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,200
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford5.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,241
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Chelmsford County High School for Girls6.5 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,275
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls
  • The Beaulieu Park School6.5 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    4 to 19
    Pupils
    1,763
    Type
    Free schools

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Flitch Green - Webb Road, Flitch Green3.3 miles
Budgens Felsted, Felsted3.5 miles
Co-op Dunmow, Great Dunmow3.7 miles

GP surgery

John Tasker House Surgery3.6 miles

Pharmacy

Ropers The Chemist3.7 miles

Hospital

Broomfield Hospital4.8 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Chelmsford Rail Station6.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Cut Maple Road0.8 miles

Typical drive times

Thaxted18 min · 12 miles
Braintree18 min · 13 miles
Great Dunmow8 min · 4.9 miles
Chelmsford (city)16 min · 9.8 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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