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CO3 0SH

Prettygate · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Prettygate
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 4RN 255 m
CO3 4RL 335 m
CO2 9SD 358 m
CO2 9SA 360 m
CO3 4BT 366 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 0SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 0
Latitude
51.870142
Longitude
0.854836
British National Grid easting
596,634
British National Grid northing
222,914

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Prettygate · E05010837
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00110187
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 014B · E01021690
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 014 · E02004519

Postcode source versions

Explore CO3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
29
Secondary
8

  1. Gosbecks Primary School

    Community school

    676 m

  2. Paxman Academy

    Free schools

    1.0 km

  3. Prettygate Infant School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,089
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 456
  • Shoplifting 119
  • Vehicle crime 109
  • Public order 84
  • Other theft 68

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
CO3 0 residents
8,599

Age bands in CO3 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,480 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

817 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

2,158 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

2,120 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

1,987 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    1.3 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    1.8 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    2.4 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.9 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    3.1 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

    4.4 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    4.4 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

  • Ash Way

    BCT · Colchester

    0.3 miles

  • Baden Powell Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.3 miles

  • Leather Bottle

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.3 miles

  • Shillito Close

    BCT · Colchester

    0.3 miles

  • The Brambles

    BCT · Colchester

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 014B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,570 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
1
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

45 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 8 secondary schools. Gosbecks Primary School is the nearest published school at 676 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,089 published events cover 12 months, averaging 90.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 456 events.

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