Great Dunmow

Great Dunmow is covered by postcode district CM6. It is in the Uttlesford council area, Essex.

Typical price £413,750 Homes sold in Great Dunmow, last 12 months. ▲ 3.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 178 of 250 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 18 of 257 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 42 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Great Dunmow, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Great Dunmow, by flood risk Of the 257 postcodes in Great Dunmow that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 239 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Dunmow. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A120 CM6 1AB: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AE: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AF: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AG: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AH: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AJ: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AP: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AQ: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AS: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AT: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AW: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AX: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AY: not on the flood risk listCM6 1AZ: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BA: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BB: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BD: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BE: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BG: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BH: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BJ: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BL: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BN: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BP: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BQ: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BS: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BT: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BU: not on the flood risk listCM6 1BW: not on 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the flood risk listCM6 2SL: not on the flood risk listCM6 2SQ: not on the flood risk listCM6 3AT: not on the flood risk listCM6 3AU: not on the flood risk listCM6 3AX: not on the flood risk listCM6 3AY: not on the flood risk listCM6 3AZ: not on the flood risk listCM6 3BA: not on the flood risk listCM6 3TT: not on the flood risk listCM6 3TX: not on the flood risk listCM6 3TZ: not on the flood risk listCM6 3UA: not on the flood risk listCM6 3UD: not on the flood risk listCM6 3UE: not on the flood risk listCM6 3UF: not on the flood risk listCM6 3YD: not on the flood risk listCM6 3YF: not on the flood risk listCM6 3YG: not on the flood risk listCM6 3YP: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AD: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AE: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AF: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AG: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AL: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AN: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AP: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AQ: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AR: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AS: not on the flood risk listCM6 4AU: not on the flood risk listCM6 4BD: not on the flood risk listCM6 4BE: not on the flood risk listCM6 4BF: not on the flood risk listCM6 4BG: not on the flood risk listCM6 1EW: low flood risk at worstCM6 1HD: low flood risk at worstCM6 1HW: low flood risk at worstCM6 1LW: low flood risk at worstCM6 1SG: low flood risk at worstCM6 1XN: low flood risk at worstCM6 2AE: low flood risk at worstCM6 2AL: low flood risk at worstCM6 1HU: medium flood risk at worstCM6 3AR: medium flood risk at worstCM6 1EL: high flood riskCM6 1LL: high flood riskCM6 1QY: high flood riskCM6 1XA: high flood riskCM6 1XG: high flood riskCM6 2AA: high flood riskCM6 2AD: high flood riskCM6 2AF: high flood risk Great Dunmow Map of every postcode in Great Dunmow, by flood risk Of the 257 postcodes in Great Dunmow that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 239 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Dunmow. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A120 Great Dunmow
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 8
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 239

Of the 257 postcodes in Great Dunmow that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 239 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.8730, longitude 0.3610. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

CM6 2AA7 at high riskCM6 1QY5 at high riskCM6 2AF4 at high riskCM6 2AD1 at high riskCM6 1LL1 at high riskCM6 1EL1 at high riskCM6 1XA1 at high riskCM6 1XG1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Great Dunmow?

Homes sold for a typical £413,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 178 of the 250 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 42 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 257 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stansted Airport, 7.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Great Dunmow?

Homes in Great Dunmow sold for a typical £413,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 132 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£413,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£401,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £542,500 47 sales
  • Semi-detached £418,500 35 sales
  • Terraced £330,000 25 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £195,000 25 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CM6 district, Great Dunmow's main postcode district: a typical £446,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Great Dunmow: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Great Dunmow?

14 of the 257 postcodes now in use in Great Dunmow came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 21 of the 192 homes sold in Great Dunmow were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM6 district, 30%.

The newest postcodes

CM6 1WWsince August 2025CM6 4BEsince July 2025CM6 1ZYsince January 2025CM6 2GDsince January 2023CM6 2FYsince June 2022CM6 4BGsince May 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Great DunmowAcross the CM6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 4 of 132 (3%) 46 of 404 (11%)
The 12 months to August 2025 21 of 192 (11%) 191 of 644 (30%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Great Dunmow?

Ofcom reports on 250 of the 257 postcodes in Great Dunmow. At 178 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit178 of 250
Postcodes where every home can get superfast239 of 250

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Great Dunmow at risk of flooding?

18 of the 257 postcodes in Great Dunmow have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 42 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 18 of 257 postcodes High: 21Medium: 21Low: 112

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

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

Which schools are in Great Dunmow?

The open schools at the postcodes in Great Dunmow. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Great Dunmow?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Dunmow is Stansted Airport Rail Station, 7.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Stansted Airport Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive
  • Elsenham Rail Station Railway station 10.5 kmDrive
  • Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station Railway station 11.5 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Great Dunmow?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Great Dunmow. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Great Dunmow safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 663 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Great Dunmow over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 49 September 2025
  2. 53 October 2025
  3. 54 November 2025
  4. 66 December 2025
  5. 59 January 2026
  6. 45 February 2026
  7. 57 March 2026
  8. 67 April 2026
  9. 48 May 2026
  10. 36 June 2026
  11. 62 July 2026
  12. 67 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences276 reports
Anti-social behaviour86 reports
Criminal damage and arson77 reports
Public order48 reports
Other theft44 reports
Burglary34 reports
Vehicle crime32 reports
Shoplifting23 reports

Also: drugs 15, other crime 15, possession of weapons 5, theft from the person 4, bicycle theft 2, robbery 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Great Dunmow?

District, borough or city council
Uttlesford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
North West Essex
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)

All 257 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Great Dunmow

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Great Dunmow postcodes

257 postcodes in use in Great Dunmow, by district:

CM6 postcode district,257 postcodes

That district is in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Great Dunmow

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Great Dunmow's £413,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Takeley and Little Canfield6.0 km, £446,000Burton End8.1 km, £485,000Thaxted9.2 km, £402,500Rayne10.2 km, £376,250Elsenham10.3 km, £412,500Great Notley11.6 km, £440,000Stansted Mountfitchet11.7 km, £452,500Hatfield Heath12.4 km, £642,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Great Dunmow

What is it like to live in Great Dunmow?
Homes sold for a typical £413,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 178 of the 250 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 42 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 257 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stansted Airport, 7.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Great Dunmow?
Great Dunmow is covered by postcode district CM6, across 257 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Great Dunmow in?
Great Dunmow is in the Uttlesford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Great Dunmow?
Great Dunmow is in the North West Essex parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Great Dunmow?
Homes in Great Dunmow sold for a typical £413,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 132 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Great Dunmow?
In Great Dunmow, primary schools at its postcodes include Dunmow St Mary's Primary School, Great Dunmow Primary School and Helena Romanes School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Cambian Great Dunmow School and Helena Romanes School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Great Dunmow have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Dunmow is Stansted Airport, 7.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Great Dunmow?
Ofcom reports on 250 of the 257 postcodes in Great Dunmow. At 178 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Great Dunmow at risk of flooding?
18 of the 257 postcodes in Great Dunmow have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 42 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Great Dunmow?
14 of the 257 postcodes now in use in Great Dunmow came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 21 of the 192 homes sold in Great Dunmow were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM6 district, 30%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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