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CO16 8EL

Bluehouse · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Clacton-On-Sea
Ward
Bluehouse
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Clacton
Postcode district
CO16
Postcode sector
CO16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO16 8TR 57 m
CO16 8EY 63 m
CO16 7EL 69 m
CO16 8XU 85 m
CO16 8BY 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO16 8EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO16
Postcode sector
CO16 8
Latitude
51.801164
Longitude
1.122418
British National Grid easting
615,380
British National Grid northing
216,001

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
Bluehouse · E05011934
Parish or community
E43000258
Westminster constituency
Clacton · E14001174
Output area
E00111622
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 013C · E01021977
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 013 · E02004585

Postcode source versions

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Property

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9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Wordsworth Way, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 8EL 7 July 2016 £289,995
1, Wordsworth Way, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 8EL 23 September 2013 £242,500
3, Wordsworth Way, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 8EL 24 September 2009 £227,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
2

  1. Ravens Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    453 m

  2. St Clare's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    603 m

  3. Minerva Independent School

    Other independent special school

    890 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,421
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 744
  • Criminal damage and arson 137
  • Other theft 99
  • Anti social behaviour 95
  • Vehicle crime 85

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
CO16 8 residents
12,627

Age bands in CO16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

2,038 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,219 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.4%

2,614 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

3,409 residents

Age 65 and over
27.5%

3,522 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO16 8 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

6

within 5 km

  • OLD ROAD SURGERY

    147-149 OLD ROAD, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 3AU

    ODS code F81212

    1.9 km

  • RANWORTH SURGERY

    103 PIER AVENUE, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 1NJ

    ODS code F81156

    2.2 km

  • EAST LYNNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3-5 WELLESLEY ROAD, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 3PP

    ODS code F81037

    2.3 km

  • CLACTON COMMUNITY PRACTICES

    32 CROSSWAYS, JAYWICK, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 2NB

    ODS code F81681

    2.3 km

  • ST. JAMES SURGERY

    89 WASH LANE, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 1DA

    ODS code F81052

    2.3 km

  • NORTH CLACTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    UNIT 5, 7 & 8, CRUSADER BUSINESS PARK, STEPHENSON ROAD WEST, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 4TN

    ODS code F81741

    3.4 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

  • Clacton Garden Centre

    BCT · Bockings Elm

    0.1 miles

  • Clacton Garden Centre

    BCT · Bockings Elm

    0.1 miles

  • Flatford Drive

    BCT · Bockings Elm

    0.1 miles

  • Cavendish Drive

    BCT · Bockings Elm

    0.1 miles

  • Sainsbury's Local

    BCT · Bockings Elm

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 013C, 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

6,275 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 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
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

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ravens Academy is the nearest published school at 453 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,421 published events cover 12 months, averaging 118.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 744 events.

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