CM6 1DA postcode in Great Dunmow, Essex

CM6 1DA is a postcode in Great Dunmow, in the Great Dunmow South & Barnston ward of Uttlesford. It is in the North West Essex parliamentary constituency and the Essex police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 25% of homes and businesses at CM6 1DA can get it Across Uttlesford: 83% Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in CM6 1, last 12 months. ▲ 3.7% on the year before Nearest station Stansted Airport 6.9 km in a straight line

Where CM6 1DA is, and what is near it

Map of CM6 1DA and what is near it Map of CM6 1DA: its centre point, with the 377 other postcodes in the CM6 1 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 6 bus stops (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 100 m. CM6 1AB: also in CM6 1CM6 1AD: also in CM6 1CM6 1AG: also in CM6 1CM6 1AH: also in CM6 1CM6 1AQ: also in CM6 1CM6 1AS: also in CM6 1CM6 1AT: also in CM6 1CM6 1AX: also in CM6 1CM6 1AY: also in CM6 1CM6 1BB: also in CM6 1CM6 1DG: also in CM6 1CM6 1DJ: also in CM6 1CM6 1DL: also in CM6 1CM6 1DN: also in CM6 1CM6 1DP: also in CM6 1CM6 1DQ: also in CM6 1CM6 1DU: also in CM6 1CM6 1DW: also in CM6 1CM6 1DY: also in CM6 1CM6 1DZ: also in CM6 1CM6 1EA: also in CM6 1CM6 1EB: also in CM6 1CM6 1ED: also in CM6 1CM6 1EE: also in CM6 1CM6 1EH: also in CM6 1CM6 1EQ: also in CM6 1CM6 1FL: also in CM6 1CM6 1TY: also in CM6 1CM6 1UB: also in CM6 1CM6 1UD: also in CM6 1CM6 1UG: also in CM6 1CM6 1UN: also in CM6 1CM6 1UQ: also in CM6 1CM6 1UR: also in CM6 1CM6 1UU: also in CM6 1CM6 1YN: also in CM6 1CM6 1ZF: also in CM6 1CM6 1ZQ: also in CM6 1 2 bus stops, 400 mGP 450 mSchool 550 mHelena Romanes School 1.0 kmStansted Airport station 6.9 kmElsenham station 10.4 kmGreat Dunmow CM6 1DA Map of CM6 1DA and what is near it Map of CM6 1DA: its centre point, with the 377 other postcodes in the CM6 1 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 6 bus stops (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. 2 places, 1.0–9.2 kmElsenham station 10.4 kmGreat Dunmow South & Barnston CM6 1DA
  • CM6 1DA
  • Other postcodes in CM6 1: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 6 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.8726, longitude 0.3580)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after CM6 1DA?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at CM6 1DA?

96% of the homes and businesses at CM6 1DA can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 25% gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

CM6 1DA 25% Uttlesford 83%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

CM6 1DA 96% Uttlesford 96%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at CM6 1DA?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for CM6 1DA.

Check the bin days for CM6 1DA on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is CM6 1DA at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include CM6 1DA.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Uttlesford

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for CM6 1DA: 956 properties in Uttlesford are at high risk (1.7% of all its properties). All the figures for Uttlesford

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of CM6 1DA is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near CM6 1DA?

Homes in CM6 1 sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 161 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£410,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £575,000 69 sales
  • Semi-detached £418,500 31 sales
  • Terraced £345,000 37 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £192,500 24 sales

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

Across the whole CM6 district: a typical £446,250 from 404 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in CM6 1DA

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in CM6 1DA from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 12 September 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at CM6 1DA

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at CM6 1DA. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near CM6 1DA?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 850 homes in the neighbourhood around CM6 1DA. The largest share of them, 24%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1983 to 1999 than in any other period (33%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around CM6 1DA

Band D in Uttlesford for 2026‑27: £2,334. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,556 (band A) to £3,890 (band G); band D, the most common, is £2,334.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 80 (9%)£1,556
Band Babout 30 (4%)£1,815
Band Cabout 160 (19%)£2,075
Band Dabout 200 (24%)£2,334
Band Eabout 150 (18%)£2,852
Band Fabout 110 (13%)£3,371
Band Gabout 120 (14%)£3,890
Band Hwithheld£4,668

When the homes were built

  1. 8% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 7% 1919 to 1939
  4. 15% 1945 to 1964
  5. 2% 1965 to 1982
  6. 33% 1983 to 1999
  7. 2% 2000 to 2009
  8. 24% 2010 to 2019
  9. 8% 2020 or later

Averages for Uttlesford before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of CM6 1DA is in (ONS area E01022068), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near CM6 1DA?

The nearest open schools to CM6 1DA, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near CM6 1DA, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to CM6 1DA?

The nearest railway station to the centre of CM6 1DA is Stansted Airport Rail Station, 6.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Stansted Airport Rail Station Railway station 6.9 kmDrive
  • Elsenham Rail Station Railway station 10.4 kmDrive

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

6 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Stortford Road, 78 m away.

More stations near CM6 1DA, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near CM6 1DA?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of CM6 1DA, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near CM6 1DA?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of CM6 1DA on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near CM6 1DA?

The nearest to the centre of CM6 1DA, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to CM6 1DA?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near CM6 1DA?

The nearest care homes to the centre of CM6 1DA, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near CM6 1DA?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of CM6 1DA, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near CM6 1DA?

The nearest vets to the centre of CM6 1DA on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is CM6 1DA in a conservation area?

The centre of CM6 1DA is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near CM6 1DA?

Police.uk records 67 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of CM6 1DA in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences21 reports
Anti-social behaviour19 reports
Criminal damage and arson8 reports
Other theft6 reports
Public order3 reports
Burglary3 reports

Also: vehicle crime 3, drugs 2, bicycle theft 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for CM6 1DA

Ward
Great Dunmow South & Barnston
Parish
Great Dunmow
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Great Dunmow
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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CM6 1DG50 mCM6 1DJ80 mCM6 1YN110 mCM6 1DQ140 mCM6 1DW140 mCM6 1EB160 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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