Schools
58 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 9 secondary schools. The Tyrrells School is the nearest published school at 305 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CM1 6LH
The Lawns · Chelmsford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Chelmsford
- Ward
- The Lawns
- Local authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Postcode district
- CM1
- Postcode sector
- CM1 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CM1 6LH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CM
- Postcode district
- CM1
- Postcode sector
- CM1 6
- Latitude
- 51.745612
- Longitude
- 0.487442
- British National Grid easting
- 571,818
- British National Grid northing
- 208,139
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Chelmsford · E07000070
- Electoral ward
- The Lawns · E05004116
- Parish or community
- E43000285
- Westminster constituency
- Chelmsford · E14001159
- Output area
- E00109836
- Lower layer super output area
- Chelmsford 007C · E01021622
- Middle layer super output area
- Chelmsford 007 · E02004491
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CM1
Property
11 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Bodmin Road, Chelmsford, CM1 6LH | 19 June 2020 | £490,000 |
| 7, Bodmin Road, Chelmsford, CM1 6LH | 11 September 2019 | £520,000 |
| 18, Bodmin Road, Chelmsford, CM1 6LH | 15 February 2019 | £340,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 58
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 9
- 305 m
The Tyrrells School
Academy converter
- 308 m
Chelmsford Hospital School
Other independent school
- 402 m
Perryfields Junior School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,539
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,583
- Shoplifting 404
- Public order 274
- Drugs 233
- Other theft 228
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 35
- Postcode households
- 17
- Residents per household
- 2.1
- CM1 6 residents
- 15,497
17 female, 18 male
Age bands in CM1 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.7%
3,201 residents
1,539 residents
4,588 residents
4,031 residents
2,300 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM1 6 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
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.
GP practices
11
within 5 km straight-line
RIVERMEAD GATE MED.CTR.
123 RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1TR
ODS code F81071
1.1 km
CHELMER VILLAGE SURGERY
ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST
ODS code F81665
1.7 km
NORTH CHELMSFORD NHS HCC
2 WHITE HART LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5EF
ODS code Y02611
1.7 km
BEAUCHAMP HOUSE
37 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0DB
ODS code F81083
1.9 km
CHELMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
20 MERLIN PLACE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 4HW
ODS code F81122
2.0 km
SUTHERLAND LODGE SURGERY
115 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PY
ODS code F81117
2.2 km
WHITLEY HOUSE SURGERY
CROMPTON BLD, WRITTLE ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3RW
ODS code F81057
3.1 km
BADDOW VILLAGE SURGERY
LONGMEAD AVENUE, GREAT BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7EZ
ODS code F81114
3.1 km
THE LAURELS SURGERY
JUNIPER ROAD, BOREHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3DX
ODS code F81149
4.2 km
THE WRITTLE SURGERY
16A LORDSHIP ROAD, WRITTLE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3EH
ODS code F81098
4.5 km
LITTLE WALTHAM & GT NOTLEY SURGERY
30 BROOK HILL, LITTLE WALTHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3LL
ODS code F81105
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Lawn Lane
BCT · Springfield
- 0.1 miles
Lawn Lane
BCT · Springfield
- 0.1 miles
Two Saxons
BCT · Springfield
- 0.1 miles
Two Saxons
BCT · Springfield
- 0.1 miles
Paignton Avenue
BCT · Springfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 007C, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,337 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 of 10
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.
Flood risk
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.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,539 published events cover 12 months, averaging 294.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,583 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.