Prettygate · Colchester · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Gainsborough House, 3, Van Dyck Road, Colchester, CO3 4QA | 1 November 2016 | £92,000 |
| Gainsborough House, 2, Van Dyck Road, Colchester, CO3 4QA | 29 March 2016 | £90,000 |
| Gainsborough House, 4, Van Dyck Road, Colchester, CO3 4QA | 15 January 2016 | £94,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Philip Morant School and College
Academy converter
Prettygate Infant School
Community school
Prettygate Junior School
Community school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
2 female, 5 male
1,063 residents
653 residents
1,352 residents
1,850 residents
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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
11
within 5 km
76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN
ODS code F81067
487 m
CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH
ODS code F81115
1.6 km
24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES
ODS code Y01297
1.9 km
84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ
ODS code F81069
2.0 km
YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW
ODS code F81095
2.0 km
145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ
ODS code F81716
2.8 km
78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS
ODS code F81042
2.9 km
78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW
ODS code F81091
2.9 km
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR
ODS code Y02646
3.7 km
47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE
ODS code F81636
4.0 km
HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR
ODS code F81679
4.8 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.
Handy Fisher Court
BCT · Colchester
Handy Fisher Court
BCT · Colchester
Norman Way
BCT · Colchester
Prettygate Library
BCT · Colchester
Prettygate Shops
BCT · Colchester
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 014A, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,431 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
53 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 8 secondary schools. Philip Morant School and College is the nearest published school at 181 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
1,599 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 690 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.