Rural North · Colchester · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Cottages, 50, Cooks Hill, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SR | 16 August 2023 | £185,000 |
| Cross Cottages, 50, Cooks Hill, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SR | 28 October 2019 | £147,000 |
| Cross Cottages, 50, Cooks Hill, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SR | 18 November 2016 | £132,595 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School
Voluntary controlled school
Langham Oaks
Academy special sponsor led
Langham Primary Academy
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
47 female, 49 male
3,406 residents
1,796 residents
5,580 residents
4,095 residents
2,006 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO4 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
1
within 5 km
BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN
ODS code F81746
4.4 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Cooks Hill
BCT · Boxted
Cooks Hill
BCT · Boxted
Village Hall
BCT · Boxted
Village Hall
BCT · Boxted
Hobbs Drive
BCT · Boxted
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 001C, 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
20,271 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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £185,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO4 5SR. 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.
Published establishments
15 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Boxted St Peter's Church of England School is the nearest published school at 291 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
53 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 25 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.