CO3 8DY

Marks Tey and Layer · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 8DF 74 m
CO3 8DG 116 m
CO3 8DH 151 m
CO3 8AN 155 m
CO3 8AB 175 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 8DY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 8
Latitude
51.883244
Longitude
0.828897
British National Grid easting
594,792
British National Grid northing
224,301

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04004004
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00188072
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 010F · E01035159
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 010 · E02004515

Postcode source versions

Explore CO3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
24
Secondary
7
  1. Lakelands Primary School

    Free schools

    322 m
  2. Stanway Primary School

    Community school

    739 m
  3. The Stanway School

    Academy converter

    760 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,207
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 482
  • Shoplifting 179
  • Anti social behaviour 104
  • Criminal damage and arson 95
  • Public order 80

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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    310 m

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    893 m

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    2.4 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    4.4 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.6 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    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

  • Tollgate Centre

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles
  • Wagtail Mews

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles
  • Wyvern Farm

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles
  • Tollgate Centre

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles
  • Wyvern Farm

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 7 secondary schools. Lakelands Primary School is the nearest published school at 322 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,207 published events cover 12 months, averaging 100.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 482 events.

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