CM3 8RN

Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chelmsford
Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM3 8RL 250 m
CM3 8RW 360 m
CM3 8RJ 425 m
CM3 8RR 487 m
CM3 4HH 504 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM3 8RN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1987
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 8
Latitude
51.671075
Longitude
0.595869
British National Grid easting
579,597
British National Grid northing
200,112

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Parish or community
E04003976
Westminster constituency
Maldon · E14001351
Output area
E00109404
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 016B · E01021535
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 016 · E02004500

Postcode source versions

Explore CM3

39 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Chapel Row, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RN 23 May 2025 £280,000
Pegasus, Main Road, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RN 14 March 2025 £550,000
Fieldview, Main Road, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RN 23 January 2025 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    389 m
  2. Woodville Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km
  3. East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

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

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
75

38 female, 37 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.5
CM3 8 residents
2,933

Age bands in CM3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

420 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

234 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.1%

575 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

788 residents

Age 65 and over
22.6%

590 residents

This postcode contained 2.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM3 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+
47.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
47.1%
Gigabit-capable
47.1%
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

2

within 5 km

  • KINGSWAY SURGERY

    CROUCH VALE MEDICAL CENTRE, BURNHAM ROAD, SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS, CHELMSFORD, CM3 5QP

    ODS code F81170

    2.1 km

  • GREENWOOD AND WYNCROFT SURGERY

    3 PRIORY ROAD, BICKNACRE, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4EY

    ODS code F81674

    2.7 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

  • Ormonds Crescent

    BCT · Woodham Ferrers

    0.1 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Woodham Ferrers

    0.2 miles
  • Ormonds Crescent

    BCT · Woodham Ferrers

    0.2 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Woodham Ferrers

    0.2 miles
  • Lodge Road

    BCT · Woodham Ferrers

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 016B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,057 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
7
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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 £550,000 from 7 recorded sales in CM3 8RN. 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Mary's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 389 m.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events 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.