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CM2 8GB

Great Baddow West · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chelmsford
Ward
Great Baddow West
Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford
Postcode district
CM2
Postcode sector
CM2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM2 8JL 81 m
CM2 8HE 84 m
CM2 8HY 87 m
CM2 8JA 101 m
CM2 8EA 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM2 8GB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM2
Postcode sector
CM2 8
Latitude
51.713026
Longitude
0.500304
British National Grid easting
572,830
British National Grid northing
204,546

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Electoral ward
Great Baddow West · E05015472
Parish or community
E04013170
Westminster constituency
Chelmsford · E14001159
Output area
E00109558
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 014D · E01021566
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 014 · E02004498

Postcode source versions

Explore CM2

Property

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13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Hanlee Brook, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 8GB 21 July 2022 £740,000
3, Hanlee Brook, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 8GB 17 December 2012 £460,000
8, Hanlee Brook, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 8GB 26 June 2009 £420,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
27
Secondary
7

  1. Octavia House Schools, Essex

    Other independent special school

    479 m

  2. Baddow Hall Infant School

    Community school

    556 m

  3. Baddow Hall Junior School

    Community school

    556 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
899
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 384
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 76
  • Other theft 75
  • Vehicle crime 74

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

14 female, 12 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
4.3
CM2 8 residents
15,138

Age bands in CM2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

2,459 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,438 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

3,536 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

4,215 residents

Age 65 and over
24%

3,681 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM2 8 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

8

within 5 km

  • BADDOW VILLAGE SURGERY

    LONGMEAD AVENUE, GREAT BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7EZ

    ODS code F81114

    731 m

  • SUTHERLAND LODGE SURGERY

    115 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PY

    ODS code F81117

    1.9 km

  • CHELMER VILLAGE SURGERY

    ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST

    ODS code F81665

    2.5 km

  • BEAUCHAMP HOUSE

    37 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0DB

    ODS code F81083

    2.5 km

  • WHITLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    CROMPTON BLD, WRITTLE ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3RW

    ODS code F81057

    3.4 km

  • RIVERMEAD GATE MED.CTR.

    123 RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1TR

    ODS code F81071

    3.6 km

  • NORTH CHELMSFORD NHS HCC

    2 WHITE HART LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5EF

    ODS code Y02611

    4.2 km

  • CHELMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    20 MERLIN PLACE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 4HW

    ODS code F81122

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Millers Croft

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles

  • The Spires

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles

  • The White Horse

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles

  • The White Horse

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.2 miles

  • Park View Crescent

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 014D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,523 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
9 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £740,000 from 1 recorded sale in CM2 8GB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Chelmsford is £383,103 in June 2026, down 1.2% year on year.

Schools

48 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 7 secondary schools. Octavia House Schools, Essex is the nearest published school at 479 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

899 published events cover 12 months, averaging 74.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 384 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.