CO12 3PP

Dovercourt Bay · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harwich
Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 3PR 23 m
CO12 3QA 45 m
CO12 3PE 55 m
CO12 3RA 69 m
CO12 3PU 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 3PP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 3
Latitude
51.935721
Longitude
1.279605
British National Grid easting
625,541
British National Grid northing
231,437

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004099
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111756
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 001D · E01022001
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 001 · E02004573

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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79 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Flat 3, Cliff Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 3PP 3 February 2026 £196,000
36, Cliff Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 3PP 19 January 2026 £94,000
4, Cliff Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 3PP 9 October 2025 £550,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. The Mayflower Primary School

    Community school

    624 m
  2. Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    694 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    999 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,490
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 673
  • Shoplifting 199
  • Criminal damage and arson 153
  • Anti social behaviour 131
  • Other theft 92

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
151

59 female, 92 male

Postcode households
89
Residents per household
1.7
CO12 3 residents
7,635

Age bands in CO12 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,191 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

842 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

1,581 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

2,038 residents

Age 65 and over
24.4%

1,821 residents

This postcode contained 2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO12 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

NHS ODS

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    603 m

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    1.3 km

  • HAVEN HEALTH

    GRANGE FARM AVENUE, FELIXSTOWE, IP11 2XD

    ODS code D83081

    4.6 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

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

Nearby transport

  • Cliff Road

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Cliff Road

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • DaRT Dovercourt

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 001D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,709 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £142,500 from 10 recorded sales in CO12 3PP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tendring is £261,717 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

11 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Mayflower Primary School is the nearest published school at 624 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

1,490 published events cover 12 months, averaging 124.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 673 events.

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