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CO1 2EX

Old Heath and The Hythe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Old Heath and The Hythe
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO1
Postcode sector
CO1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO1 2HB 38 m
CO2 7LX 77 m
CO2 8AA 86 m
CO1 2EY 94 m
CO1 2HU 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO1 2EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO1
Postcode sector
CO1 2
Latitude
51.877547
Longitude
0.918820
British National Grid easting
601,005
British National Grid northing
223,912

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Old Heath and The Hythe · E05010836
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110140
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 011B · E01021684
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 011 · E02004516

Postcode source versions

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Property

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63 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
69, Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO1 2EX 19 December 2025 £340,000
85, Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO1 2EX 30 May 2025 £240,000
77, Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO1 2EX 7 November 2024 £275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
40
Secondary
10

  1. Kendall Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    187 m

  2. St. George's School

    Community school

    740 m

  3. Old Heath Community Primary School

    Community school

    998 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,966
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,810
  • Anti social behaviour 320
  • Shoplifting 314
  • Criminal damage and arson 285
  • Other theft 255

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
64

36 female, 28 male

Postcode households
28
Residents per household
2.3
CO1 2 residents
12,341

Age bands in CO1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

2,380 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.6%

1,833 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.8%

3,998 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.8%

2,867 residents

Age 65 and over
11.9%

1,490 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO1 2 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.6%
Gigabit-capable
96.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    1.4 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    1.5 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    1.5 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    1.9 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    2.0 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    2.9 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    3.4 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    3.7 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

    WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA

    ODS code F81028

    3.8 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    3.9 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    4.2 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81746

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Scarletts Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.0 miles

  • Scarletts Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Barn Hall Avenue

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Canwick Grove

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • Unity Close

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 011B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,862 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £266,500 from 9 recorded sales in CO1 2EX. 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

57 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 10 secondary schools. Kendall Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 187 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,966 published events cover 12 months, averaging 330.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,810 events.

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