CO3 4AG

Lexden and Braiswick · 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
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 4AS 55 m
CO3 4AR 287 m
CO3 4AN 355 m
CO3 3TF 393 m
CO3 4BH 411 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 4AG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 4
Latitude
51.893766
Longitude
0.861233
British National Grid easting
596,971
British National Grid northing
225,558

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
E00110090
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 009D · E01021676
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 009 · E02004514

Postcode source versions

Explore CO3

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Colchester Holiday Park, Cymbeline Way, Colchester, CO3 4AG 30 September 2015 £1,294,700

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
35
Secondary
10
  1. Home Farm Primary School

    Academy converter

    987 m
  2. Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils

    Community school

    1.0 km
  3. Holmwood House School

    Other independent school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
661
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 314
  • Anti social behaviour 54
  • Vehicle crime 52
  • Public order 50
  • Other theft 39

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
CO3 4 residents
6,810

Age bands in CO3 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,063 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

653 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,352 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

1,850 residents

Age 65 and over
27.3%

1,848 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO3 4 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+
0%
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
0%
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

12

within 5 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    1.5 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    1.7 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    2.3 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    2.4 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.5 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    3.1 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

    47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE

    ODS code F81636

    3.2 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    3.2 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.3 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.3 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    4.4 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

    BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN

    ODS code F81746

    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

  • Church

    BCT · Lexden

    0.3 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Lexden

    0.3 miles
  • The Crown

    BCT · Lexden

    0.3 miles
  • Halstead Road Corner

    BCT · Lexden

    0.4 miles
  • Glen Avenue

    BCT · Colchester

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 009D, 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

27,882 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
7 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

55 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 10 secondary schools. Home Farm Primary School is the nearest published school at 987 m.

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

Recorded crime

661 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 314 events.

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