Latest house prices for South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford

South Woodham Ferrers sits in a distinct loop of the River Crouch, about nine miles south-east of Chelmsford. While it appears modern, its name stretches back to the Ferrers family who held the manor in the 12th century, though for centuries it remained a relatively quiet collection of farmsteads. The town as it exists today was largely shaped by a strategic development plan in the 1970s, designed with a specific "Essex design guide" aesthetic that gives the town centre its distinctive red-brick, vernacular look. It functions as a self-contained riverside community, bordered by the Fenn Creek and the expansive Marsh Farm Country Park, which offers miles of flat walking trails along the river defences. Locally, life tends to revolve around the town square and the proximity to the water; it has its own station on the Crouch Valley Line, providing a direct link to London Liverpool Street that makes it a practical base for those working in the capital but wanting to be near the coast.