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CO6 1HL

Marks Tey and Layer · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Marks Tey and Layer
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO6 1LZ 74 m
CO6 1HQ 76 m
CO6 1HJ 109 m
CO6 1XU 110 m
CO6 1LX 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO6 1HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 1
Latitude
51.875789
Longitude
0.761111
British National Grid easting
590,159
British National Grid northing
223,293

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Marks Tey and Layer · E05010832
Parish or community
E04003999
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00110112
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 010D · E01021677
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 010 · E02004515

Postcode source versions

Explore CO6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1

  1. St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey

    Academy converter

    51 m

  2. Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km

  3. Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
122
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 54
  • Vehicle crime 30
  • Other crime 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Drugs 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO6 1 residents
9,750

Age bands in CO6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,498 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

934 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.9%

1,932 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

2,892 residents

Age 65 and over
25.4%

2,467 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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Godmans Lane

    BCT · Marks Tey

    0.1 miles

  • Domsey Bank

    BCT · Marks Tey

    0.1 miles

  • Domsey Bank

    BCT · Marks Tey

    0.1 miles

  • Godmans Lane

    BCT · Marks Tey

    0.2 miles

  • Poplars Nurseries

    BCT · Marks Tey

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 010D, 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

24,408 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
Low risk addresses
0
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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey is the nearest published school at 51 m.

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

Recorded crime

122 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 54 events.

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