CM8 1FF

Witham South · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Witham
Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM8 1AF 27 m
CM8 1AG 50 m
CM8 1FW 71 m
CM8 1FT 84 m
CM8 1FS 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM8 1FF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 1
Latitude
51.789738
Longitude
0.628927
British National Grid easting
581,407
British National Grid northing
213,388

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Parish or community
E04012935
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00173963
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 017G · E01033461
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 017 · E02004462

Postcode source versions

Explore CM8

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
80, Purcell Road, Witham, CM8 1FF 28 March 2024 £350,000
84, Purcell Road, Witham, CM8 1FF 22 June 2022 £367,500
90, Purcell Road, Witham, CM8 1FF 19 February 2021 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Chipping Hill Primary School

    Community school

    247 m
  2. Holy Family Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    344 m
  3. Howbridge Infant School

    Foundation school

    507 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,168
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 541
  • Anti social behaviour 118
  • Criminal damage and arson 92
  • Public order 83
  • Shoplifting 82

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
69

35 female, 34 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.8
CM8 1 residents
15,116

Age bands in CM8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.2%

2,930 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

1,564 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.3%

4,476 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.8%

3,629 residents

Age 65 and over
17.4%

2,660 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM8 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

4

within 5 km

  • FERN HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81030

    1.0 km

  • DOUGLAS GROVE SURGERY

    DOUGLAS GROVE, WITHAM, CM8 1TE

    ODS code F81173

    1.5 km

  • WITHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    4 MAYLAND ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2UX

    ODS code F81193

    1.5 km

  • COLLINGWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    40 COLLINGWOOD ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2DZ

    ODS code F81635

    1.6 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

  • Maltings Lane

    BCT · Witham

    0.1 miles
  • Maltings Lane

    BCT · Witham

    0.1 miles
  • Shortridge Court

    BCT · Witham

    0.2 miles
  • Hawkes Road

    BCT · Witham

    0.2 miles
  • Shortridge Court

    BCT · Witham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 017G, 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

26,915 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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
1
Low risk addresses
1
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 £358,750 from 2 recorded sales in CM8 1FF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Braintree is £330,637 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Chipping Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 247 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,168 published events cover 12 months, averaging 97.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 541 events.

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