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CO3 8DW

Stanway · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Stanway
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 8BY 129 m
CO3 8AX 181 m
CO3 8BZ 196 m
CO3 8DD 221 m
CO3 8BX 239 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 8DW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 8
Latitude
51.888721
Longitude
0.825884
British National Grid easting
594,561
British National Grid northing
224,902

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Stanway · E05010841
Parish or community
E04004004
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00110319
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 012A · E01021718
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 012 · E02004517

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Stane Retail Park, Unit B, Western Approach, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8DW 4 August 2020 £7,500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
22
Secondary
7

  1. Doucecroft School

    Other independent special school

    523 m

  2. Lakelands Primary School

    Free schools

    939 m

  3. Stanway Primary School

    Community school

    977 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,055
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 415
  • Shoplifting 155
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Criminal damage and arson 82
  • Public order 66

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
70%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
70%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
70%
Gigabit-capable
70%
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

5

within 5 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    426 m

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    1.2 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    2.7 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    4.7 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    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.

Nearby transport

  • Stane Retail Park

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Stane Retail Park

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Wyvern Farm

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles

  • Sainsburys Store

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles

  • Wyvern Farm

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 012A, 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

20,161 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
0
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

37 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 7 secondary schools. Doucecroft School is the nearest published school at 523 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,055 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 415 events.

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