CM98 postcode district: Chelmsford and around, Essex
CM98 is a postcode district in Essex, with 19 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Chelmsford. Its council is Chelmsford.
- Postcodes in use
- 19
- Sectors
- 1
- Council
- Chelmsford
- Places
- Chelmsford
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in CM98, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 0
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 19
Of the 19 postcodes in CM98 that ONS places, 19 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7521, longitude 0.5185. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
Is CM98 at risk of flooding?
None of the 19 postcodes in CM98 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in CM98
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UK postcode format explainedPlaces in CM98
Towns and villages with postcodes in CM98, and how many each has here.
Who covers CM98
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Next to CM98
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after CM98 in the CM area.
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