| Postcode | CM3 1LL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chelmsford | 
| Nearest station | Braintree (10 km) | 
| Bus stops | Back Lane (SE) Sandon Hill (SE) Sandon Hill (NW) School (NW) School (SE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 69 View | 
| Known addresses | Barn Owls, Main Road, Ford End Brook House, Main Road, Ford End Brookside, Main Road, Ford End Bryony House, Main Road, Ford End Burmead, Main Road, Ford End Cygnets, Main Road, Ford End Hillrise, Main Road, Ford End Hillside Cottage, Main Road, Ford End Hilltop, Main Road, Ford End Holly House, Main Road, Ford End Home Pastures, Main Road, Ford End Lavender Cottage, Main Road, Ford End Little Dene, Main Road, Ford End Martyns, Main Road, Ford End Mossrose, Main Road, Ford End Northbrook House, Main Road, Ford End Oak Tree Lodge, Main Road, Ford End Pound House, Main Road, Ford End Redes, Main Road, Ford End Rose Cottage, Main Road, Ford End Sandon Hill House, Main Road, Ford End Sandon House, Main Road, Ford End Sandons, Main Road, Ford End Signpost Cottage, Main Road, Ford End Swan Cottage, Main Road, Ford End Talbot House, Main Road, Ford End The Chestnuts, Main Road, Ford End The Cottage, Main Road, Ford End The Jays, Main Road, Ford End The Old Smithy, Main Road, Ford End The Poplars, Main Road, Ford End Wheelwrights Cottage, Main Road, Ford End Wilson Cottage, Main Road, Ford End 2 Talbot Villas, Ford End | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.826847 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.428467 | |
| Easting | 567448 | |
| Northing | 217036 | |
| Grid reference | TL674170 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 322796 5744907 | |
| what3words | fevered.scornful.eliminate | |
| FixPhrase | crisped magnitude shortly version | |
| Plus code | 9F32RCGH+P9 | |
| Altitude | 56 metres (185 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:52 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:34 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 21 KMs (13 miles) | 
| Parish | Great Waltham | E04003960 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Broomfield and The Walthams | E05004098 | 
| Local Authority District | Chelmsford | E07000070 | 
| County Electoral Division | Broomfield and Writtle | E58000415 | 
| Local Authority | Essex | E10000012 | 
| County | Essex | E10000012 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North West Essex | E14001402 | 
| MP | Mrs Kemi Badenoch | Conservative | 
| Police force | Essex | |
| Water company | Essex & Suffolk Water | |
| Sewage company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Heart of Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 107 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 41 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Ford End | E63011392 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00109438 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Chelmsford 001B | E01021539 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Chelmsford 001B | E01021539 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Great Leighs & the Walthams | E02004485 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Great Leighs & the Walthams | E02004485 | 
| Travel to work area | Chelmsford | E30000188 | 
| Average property price in Chelmsford | £410,515 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 1.9% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandon House, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2025 | £615,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2021 | £625,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2010 | £340,000 | |
| Talbot House, Main Road, Ford End | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2024 | £727,500 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2017 | £595,000 | |
| The Jays, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | May 2023 | £430,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2002 | £158,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 1998 | £105,000 | |
| Burmead, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | May 2022 | £425,000 | 
| Bryony House, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2021 | £700,000 | 
| Cygnets, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £459,500 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2007 | £312,000 | |
| Signpost Cottage, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £695,000 | 
| Brookside, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2021 | £425,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | May 2006 | £307,500 | |
| The Chestnuts, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2020 | £505,000 | 
| Oak Tree Lodge, Main Road, Ford End | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2020 | £735,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2017 | £675,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 1997 | £164,000 |