CM8 3LY

Great Totham · Maldon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Witham
Local authority
Maldon
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM8 3GB 231 m
CM8 3FZ 288 m
CM8 3LZ 301 m
CM8 3NP 324 m
CM8 3NA 334 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM8 3LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 3
Latitude
51.777646
Longitude
0.680476
British National Grid easting
585,011
British National Grid northing
212,173

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Maldon · E07000074
Parish or community
E04004049
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00111154
Lower layer super output area
Maldon 002B · E01021883
Middle layer super output area
Maldon 002 · E02004556

Postcode source versions

Explore CM8

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Willowcroft, Kelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops, Witham, CM8 3LY 9 April 2026 £1,400,000
Bishops Place, Kelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops, Witham, CM8 3LY 30 January 2026 £2,150,000
Rainbow Cottage, Kelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops, Witham, CM8 3LY 24 March 2025 £1,290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Great Totham Primary School

    Foundation school

    333 m
  2. Howbridge Church of England Junior School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.4 km
  3. Howbridge Infant School

    Foundation school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
86
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Other theft 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Anti social behaviour 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

15 female, 11 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.2
CM8 3 residents
7,333

Age bands in CM8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,427 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

738 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,969 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

2,113 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

1,754 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM8 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+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
88.9%
Gigabit-capable
88.9%
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 straight-line

  • WITHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    4 MAYLAND ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2UX

    ODS code F81193

    3.6 km

  • FERN HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81030

    3.7 km

  • COLLINGWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    40 COLLINGWOOD ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2DZ

    ODS code F81635

    4.1 km

  • DOUGLAS GROVE SURGERY

    DOUGLAS GROVE, WITHAM, CM8 1TE

    ODS code F81173

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • One Stop

    BCT · Wickham Bishops

    0.2 miles
  • One Stop

    BCT · Wickham Bishops

    0.3 miles
  • Finch's

    BCT · Wickham Bishops

    0.3 miles
  • Finch's

    BCT · Wickham Bishops

    0.3 miles
  • The Paddocks

    BCT · Great Totham

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maldon 002B, 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

26,757 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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
3
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 £1,400,000 from 3 recorded sales in CM8 3LY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Maldon is £384,348 in June 2026, up 0.4% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Great Totham Primary School is the nearest published school at 333 m.

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

Recorded crime

86 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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