CM6 3AZ Uttlesford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Great Dunmow South & Barnston. Region: East of England.
Streets
- St Edmunds Croft, Church End: 14 addresses
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 E (31% of about 720 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 19 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Alexia House, Randall Close. Dunmow, CM6 1UN: up to 28 homes, not permissioned (520 m)
- North Street Great Dunmow CM6 1BA (560 m)
- Council Depot, New Street, Great Dunmow, CM6 1BH: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (820 m)
- Haslers Lane, Dunmow, CM6 1XS: up to 10 homes, permissioned (890 m)
- 14 Stortford Road Great Dunmow CM6 1DF: up to 12 homes, permissioned (890 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 14 addresses are between 63 m and 66 m above sea level (64 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 64%, gigabit 64% 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 | 7.7 km |
| Elsenham (Essex) 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.0 km | |
| Stansted Mountfitchet 551,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m, 13 within 800 m; nearest St Edmunds Lane Great Dunmow | 330 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Station Stansted Airport | 7.4 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 660 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 9.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Angel Lane Surgery | 750 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Ropers The Chemist | 690 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Market Place Dental | 510 m |
| Hospital | Braintree Community Hospital | 11.7 km |
| Police station | Dunmow Police Station | 1.6 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Dunmow Cashzone | 640 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 590 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 760 m² | 570 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.9 ha | 380 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,700 m² | 510 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 1.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Porters Yard, a listed building (Grade II*), 560 m north-west. 166 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* | 560 m north-west |
| Brook House | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m west |
| Maltings at Boyes Croft | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m south-west |
| Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 670 m north-west |
| Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage Farm | Scheduled monument | 820 m north-west |
| Parsonage Farm moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km north-west |
| Clapton Hall moated site and fishpond | Scheduled monument | 2.0 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Merks Hill Wood | Wood | 620 m north-east |
| Doctor's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 640 m west |
| Markshill Wood | Wood | 870 m north-east |
| Olives Wood | Wood | 1.3 km south-west |
| Homelye Wood | Wood | 1.3 km east |
| Bumpsted Hill | Hill | 1.5 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 14 |
6 of the postcode's 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 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 9 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 St Edmunds Croft.