CO4 9AX

Ardleigh & Little Bromley · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 9AW 35 m
CO4 9BJ 119 m
CO4 9AZ 131 m
CO4 9AY 141 m
CO4 9BH 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 9AX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 9
Latitude
51.916817
Longitude
0.935651
British National Grid easting
601,987
British National Grid northing
228,325

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004089
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00188028
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 005A · E01021971
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 005 · E02004577

Postcode source versions

Explore CO4

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Widgery Way, Colchester, CO4 9AX 26 February 2021 £454,995
6, Widgery Way, Colchester, CO4 9AX 30 November 2020 £264,995
4, Widgery Way, Colchester, CO4 9AX 30 November 2020 £364,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
24
Secondary
5
  1. St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester

    Voluntary controlled school

    944 m
  2. Brinkley Grove Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.1 km
  3. The Gilberd School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
998
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 435
  • Shoplifting 105
  • Public order 88
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Vehicle crime 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

14 female, 22 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.4
CO4 9 residents
9,273

Age bands in CO4 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.4%

2,001 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,092 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.3%

3,073 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,540 residents

Age 65 and over
11.4%

1,120 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO4 9 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

9

within 5 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

    BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN

    ODS code F81746

    945 m

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    1.4 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

    THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR

    ODS code Y02646

    2.5 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

    47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE

    ODS code F81636

    2.8 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.5 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.5 km

  • THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, DEDHAM ROAD, ARDLEIGH, COLCHESTER, CO7 7LD

    ODS code F81044

    3.6 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.3 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Avellana Place

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles
  • Balkerne Gate

    BCT · Ardleigh

    0.3 miles
  • Avellana Place

    BCT · Colchester

    0.3 miles
  • Balkerne Gate

    BCT · Ardleigh

    0.3 miles
  • Crown Gate

    BCT · Colchester

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 005A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,363 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 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.

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
3
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 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester is the nearest published school at 944 m.

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

Recorded crime

998 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 435 events.

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