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Essenden Road
What’s near Essenden Road on the full map. The shaded area inside the dashed line is a conservation area and green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

Essenden Road at a glance

The street beside its ward and the town. Each figure is from the section further down that says where it comes from.

Median price of a home sold, 2021

£388k

  • Essenden Road£388k
  • Maze Hill£340k
  • Hastings£270k

From 8 sales on the street that year, so one sale moves it.

Homes rated A to C for energy

31%

  • Essenden Road31%
  • Maze Hill56%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 35 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Median price of a home sold, 2021£388kMaze Hill: £340kHastings: £270k
Homes rated A to C for energy31%Maze Hill: 56%Hastings: 52%

Planning and building here

Closing dates you can still act on, applications and decisions on the street, appeals, the protections that cover it, and the council's land and licensing papers.

Planning on this street

We have no planning applications or decisions for this street. That doesn’t mean nothing has happened here, only that the council’s weekly planning lists haven’t named it since our record starts on 21 April 2026.

Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees

None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Essenden Road as mapped.

Measured along the street’s line against the council’s boundaries. Whether a particular building is inside depends on where the boundary runs: each area’s page on the council’s site has its map. All 18 conservation areas

The council’s Article 4 direction on houses in multiple occupation covers the whole town (in force since 2 July 2012): turning a house into a shared house for three to six people needs planning permission. The council’s page ↗

Listed buildings

Historic England’s list has no entry that names Essenden Road or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders

The council’s map data has no tree preservation order within about 40 m of Essenden Road’s line.

Indicative only — the council’s order is what counts. The council says of its tree order map data: “This dataset is under review and subject to change. Always refer to the Original Tree Preservation Order and associated plan for confirmation.” The council’s tree preservation orders page ↗

Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders: Hastings Borough Council, Open Government Licence v3.0. Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Flood zones, the coast and protected nature

Flood zones

None of Essenden Road’s line is in Flood Zone 2 or 3 on the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning. In the Agency’s words: “This means a site in flood zone 1 could still flood now or in the future.”

A street’s line is not an address. For a particular address, use the Environment Agency’s Check your long term flood risk ↗; for a planning site, its Flood map for planning ↗. Flood warnings in force now are on Live now.

Protected nature

No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Essenden Road’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings

Flood zones: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Coastal erosion and the Shoreline Management Plan: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Protected sites: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

On the street now

Problems reported, roadworks, how long reports take to close, and who looks after the road.

Who looks after this street

Partly adopted. East Sussex County Council’s map shows part of Essenden Road as adopted and part not. The county looks after the adopted part (report a problem to East Sussex Highways); the rest may be a private road or a private street. The county’s map shows which part is which.

The county’s Highway Land Information Team answers questions about road adoption (highwaysearches@eastsussex.gov.uk, 01273 482 316).

From East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, read 12 October 2026. © East Sussex County Council 2026. Only the street’s name and whether it is adopted are used: the county’s map is the record, and its Highway Land Information Team confirms a road’s status. Who looks after what

Roadworks here

Who has dug up this street or plans to, and why, from their permits.

Roadworks across town

In the last 13 months

From the permits utilities and East Sussex County Council apply for in DfT Street Manager, read from its open archive (September 2025 to September 2026; newest entry 30 September 2026). The archive is published monthly, so works booked since then, and emergencies, aren't here yet, and planned dates can change. Contains public sector information from the Department for Transport's Street Manager, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Homes and premises

What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.

Homes sold on this street

HM Land Registry records 22 standard sales of homes on Essenden Road since 2017, and 106 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Mar 2026Semi, freehold£290,000
Jan 2026Semi, freehold£300,000
Jul 2025Semi, freehold£300,000
Mar 2025Semi, freehold£371,700
Oct 2024Semi, freehold£450,000
Oct 2023Semi, freehold£452,000
Dec 2021Semi, freehold£480,000
Dec 2021Semi, freehold£375,000
Sep 2021Terraced, freehold£427,500
Sep 2021Detached, freehold£375,000
Aug 2021Semi, freehold£405,000
Aug 2021Semi, freehold£395,000
All 22 sales since 2017
MonthHomePrice
Mar 2021Semi, freehold£380,000
Mar 2021Semi, freehold£375,000
Sep 2019Semi, freehold£215,000
Dec 2018Semi, freehold£326,000
Jul 2018Detached, freehold£345,000
Feb 2018Semi, freehold£340,000
Oct 2017Semi, freehold£250,000
Aug 2017Semi, freehold£330,000
Jun 2017Semi, freehold£312,000
Feb 2017Semi, freehold£279,950
Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2026
YearSalesMedian price
2026 (to August)2£295,000
20252£335,850
20241£450,000
20231£452,000
20218£387,500
20191£215,000
20183£340,000
20174£295,975
20164£239,975
20152£237,250
20143£205,000
20114£172,000
20103£178,500
20094£172,000
20082£206,750
20075£181,886
20064£208,000
20056£174,975
20046£130,000
20033£130,000
20021£85,000
20014£85,475
20005£78,000
19996£84,250
19985£67,500
19975£47,000
199611£50,500
19951£51,500

Every sale, with the address, is in the Land Registry's own search: Essenden Road. House prices in Hastings, by year, kind of home and ward.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Standard sales only: the Land Registry's category A, "single residential property sold for value". Repossessions, buy-to-let purchases with a mortgage and sales to companies (its category B) aren't included. A sale reaches the register weeks or months after it completes, so the last few months to August 2026 are incomplete.

Energy ratings on this street

35 homes on Essenden Road have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2016 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.

BandHomesShare
A00%
B26%
C926%
D2263%
E26%
F00%
G00%
All35

Find an energy certificate, the official register, has each home's certificate. What the bands mean.

Energy performance certificate data from the register kept for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Open Government Licence v3.0. Address data © Royal Mail and Ordnance Survey: used only to count each home on its street and in its ward, and not published here. Read from the register on 13 October 2026, with certificates to 12 October 2026.

Nearby

Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.

Buses near Essenden Road

  • Eversfield Hospital (adj)

    323 to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Harley Shute Field Way; 323B to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 14 buses, 08:01–20:39 · Saturday: 14 buses, 08:01–20:39 · Sunday: 9 buses, 10:17–18:22

    125 m away
  • Eversfield Hospital (opp)

    323 to Conquest Hospital, Hastings station

    Weekdays: 12 buses, 07:23–18:30 · Saturday: 12 buses, 07:27–18:30 · Sunday: 10 buses, 08:50–17:50

    136 m away
  • The Highlands Inn (E-bound)

    323 to Conquest Hospital, Hastings station

    Weekdays: 12 buses, 07:24–18:31 · Saturday: 12 buses, 07:28–18:31 · Sunday: 10 buses, 08:51–17:51

    187 m away
  • The Marina Fountain (adj)

    70 to Rye station; 98 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Hastings station; 99 to Hastings station; 99E to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 76 buses, 05:41–23:27 · Saturday: 75 buses, 05:41–23:27 · Sunday: 37 buses, 08:01–20:36

    249 m away

From the operators' registered timetables (the Bus Open Data Service) for the week of 3 November 2026, and DfT's register of stops (NaPTAN). What is timetabled, not what ran; times are departures.

The nearest station is West St Leonards, about 400 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B3, step-free access only to some platforms.

Crime and policing in Maze Hill ward

Essenden Road's middle is in Maze Hill ward. These are the ward's figures, not this street's: we don't publish crime street by street.

In August 2026, the police recorded 29 crimes and 12 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Maze Hill ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 281 crimes and 59 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Maze Hill. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community meeting, Monday 4 January 2027, 11am, The Combe Valley Cafe & Discovery Centre, Freshfields, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Shop Lifting; Vehicle offences.

The team's contact details on data.police.uk: email hastings@sussex.pnn.police.uk. Sussex Police's telephone number on data.police.uk is 101, the police's number for anything that isn't an emergency; Sussex Police's website. In an emergency, call 999.

From data.police.uk (Open Government Licence): crimes reported to and recorded by the police, each counted in the ward that holds its anonymised map point. About these figures.

Air quality nearby

The council's nitrogen dioxide tube at Grosvenor Gardens, about 390 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 15.2 µg/m³ in 2025.

Every year the report gives: 2021: 17.3, 2022: 16.4, 2023: 15.1, 2024: 14.7, 2025: 15.2 (µg/m³).

Each figure is for the kerbside spot where the tube or monitor sits, not for the whole street. The report compares each site “with the air quality objective of 40µg/m3”, an annual mean. From the borough council's 2026 Air Quality Annual Status Report (May 2026, read 12 October 2026). Every site

Charging an electric car

The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is Charge Your Car near Undercliff, about 460 m from the middle of this street (Charge Your Car · 3 charging points).

Volunteers map chargers, so there may be a nearer one. Every mapped site, and how many the DfT counts. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

GP, pharmacy and dentist

The nearest of each on NHS England's register, measured from the middle of this street in a straight line. Nearest doesn't mean a practice takes patients from this street or is taking new ones; each name links to its NHS website page, with its opening hours.

Every GP practice, pharmacy and dentist in Hastings.

Schools nearby

Within a kilometre of the middle of this street, as the crow flies. Distance isn't how places are given: the county's admissions rules decide that. Every school in Hastings.

Care homes nearby

Within 800 m of the middle of this street. Ratings as CQC states them. This page uses Care Quality Commission information. Every care home, surgery and dentist in Hastings.

Parks and play areas

Measured in a straight line from the middle of this street. Plans to refurbish or replace play areas are in council papers and planning applications, not in these maps: search the papers for “play area” or “playground”, and see what developers pay towards them on Developer contributions. Green spaces: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace (April 2026 edition, read 12 October 2026). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; OS OpenData, Open Government Licence v3.0. Playgrounds also from OpenStreetMap, read 12 October 2026: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

On the record

Council papers and other documents that name Essenden Road, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names Essenden Road yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.