CM6 3QL

Thaxted & the Eastons · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM6 3QN 226 m
CM6 3QJ 308 m
CM6 3QW 641 m
CM6 3QQ 684 m
CM6 3QG 701 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM6 3QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM6
Postcode sector
CM6 3
Latitude
51.926307
Longitude
0.383230
British National Grid easting
563,967
British National Grid northing
227,992

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Uttlesford · E07000077
Parish or community
E04004145
Westminster constituency
North West Essex · E14001402
Output area
E00112230
Lower layer super output area
Uttlesford 008E · E01022088
Middle layer super output area
Uttlesford 008 · E02004598

Postcode source versions

Explore CM6

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Little Lodge, Lindsell, Dunmow, CM6 3QL 10 October 2025 £660,000
Fallow Cottage, Lindsell, Dunmow, CM6 3QL 14 March 2025 £920,000
Sika House, Lindsell, Dunmow, CM6 3QL 27 February 2025 £1,100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.6 km
  2. Thaxted Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.8 km
  3. Stebbing Primary School

    Community school

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Burglary 3
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

25 female, 26 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.8
CM6 3 residents
8,553

Age bands in CM6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.9%

1,600 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

990 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

1,754 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,268 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,425 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM6 3 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

1

within 5 km

  • THAXTED SURGERY

    MARGARET STREET, THAXTED, DUNMOW, CM6 2QN

    ODS code F81131

    4.2 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

  • Lindsell

    BCT · Lindsell

    0.2 miles
  • Lindsell

    BCT · Lindsell

    0.2 miles
  • Lindsell Lane

    BCT · Lindsell

    0.9 miles
  • Lindsell Lane

    BCT · Lindsell

    0.9 miles
  • Bran End

    BCT · Stebbing

    2.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Uttlesford 008E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,862 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £797,500 from 10 recorded sales in CM6 3QL. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 14 events.

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