CM6 1EX

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 4AF 71 m
CM6 4AE 104 m
CM6 4AG 142 m
CM6 4BF 153 m
CM6 1YW 155 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM6 1EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM6
Postcode sector
CM6 1
Latitude
51.863873
Longitude
0.365243
British National Grid easting
562,956
British National Grid northing
221,009

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
E00188082
Lower layer super output area
Uttlesford 007C · E01022068
Middle layer super output area
Uttlesford 007 · E02004597

Postcode source versions

Explore CM6

33 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
40, Ongar Road, Dunmow, CM6 1EX 22 May 2026 £480,000
42, Ongar Road, Dunmow, CM6 1EX 17 November 2022 £525,000
26, Ongar Road, Dunmow, CM6 1EX 10 October 2022 £480,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Cambian Great Dunmow School

    Other independent special school

    367 m
  2. Dunmow St Mary's Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.1 km
  3. Great Dunmow Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
462
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 179
  • Criminal damage and arson 59
  • Anti social behaviour 51
  • Public order 38
  • Other theft 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

24 female, 27 male

Postcode households
24
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 0.4% 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+
59.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
59.1%
Gigabit-capable
59.1%
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

  • JOHN TASKER HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81118

    711 m

  • ANGEL LANE SURGERY

    ANGEL LANE, DUNMOW, CM6 1AQ

    ODS code F81090

    919 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

  • David Wright Close

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.1 miles
  • Gatehouse Villas

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.2 miles
  • Gatehouse Villas

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £480,000 from 3 recorded sales in CM6 1EX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Uttlesford is £482,652 in June 2026, up 3.5% year on year.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cambian Great Dunmow School is the nearest published school at 367 m.

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

Recorded crime

462 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 179 events.

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