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 miles
- Basildon 20.7 miles
- Colchester 11.6 miles
- Chelmsford 10 miles
- Harlow 22.8 miles
- Braintree 3.9 miles
- Brentwood 20.5 miles
- Clacton-on-Sea 22.8 miles
- Canvey Island 22.7 miles
- Bishop's Stortford 19.6 miles
- Billericay 17.6 miles
- Wickford 17.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Silver End Built-up area 0.1 miles
- Silver End & Cressing Ward 0.7 miles
- Cressing Parish 1.3 miles
- Bradwell Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Tye Green Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Faulkbourne Parish 2.1 miles
- Rivenhall Parish 2.2 miles
- White Notley Parish 2.3 miles
- Kelvedon Parish 2.5 miles
- Witham North Ward 2.6 miles
- Black Notley Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Braintree Central & Beckers Green Ward 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Silver End
CM8 3RJ, CM8 3GU, CM8 3QX, CM8 3TT, CM8 3QG, CM8 3PN, CM8 3XS, CM8 3QU, CM8 3RH … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 16.8 miles
- London Southend Airport 19.4 miles
- White Notley Railway Station 1.4 miles
- Cressing Station 2 miles
Hotels near Silver End Ad
- Channels Hotel 4 7.5 miles
- White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 3 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Braintree 3 3.9 miles
- Ranfield's Brasserie Hotel Rooms 4 3.1 miles
- The Lion Inn 7.4 miles
- White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 3.7 miles
- Le Bouchon Brasserie & Hotel 7.9 miles
- Marks Tey Hotel Colchester 4 7.4 miles
- The Blue Boar - Maldon 8.4 miles
- Essex Golf & Country Club 3 4.9 miles
Schools in Silver End
- Silver End Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Cressing Road Stadium 2.8 miles
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 3.2 miles
- Dines Hall Country house 3.6 miles
- Marks Hall Estate 4.3 miles
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 4.8 miles
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 7.8 miles
- Berechurch Hall Estate 11.8 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 11.9 miles
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 12.8 miles
- Hylands Estate 13.1 miles
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 13.5 miles
- University of Essex University 14 miles