CM6 1HU
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Property report — CM6 1HU
Open-data due diligence for CM6 1HU and the area around it.
CM6 1HU in brief: 41 recorded sales (£90,000–£1,363,000) · medium flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for CM6 1HU itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the CM6 1 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£488,431
Population
22,353
Crimes recorded
4
Schools
5
Flood risk
Medium
Gigabit broadband
82%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in CM6 1, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (44 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | £328,000 | 3, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2024-09-26 | £360,000 | 1, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2023-02-03 | £200,000 | WILLOW FARM BRAINTREE ROAD | Other |
| 2022-09-09 | £325,000 | 4, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2022-08-08 | £740,000 | WAYLAND BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2022-01-04 | £322,000 | LILAC COTTAGE BRAINTREE ROAD | Other |
| 2021-04-27 | £1,150,000 | DORMERS BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2020-11-13 | £326,000 | 1, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2020-10-02 | £320,000 | 2, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2020-06-23 | £1,363,000 | FOUR OAKS HOUSE BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2019-11-11 | £273,000 | 3, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2018-07-31 | £252,000 | 4, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2018-05-15 | £290,000 | WAYLAND BRAINTREE ROAD | Other |
| 2018-03-16 | £290,000 | 1, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2017-01-05 | £280,000 | 2, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2015-09-07 | £257,000 | 3, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2015-02-06 | £212,000 | SUNNYBANK BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2014-12-12 | £110,000 | THE BARN AND LOWER BARN, FORD FARM BRAINTREE ROAD | Other |
| 2014-11-28 | £249,500 | 4, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2014-07-01 | £950,000 | DORMERS BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2013-11-05 | £585,000 | BROOK COTTAGE BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2011-02-11 | £167,000 | 3, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2010-07-09 | £806,000 | WINDYRIDGE BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2010-06-24 | £450,000 | BROOK COTTAGE BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2009-12-18 | £247,500 | THE NUTSHELL BRAINTREE ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2009-10-23 | £375,000 | STANES BROOK BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2007-08-30 | £228,000 | THE NUTSHELL BRAINTREE ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2007-04-19 | £155,000 | 4, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2004-08-20 | £182,500 | 3, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2002-12-23 | £180,000 | THE NUTSHELL BRAINTREE ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2002-10-30 | £275,000 | RUSKIN BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2002-07-19 | £135,000 | 3, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 2001-12-13 | £575,000 | DORMERS BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2000-11-17 | £215,000 | HONEY COTTAGE 5, FORD COTTAGES BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 2000-04-26 | £320,000 | THE BRAE BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 1999-06-11 | £98,000 | 3, THE FORD BRAINTREE ROAD | Terraced |
| 1999-01-25 | £148,000 | HONEY COTTAGE 5, FORD COTTAGES BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 1998-12-11 | £97,500 | THE NUTSHELL BRAINTREE ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 1998-04-24 | £90,000 | STANES BROOK BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
| 1997-07-08 | £107,000 | WALNUT TREE COTTAGE BRAINTREE ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 1996-08-23 | £132,500 | HONEY COTTAGE 5, FORD COTTAGES BRAINTREE ROAD | Detached |
41 recorded sales on CM6 1HU. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunmow St Mary's Primary School | 0.9 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Helena Romanes School | 1.1 mi | All-through | Good (2023) |
| Great Dunmow Primary School | 1.2 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| The Flitch Green Academy | 2.0 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Stebbing Primary School | 2.1 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 2.9 mi | Primary | Good (2024) |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: ANGEL LANE SURGERY (0.6 mi) · JOHN TASKER HOUSE SURGERY (0.6 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: FORD FARMHOUSE (Grade II) (0.0 mi) · OUBUILDINGS AT FORD FARM (18 METRES TO EAST) (Grade II) (0.0 mi) · NUTSHELL WALNUT TREE COTTAGE (Grade II) (0.1 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: ROPERS THE CHEMIST (0.6 mi) · YOGI PHARMACIES (0.6 mi) · YOGI PHARMACY (4.7 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Co-op Food (0.6 mi) · Tesco (1.3 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 42
- One-person households
- 27%
- Households with children
- 31%
- Households
- 9,123
Owned 68% · Social rent 13% · Private rent 17%
Census 2021 (ONS), for CM6 1.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in CM6 1 (May 24–Apr 26, average 1/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
This is an indicative band for the postcode from the Environment Agency's catchment modelling (rivers and surface water), not a property-specific assessment. A conveyancer will run an official flood search before you buy. Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictCM6 | SectorCM6 1 | PostcodeCM6 1HU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £543,618 | £488,431 | £345,524 |
| Population | 42,147 | 22,353 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 7/10 | 7/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 94 | 4 | — |
| Schools | 12 | 5 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Medium |
| Gigabit broadband | 84% | 82% | 57% |
| Superfast broadband | 96% | 96% | 96% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (CM6 1); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 1 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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