CO2 0AU

Berechurch · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO2 0AX 81 m
CO2 0AT 101 m
CO2 0AZ 117 m
CO2 0BA 120 m
CO2 8XE 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO2 0AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 0
Latitude
51.857955
Longitude
0.905147
British National Grid easting
600,151
British National Grid northing
221,696

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00109927
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 018C · E01021639
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 018 · E02004523

Postcode source versions

Explore CO2

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
88, Finchingfield Way, Colchester, CO2 0AU 14 March 2025 £243,000
82, Finchingfield Way, Colchester, CO2 0AU 28 January 2025 £260,000
47, Finchingfield Way, Colchester, CO2 0AU 14 June 2024 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
32
Secondary
8
  1. Cherry Tree Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    350 m
  2. Monkwick Junior School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km
  3. Monkwick Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
976
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 497
  • Criminal damage and arson 85
  • Anti social behaviour 84
  • Other theft 67
  • Public order 65

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
54

26 female, 28 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.2
CO2 0 residents
4,614

Age bands in CO2 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

777 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

399 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

985 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,368 residents

Age 65 and over
22.6%

1,031 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO2 0 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

8

within 5 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    2.2 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    2.8 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.8 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    3.4 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.6 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.6 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    3.9 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    3.9 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

  • Gosfield Rd

    BCT · Monkwick

    0.1 miles
  • Gosfield Road

    BCT · Monkwick

    0.1 miles
  • Lethe Grove

    BCT · Monkwick

    0.2 miles
  • Wethersfield Rd

    BCT · Monkwick

    0.2 miles
  • Wethersfield Road

    BCT · Monkwick

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 018C, 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

11,741 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
3
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 £270,000 from 4 recorded sales in CO2 0AU. 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

46 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 8 secondary schools. Cherry Tree Academy is the nearest published school at 350 m.

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

Recorded crime

976 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 497 events.

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