| Postcode | CM3 1QP | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chelmsford | 
| Nearest station | Cressing (Essex) (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | Rochester Farm (NE) St Annes Castle (SW) Rochester Farm (SW) Aragon Road (NE) Deres Bridge (NE) Main Road (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 7 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.826587 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.502238 | |
| Easting | 572532 | |
| Northing | 217179 | |
| Grid reference | TL725171 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 327878 5744701 | |
| what3words | shatters.rock.nitrate | |
| FixPhrase | crisped magnolia shorthand unpleased | |
| Plus code | 9F32RGG2+JV | |
| Altitude | 72 metres (237 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:51 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 16.7 KMs (10.4 miles) | 
| Parish | Great and Little Leighs | E04003958 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Boreham and The Leighs | E05004097 | 
| 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 | Affinity 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 | March 2021 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Great Leighs | E63011381 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00171010 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Chelmsford 001A | E01021538 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Chelmsford 001A | E01021538 | 
| 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% |