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CO2 8DR

Old Heath and The Hythe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Old Heath and The Hythe
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO2 8EE 35 m
CO2 8DP 68 m
CO2 8ED 78 m
CO2 8DS 84 m
CO2 8EF 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO2 8DR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 8
Latitude
51.865456
Longitude
0.928714
British National Grid easting
601,740
British National Grid northing
222,595

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Old Heath and The Hythe · E05010836
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110044
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 016F · E01021667
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 016 · E02004521

Postcode source versions

Explore CO2

Property

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15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
19, Foresight Road, Colchester, CO2 8DR 16 September 2024 £210,000
28, Foresight Road, Colchester, CO2 8DR 12 June 2024 £205,000
23, Foresight Road, Colchester, CO2 8DR 5 September 2023 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
33
Secondary
8

  1. Old Heath Community Primary School

    Community school

    542 m

  2. St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.4 km

  3. Kendall Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,046
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 451
  • Anti social behaviour 100
  • Other theft 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Shoplifting 67

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
98

54 female, 44 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
3.2
CO2 8 residents
14,377

Age bands in CO2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

2,504 residents

Age 15 to 24
23.3%

3,426 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.4%

3,880 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.9%

3,060 residents

Age 65 and over
12.3%

1,804 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO2 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

9

within 5 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    1.4 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    2.5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    2.5 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.0 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.0 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    3.1 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    3.4 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    4.8 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

    THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR

    ODS code Y02646

    4.9 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

  • Speedwell Road

    BCT · Old Heath

    0.0 miles

  • Wick Road

    BCT · Old Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Battlesbrook Road

    BCT · Old Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Fingringhoe Road

    BCT · Old Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Rowhedge Road

    BCT · Old Heath

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 016F, 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

5,988 of 33,755

Income
3 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £207,500 from 4 recorded sales in CO2 8DR. 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

48 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 8 secondary schools. Old Heath Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 542 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,046 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 451 events.

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