Schools
56 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 10 secondary schools. University of Essex is the nearest published school at 782 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CO4 3ZB
Wivenhoe · Colchester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Wivenhoe
- Local authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Postcode district
- CO4
- Postcode sector
- CO4 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CO4 3ZB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 2023
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CO
- Postcode district
- CO4
- Postcode sector
- CO4 3
- Latitude
- 51.880499
- Longitude
- 0.935375
- British National Grid easting
- 602,131
- British National Grid northing
- 224,286
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Colchester · E07000071
- Electoral ward
- Wivenhoe · E05010843
- Parish or community
- E43000228
- Westminster constituency
- Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
- Output area
- E00188078
- Lower layer super output area
- Colchester 008G · E01033719
- Middle layer super output area
- Colchester 008 · E02004513
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CO4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 56
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 10
- 782 m
University of Essex
Higher education institutions
- 890 m
Unity Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.0 km
Kendall Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,385
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,502
- Shoplifting 277
- Anti social behaviour 247
- Criminal damage and arson 243
- Vehicle crime 230
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CO4 3 residents
- 16,753
Age bands in CO4 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 27.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.4%
2,466 residents
4,587 residents
3,618 residents
3,419 residents
2,566 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
12
within 5 km
COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE
78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS
ODS code F81042
2.1 km
EAST HILL SURGERY
78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW
ODS code F81091
2.1 km
ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW
ODS code F81095
2.6 km
ROWHEDGE SURGERY
7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP
ODS code F81141
2.6 km
BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES
24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES
ODS code Y01297
2.9 km
CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH
ODS code F81115
3.0 km
WIVENHOE SURGERY
WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA
ODS code F81028
3.3 km
HIGHWOODS SURGERY
HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR
ODS code F81679
3.6 km
TURNER ROAD SURGERY
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR
ODS code Y02646
3.7 km
BLUEBELL SURGERY
BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN
ODS code F81746
4.1 km
MILL ROAD SURGERY
47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE
ODS code F81636
4.5 km
AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE
76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN
ODS code F81067
5.0 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
- 0.1 miles
Knowledge Gateway
BCT · University of Essex
- 0.1 miles
University Quays
BCT · Colchester
- 0.1 miles
Knowledge Gateway
BCT · University of Essex
- 0.2 miles
Mascot Square
BCT · Colchester
- 0.2 miles
Mascot Square
BCT · Colchester
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 008G, 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
18,353 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
Recorded crime
3,385 published events cover 12 months, averaging 282.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,502 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.