CM6 2AD Uttlesford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Great Dunmow North. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Church Street, Great Dunmow: 24 addresses
- Church End, Great Dunmow: 1 address
- Church Street, Great Dunmow: 1 address
- The Chase, Church End: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Uttlesford in 2026-27: Band D £2,334 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,556 | £1,815 | £2,075 | £2,334 | £2,852 | £3,371 | £3,890 | £4,668 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (33% of about 660 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Church End Great Dunmow. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 10.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- PORTERS YARD, grade II*
- 1 AND 3, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 1, CHURCH END (See details for further address information), grade II
- 10 METRE RUN OF RAILINGS FRONTING SOUTH ELEVATION OF NUMBERS 22 AND 24 AND NUMBER 1 CHURCH END, grade II
- 18 AND 20, CHURCH END, grade II
- 5 AND 7, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 8 AND 10, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- ANGEL AND HARP PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- PORTERS YARD, grade II
- VICTORIA HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- North Street Great Dunmow CM6 1BA (540 m)
- Alexia House, Randall Close. Dunmow, CM6 1UN: up to 28 homes, not permissioned (770 m)
- Helena Romanes School, Parsonage Downs, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AU: up to 135 homes, permissioned (820 m)
- 14 Stortford Road Great Dunmow CM6 1DF: up to 12 homes, permissioned (850 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 2 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 27 addresses are between 53 m and 67 m above sea level (54 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Stansted Airport 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km |
| Elsenham (Essex) 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km | |
| Stansted Mountfitchet 551,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 9 within 800 m; nearest The Causeway Great Dunmow | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Station Stansted Airport | 7.0 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 910 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 9.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Angel Lane Surgery | 910 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Yogi Pharmacies | 770 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Market Place Dental | 750 m |
| Hospital | Braintree Community Hospital | 12.1 km |
| Police station | Dunmow Police Station | 2.1 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Dunmow Cashzone | 800 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Parsonage Downs 3.4 ha | 420 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 760 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.9 ha | 60 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 880 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 6.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Porters Yard, a listed building (Grade II*), 20 m. 157 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 8 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Porters Yard | Listed building, Grade II* | 20 m |
| Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 180 m north-east |
| The Clock House | Listed building, Grade I | 230 m west |
| Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage Farm | Scheduled monument | 240 m north-west |
| Brook House | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m south-west |
| Parsonage Farm moated site | Scheduled monument | 430 m north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 640 m south |
| Merks Hill Wood | Wood | 930 m east |
| Graces Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north-west |
| Markshill Wood | Wood | 1.1 km east |
| Frederick's Spring | Wood | 1.1 km west |
| Bumpsted Hill | Hill | 2.1 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 17% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 27% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Church Street.