Silver End is a distinctive former model village in the district of Braintree, Essex, England, created in the late 1920s by the Crittall family to house workers for their window-manufacturing works. Its origins as an industrial settlement give the village a clear identity: a planned layout of houses, communal facilities and the former factory complex set it apart from the surrounding countryside.
The place is notable for its interwar modernist architecture - flat roofs, metal-framed windows and neat terraces - and for the way industrial heritage has shaped community life; many of the original buildings are in a conservation area and attract architectural interest. While industry has declined, the village retains a strong local community, with converted workshop space, local amenities and residents who commute to nearby towns, making it a curious mix of social history and everyday rural living.
Postcode districts covering Silver End
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 20.9 miles33.6 km
- Basildon 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Colchester 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Chelmsford 10 miles16.1 km
- Harlow 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Braintree 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Brentwood 20.5 miles33.1 km
- Clacton-on-Sea 22.8 miles36.8 km
- Canvey Island 22.7 miles36.6 km
- Bishop's Stortford 19.6 miles31.6 km
- Billericay 17.6 miles28.3 km
- Wickford 17.1 miles27.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Silver End Built-up area 0.1 miles0.2 km
- Silver End & Cressing Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Cressing Parish 1.3 miles2 km
- Bradwell Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Tye Green Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Faulkbourne Parish 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Rivenhall Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- White Notley Parish 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Kelvedon Parish 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Witham North Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Black Notley Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Braintree Central & Beckers Green Ward 3.1 miles4.9 km
Example postcodes in Silver End
CM8 3RF, CM8 3QS, CM8 3GP, CM8 3QR, CM8 3GD, CM8 3XP, CM8 3QA, CM8 3RY, CM8 3WL … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 16.8 miles27 km
- London Southend Airport 19.4 miles31.3 km
- White Notley Railway Station 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Cressing Station 2 miles3.2 km
Hotels near Silver End Ad
- White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 3 miles4.9 km
- Channels Hotel 4 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Ranfield's Brasserie Hotel Rooms 4 3.1 miles5 km
- Holiday Inn Express Braintree 3 3.9 miles6.3 km
- The Lion Inn 7.4 miles12 km
- White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 3.7 miles6 km
- Le Bouchon Brasserie & Hotel 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Gosfield Lake Resort 6.2 miles10 km
- Drapers Hotel 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Marks Tey Hotel Colchester 4 7.4 miles11.9 km
Schools in Silver End
- Silver End Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Cressing Road Stadium 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Dines Hall Country house 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Marks Hall Estate 4.3 miles7 km
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 4.8 miles7.7 km
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Berechurch Hall Estate 11.8 miles19 km
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 11.9 miles19.1 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Hylands Estate 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 13.5 miles21.8 km
- University of Essex University 14 miles22.6 km