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CM3 2BS

Hatfield Peverel & Terling · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM8 1SL 809 m
CM3 2BP 966 m
CM3 2BT 990 m
CM3 2BW 1.0 km
CM3 2BU 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM3 2BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 2
Latitude
51.817266
Longitude
0.584720
British National Grid easting
578,250
British National Grid northing
216,340

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Parish or community
E04003894
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00108437
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 018A · E01021348
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 018 · E02004463

Postcode source versions

Explore CM3

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km
  2. White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km
  3. Acorn Academy

    Academy converter

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Other theft 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11
5 female, 6 male
Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.2
CM3 2 residents
5,179

Age bands in CM3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%
791 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.4%
448 residents
Age 25 to 44
20.2%
1,084 residents
Age 45 to 64
30.1%
1,610 residents
Age 65 and over
26.6%
1,422 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM3 2 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • DOUGLAS GROVE SURGERY

    DOUGLAS GROVE, WITHAM, CM8 1TE

    ODS code F81173

    3.1 km

  • COLLINGWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    40 COLLINGWOOD ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2DZ

    ODS code F81635

    4.0 km

  • SILVER END SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, BROADWAY, SILVER END, WITHAM, CM8 3RQ

    ODS code Y05023

    4.2 km

  • FERN HOUSE SURGERY

    FERN HOUSE, 125-129 NEWLAND STREET, WITHAM, CM8 1BH

    ODS code F81030

    4.3 km

  • WITHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    4 MAYLAND ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2UX

    ODS code F81193

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Troys Slated Cottages

    BCT · Fairstead

    1.1 km
  • Troys Slated Cottages

    BCT · Fairstead

    1.1 km
  • Church

    BCT · Fairstead

    1.5 km
  • The Village Hall

    BCT · Faulkborne

    1.6 km
  • The Village Hall

    BCT · Faulkborne

    1.6 km

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 018A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,629 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 km.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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