CO5 7JF

Mersea and Pyefleet · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 7LQ 148 m
CO5 7LU 224 m
CO5 7PG 240 m
CO5 7PH 256 m
CO5 7LH 262 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 7JF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7
Latitude
51.830560
Longitude
0.912035
British National Grid easting
600,747
British National Grid northing
218,669

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04003993
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110199
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 019D · E01021694
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 019 · E02004524

Postcode source versions

Explore CO5

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Langenhoe Park, Langenhoe, Colchester, CO5 7JF 18 January 2021 £545,000
Mansfield House, 8, Langenhoe Park, Langenhoe, Colchester, CO5 7JF 24 October 2016 £663,000
4, Langenhoe Park, Langenhoe, Colchester, CO5 7JF 30 April 2012 £463,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Langenhoe Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    166 m
  2. Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.8 km
  3. Cherry Tree Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
43
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 23
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Other theft 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

11 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
CO5 7 residents
5,109

Age bands in CO5 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

752 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

455 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

1,151 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

1,506 residents

Age 65 and over
23.8%

1,208 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO5 7 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

2

within 5 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    3.8 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

    WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA

    ODS code F81028

    4.4 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

  • Butterfly Lodge

    BCT · Langenhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Butterfly Lodge

    BCT · Langenhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Mersea Rd

    BCT · Abberton

    0.2 miles
  • Mersea Rd

    BCT · Abberton

    0.3 miles
  • Edward Marke Drive

    BCT · Abberton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 019D, 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

17,024 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Langenhoe Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 166 m.

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

Recorded crime

43 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 23 events.

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