CM6 1ER

Great Dunmow South & Barnston · Uttlesford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Dunmow
Local authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex
Postcode district
CM6
Postcode sector
CM6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM6 1EN 71 m
CM6 1EU 104 m
CM6 1DB 123 m
CM6 1ES 124 m
CM6 1EY 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM6 1ER
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM6
Postcode sector
CM6 1
Latitude
51.865325
Longitude
0.368646
British National Grid easting
563,185
British National Grid northing
221,178

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Uttlesford · E07000077
Parish or community
E04012937
Westminster constituency
North West Essex · E14001402
Output area
E00112135
Lower layer super output area
Uttlesford 007C · E01022068
Middle layer super output area
Uttlesford 007 · E02004597

Postcode source versions

Explore CM6

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, Upper Mill Field, Dunmow, CM6 1ER 19 December 2013 £112,000
29a, Upper Mill Field, Dunmow, CM6 1ER 1 June 2004 £66,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Cambian Great Dunmow School

    Other independent special school

    255 m
  2. Dunmow St Mary's Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.1 km
  3. Great Dunmow Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
476
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 188
  • Criminal damage and arson 59
  • Anti social behaviour 51
  • Public order 39
  • Other theft 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
108

68 female, 40 male

Postcode households
51
Residents per household
2.1
CM6 1 residents
13,949

Age bands in CM6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

2,642 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,404 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

3,594 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

4,057 residents

Age 65 and over
19%

2,748 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM6 1 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

2

within 5 km

  • JOHN TASKER HOUSE SURGERY

    JOHN TASKER HOUSE, 56 NEW STREET, DUNMOW, CM6 1BH

    ODS code F81118

    651 m

  • ANGEL LANE SURGERY

    ANGEL LANE, DUNMOW, CM6 1AQ

    ODS code F81090

    849 m

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

  • Gatehouse Villas

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.1 miles
  • David Wright Close

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.1 miles
  • Gatehouse Villas

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.1 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.3 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Uttlesford 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,771 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 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

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cambian Great Dunmow School is the nearest published school at 255 m.

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

Recorded crime

476 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 188 events.

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