CO12 5DN

Dovercourt Tollgate · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 5DQ 52 m
CO12 4RH 84 m
CO12 4RD 130 m
CO12 4QQ 139 m
CO12 4RF 147 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 5DN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 5
Latitude
51.927365
Longitude
1.239672
British National Grid easting
622,838
British National Grid northing
230,385

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
E00111779
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 004C · E01022002
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 004 · E02004576

Postcode source versions

Explore CO12

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Dove House, Oakley Road, Harwich, CO12 5DN 1 February 2021 £345,000
Cedar House, Oakley Road, Harwich, CO12 5DN 12 December 2014 £245,000
Dove House, Oakley Road, Harwich, CO12 5DN 17 April 2014 £247,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    520 m
  2. St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km
  3. All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
630
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 320
  • Criminal damage and arson 60
  • Other theft 53
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Public order 43

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

7 female, 7 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.8
CO12 5 residents
4,124

Age bands in CO12 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

628 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

455 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

766 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,259 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

1,034 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO12 5 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    1.6 km

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    2.3 km

  • HAREWOOD SURGERY

    HARWICH ROAD, GREAT OAKLEY, HARWICH, CO12 5AD

    ODS code F81606

    4.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Beryl Road

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.0 miles
  • Beryl Road

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Ramsey Lodge

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Ramsey Lodge

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Valley Road

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 004C, 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

13,168 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 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
0
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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 520 m.

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

Recorded crime

630 published events cover 12 months, averaging 52.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 320 events.

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