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CO2 9GL

Shrub End · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Shrub End
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO2 9GN 44 m
CO2 9GG 61 m
CO2 9GJ 69 m
CO2 9LW 72 m
CO2 9JQ 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO2 9GL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 9
Latitude
51.869054
Longitude
0.876981
British National Grid easting
598,163
British National Grid northing
222,853

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Shrub End · E05010840
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00110290
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 015H · E01035165
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 015 · E02004520

Postcode source versions

Explore CO2

Property

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59 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
57, Salamanca Way, Colchester, CO2 9GL 15 August 2025 £287,000
49, Salamanca Way, Colchester, CO2 9GL 24 July 2025 £147,000
65, Salamanca Way, Colchester, CO2 9GL 21 August 2024 £252,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
32
Secondary
8

  1. Kings Ford Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    307 m

  2. King's Ford Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    307 m

  3. Montgomery Primary School, Colchester

    Community school

    468 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,526
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 648
  • Vehicle crime 174
  • Shoplifting 147
  • Public order 104
  • Other theft 94

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
57

31 female, 26 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.4
CO2 9 residents
10,204

Age bands in CO2 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
25%

2,513 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

1,235 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.6%

3,476 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.3%

1,943 residents

Age 65 and over
8.8%

890 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO2 9 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

10

within 5 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    1.6 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    1.8 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    1.8 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    2.4 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    2.9 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.2 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.2 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    3.7 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    4.6 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    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

  • Layer Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.1 miles

  • Layer Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.1 miles

  • Lordswood Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.1 miles

  • Lordswood Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.1 miles

  • Catherine Hunt Way

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 015H, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,776 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 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 £256,250 from 10 recorded sales in CO2 9GL. 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

49 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 8 secondary schools. Kings Ford Academy is the nearest published school at 307 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,526 published events cover 12 months, averaging 127.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 648 events.

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