Patching Hall · Chelmsford · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeWithin 3.1 miles of this postcode
Tanglewood Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
Lift Columbus
Academy special converter
Parkwood Academy
Academy sponsor led
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
55 female, 47 male
2,405 residents
1,464 residents
3,276 residents
3,891 residents
2,801 residents
This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM1 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
10
within 5 km
20 MERLIN PLACE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 4HW
ODS code F81122
412 m
123 RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1TR
ODS code F81071
1.7 km
CROMPTON BLD, WRITTLE ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3RW
ODS code F81057
2.9 km
37 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0DB
ODS code F81083
2.9 km
16A LORDSHIP ROAD, WRITTLE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3EH
ODS code F81098
3.0 km
115 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PY
ODS code F81117
3.5 km
2 WHITE HART LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5EF
ODS code Y02611
3.8 km
ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST
ODS code F81665
3.9 km
30 BROOK HILL, LITTLE WALTHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3LL
ODS code F81105
4.2 km
LONGMEAD AVENUE, GREAT BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7EZ
ODS code F81114
4.9 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Peggotty Close
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Peggotty Close
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St Nazaire Road
BCT · Melbourne Farm
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BCT · Melbourne Farm
Quilp Drive
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English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 006C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,375 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
55 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 8 secondary schools. Tanglewood Nursery School is the nearest published school at 250 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
2,038 published events cover 12 months, averaging 169.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,012 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.