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CO3 8BQ

Marks Tey and Layer · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Marks Tey and Layer
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 8BP 45 m
CO3 8RG 54 m
CO3 8BS 71 m
CO3 8BL 102 m
CO3 8BT 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 8BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 8
Latitude
51.883295
Longitude
0.833129
British National Grid easting
595,083
British National Grid northing
224,318

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Marks Tey and Layer · E05010832
Parish or community
E04004004
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00188100
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 010F · E01035159
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 010 · E02004515

Postcode source versions

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Property

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56 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Christopher Garnett Chase, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8BQ 26 May 2026 £305,000
49, Christopher Garnett Chase, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8BQ 12 May 2026 £340,000
39, Christopher Garnett Chase, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8BQ 16 April 2026 £365,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
23
Secondary
7

  1. Lakelands Primary School

    Free schools

    231 m

  2. The Stanway School

    Academy converter

    469 m

  3. Stanway Primary School

    Community school

    470 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,343
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 555
  • Shoplifting 179
  • Anti social behaviour 122
  • Criminal damage and arson 102
  • Public order 87

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
118

61 female, 57 male

Postcode households
44
Residents per household
2.7
CO3 8 residents
3,763

Age bands in CO3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
27.7%

1,036 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

388 residents

Age 25 to 44
40.2%

1,504 residents

Age 45 to 64
17.3%

646 residents

Age 65 and over
4.4%

163 residents

This postcode contained 3.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO3 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    359 m

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    603 m

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    2.1 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    4.1 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.3 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Tollgate Centre

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Tollgate Centre

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Tollgate East

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles

  • Sainsburys Store

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles

  • Church Ln

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 010F, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,536 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
7
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 £307,500 from 12 recorded sales in CO3 8BQ. 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

38 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 7 secondary schools. Lakelands Primary School is the nearest published school at 231 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,343 published events cover 12 months, averaging 111.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 555 events.

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