Some good news about living in South Woodham  is that when residents feel the need for a larger home, they quite often buy another property in South Woodham Ferrers rather than moving away.

Most housing is on well designed estates, albeit with rather small gardens. Most of the older properties, with larger gardens, are to be found along Hullbridge Road, Clements Green Road areas.

The first new housing estate was built at Fennfields Road, behind the Whalebone pub. If you want a standard three to four bedroomed detached or semi-detached family home, then look out for houses on the market in this area.  They tend to represent much better value for money in terms of floor space and spaciousness than the more stylish homes in the south of the town, nearer the river.

There are some very attractive houses off of Inchbonnie Road, set in leafy, tree lined roads which look wonderful in the summer.  Certain houses in the Celeborn Street area look out over the river, others in Creek View Road have lovely views of the park (shown on left, in winter) to the front. You will find some highly desirable modern properties in this part of town.

Some roads have very quaintly, been named after characters in The Hobbit, by Tolkein.  You will come across Gandalf's Ride, Benbow Drive and others.  This has recently attracted some interest because of the 'Lord of the Rings' film.  Some residents have received phone calls from Tolkein fans from as far afield as Japan.

The Railway Station is located in the north west corner of the town, although it is feasibly within walking distance of all sections of the town. There are also some short cuts to the station via the network of paths/cycle lanes.

Sheltered housing for the elderly is available at the Hamilton Court complex in Benbow Drive.  Tel: 01245 323743

Neighbourhood Watch have a presence in many parts of South Woodham. For enquiries about activities in your area, please phone 01245 321008

Gardeners - The allotments opposite Marsh Farm are administered by the South Woodham Ferrers Horticultural Society.

Colour Coding of Recycling Bins

The residents of South Woodham Ferrers were originally asked to pilot a recycling scheme which involved 3 wheelie bins and a sack for paper being supplied to each house and several rules related to their permitted contents. 

Brown wheelie bins were for bio-degradabale items like garden waste, green boxes for aluminium cans, glass and textiles (separately bagged), white sacks for paper, black wheelie bins for everything else.  The scheme proved successful and was extended throughout the county. Additional collections for plastic have also been introduced.

All parts of the UK will have to recycle to meet EU targets so it's a case of making a little extra effort to improve the environment.

There is also a Recycling Centre on the edge of town near the Fenn.

Details of the scheme are available on the Chelmsford County Council website.  Do please write in with your tips on how to best organise your rubbish. One problem is 'where do you store it in the kitchen before taking it out to the bins outside?'.

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