CO1 1UN

Castle · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Castle
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO1
Postcode sector
CO1 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO1 1UW 36 m
CO1 1UP 71 m
CO1 1UL 110 m
CO1 1UR 115 m
CO1 1TL 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO1 1UN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO1
Postcode sector
CO1 1
Latitude
51.891683
Longitude
0.905841
British National Grid easting
600,049
British National Grid northing
225,448

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Castle · E05010828
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00188050
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 007C · E01021648
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 007 · E02004512

Postcode source versions

Explore CO1

63 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
56, Castle Road, Colchester, CO1 1UN 21 January 2026 £340,000
52, Castle Road, Colchester, CO1 1UN 19 November 2025 £325,000
66, Castle Road, Colchester, CO1 1UN 8 May 2025 £295,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
63
Primary
42
Secondary
11
  1. St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester

    Academy converter

    330 m
  2. St James the Great Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    402 m
  3. St John's Green Primary School

    Community school

    753 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,126
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,661
  • Shoplifting 783
  • Anti social behaviour 481
  • Public order 479
  • Criminal damage and arson 368

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

34 female, 25 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.0
CO1 1 residents
5,694

Age bands in CO1 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

923 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

533 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.8%

2,110 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.2%

1,150 residents

Age 65 and over
13.2%

717 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO1 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
94.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
94.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.4%
Gigabit-capable
94.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
94.4%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

12

within 5 km straight-line

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    303 m

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    303 m

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    869 m

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

    CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH

    ODS code F81115

    1.4 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    1.7 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

    THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR

    ODS code Y02646

    1.7 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    2.3 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

    47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE

    ODS code F81636

    2.4 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

    BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN

    ODS code F81746

    3.0 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    3.2 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    4.5 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Greyfriars

    BCT · Colchester City Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Coach Stop

    BCT · Colchester City Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Coach Stop

    BCT · Colchester City Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Greyfriars

    BCT · Colchester City Centre

    0.1 miles
  • The Surgery

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 007C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,833 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £325,000 from 7 recorded sales in CO1 1UN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.

Schools

63 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 11 secondary schools. St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester is the nearest published school at 330 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

6,126 published events cover 12 months, averaging 510.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,661 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.