Chelmsford | |
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Coordinates: 51°45′14″N 0°23′56″E / 51.754°N 0.399°E | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | CM |
Postcode area name | Chelmsford |
Post towns | 16 |
Postcode districts | 28 |
Postcode sectors | 103 |
Postcodes (live) | 17,864 |
Postcodes (total) | 27,233 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
The CM postcode area, also known as the Chelmsford postcode area,[2] is a group of postal districts in central Essex, England around the towns of Billericay, Braintree, Brentwood, Burnham-on-Crouch, Chelmsford, Dunmow, Epping, Harlow, Ingatestone, Maldon, Ongar, Southminster, Stansted and Witham.
The main sorting office is in Chelmsford. The area also covers a small part of eastern Hertfordshire including the towns of Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth.
Coverage edit
The Stansted post town (CM24) is entirely surrounded by the Bishop's Stortford post town (CM22 and CM23).[2]
The approximate coverage of the postal districts:
Postal district | Post town | Coverage | District |
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CM0 | SOUTHMINSTER (CM0 7xx) | Southminster, Bradwell, Tillingham, Asheldham, Dengie | Maldon |
BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH (CM0 8xx) | Burnham-on-Crouch, Tillingham | Maldon | |
CM1 | CHELMSFORD | Chelmsford, Writtle | Chelmsford |
CM2 | Chelmsford | Chelmsford | |
CM3 | South Woodham Ferrers, Boreham, Maylandsea | Chelmsford | |
CM4 | INGATESTONE | Blackmore, Fryerning, Ingatestone, Stock | Brentwood |
CM5 | ONGAR | Chipping Ongar, High Ongar, Bobbingworth, Moreton, The Lavers, The Rodings | Epping Forest |
CM6 | DUNMOW | Great Dunmow, Felsted | Uttlesford |
CM7 | BRAINTREE | Braintree | Braintree |
CM8 | WITHAM | Witham | Braintree |
CM9 | MALDON | Maldon, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Tolleshunt Knights | Maldon |
CM11 | BILLERICAY | Billericay (East), Great Burstead | Basildon |
CM12 | Billericay (West) | Basildon | |
CM13 | BRENTWOOD | Brentwood, East Horndon, Great Warley, Herongate, Hutton, Ingrave, Little Warley, West Horndon | Brentwood |
CM14 | Brentwood | Brentwood | |
CM15 | Brentwood, Doddinghurst, Kelvedon Hatch, Mountnessing, Stondon Massey | Brentwood | |
CM16 | EPPING | Epping, Theydon Bois | Epping Forest |
CM17 | HARLOW | Harlow, Old Harlow, Matching, Matching Tye, Matching Green | Harlow and Epping Forest |
CM18 | Harlow | Harlow | |
CM19 | Harlow, Roydon | Harlow and Epping Forest | |
CM20 | Harlow | Harlow | |
CM21 | SAWBRIDGEWORTH | Sawbridgeworth | East Hertfordshire |
CM22 | BISHOP'S STORTFORD | Bishop's Stortford | East Hertfordshire,Uttlesford |
CM23 | Bishop's Stortford | East Hertfordshire, Uttlesford | |
CM24 | STANSTED | Stansted Mountfitchet | Uttlesford |
CM77 | BRAINTREE | Braintree, Great Notley, Rayne | Braintree |
Adjacent areas edit
Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: , SS (Southend-on-Sea), RM (Romford), IG (Ilford), EN (Enfield), SG (Stevenage), CB (Cambridge), CO (Colchester).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ a b Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
External links edit
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