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CO12 4EN

Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harwich
Ward
Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 4YA 133 m
CO12 4PT 189 m
CO12 4PA 236 m
CO12 4PD 269 m
CO12 4GA 270 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 4EN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 4
Latitude
51.941603
Longitude
1.258569
British National Grid easting
624,066
British National Grid northing
232,026

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston · E05011942
Parish or community
E04004099
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111789
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 002D · E01022007
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 002 · E02004574

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Harwich Gateway Retail Park, Unit 1a, Freshfields Road, Parkeston, Harwich, CO12 4EN 14 October 2022 £5,800,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1

  1. Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

    Academy converter

    721 m

  2. All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt

    Voluntary aided school

    922 m

  3. The Mayflower Primary School

    Community school

    985 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,252
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 527
  • Shoplifting 197
  • Criminal damage and arson 134
  • Anti social behaviour 103
  • Public order 83

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO12 4 residents
11,701

Age bands in CO12 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,175 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

1,278 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

2,629 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

2,941 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

2,781 residents

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+
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%

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    919 m

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    1.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Morrisons Store

    BCT · Parkeston

    0.1 miles

  • Morrisons Store

    BCT · Parkeston

    0.1 miles

  • Churchill Court

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.2 miles

  • Churchill Court

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.3 miles

  • DaRT Parkeston

    BCT · Parkeston

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 002D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,839 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
9 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
3
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 £5,800,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO12 4EN. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 721 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,252 published events cover 12 months, averaging 104.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 527 events.

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