CM8 3 postcode sector in the CM8 district
CM8 3 is a sector of the CM8 district: every postcode that starts CM8 3. It has 261 postcodes in use, 13 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.
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Every postcode in the CM8 3 sector, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 34
- In use before 2020: 227
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 261 postcodes in the CM8 3 sector that ONS places, 34 are new since 2020 and 227 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 200 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CM8 3ZW, is the newest of them.
What do homes sell for in CM8 3?
Homes in CM8 3 sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 105 sales, down 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £630,000 39 sales
- Semi-detached £337,500 48 sales
- Terraced £270,000 16 sales
- Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start CM8 3. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.
How we work this out: house prices by postcodeSource: 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
Postcodes in CM8 3
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources
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