| Postcode | CM3 5HL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chelmsford | 
| Nearest station | Wickford (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       The Old Windmill (W) 
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| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 51.653709 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.521182 | |
| Easting | 574502 | |
| Northing | 198001 | |
| Grid reference | TQ745980 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 328530 5725433 | |
| what3words | toads.clings.starts | |
| FixPhrase | crinkle magnolia spearfish unthawed | |
| Plus code | 9F32MG3C+FF | |
| Altitude | 64 metres (210 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:58 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:27 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 13 KMs (8.1 miles) | 
| Parish | South Hanningfield | E04003971 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting | E05004112 | 
| Local Authority District | Chelmsford | E07000070 | 
| County Electoral Division | Stock | E58000461 | 
| Local Authority | Essex | E10000012 | 
| County | Essex | E10000012 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Maldon | E14001351 | 
| MP | Sir John Whittingdale | Conservative | 
| Police force | Essex | |
| Water company | Essex & Suffolk Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Heart of Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1993 | 
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| Date usage ended | December 1994 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00109741 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Chelmsford 018D | E01021604 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Chelmsford 018D | E01021604 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden | E02004502 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden | E02004502 | 
| Travel to work area | Chelmsford | E30000188 | 
| Average property price in Chelmsford | £409,132 | 
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| Annual change | 1.4% |