CM postcode area
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| Postcode area | CM |
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| Postcode area name | Chelmsford |
| Post towns | 16 |
| Postcode districts | 26 |
| Postcode sectors | 95 |
| Postcodes (live) | 17,689 |
| Postcodes (total) | 24,228 |
| Statistics as at October 2006[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.
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[edit] Coverage
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, 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 |
[edit] Adjacent areas
| The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - SS (Southend on Sea) - RM (Romford) - IG (Ilford) - EN (Enfield) - SG (Stevenage) - CB (Cambridge) - CO (Colchester) . |
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[edit] References
- ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory". Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-05-29.
- ^ a b Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
