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CO6 2FT

Rural North · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Rural North
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO6 2DR 233 m
CO6 2DP 253 m
CO6 2DS 258 m
CO6 2DN 347 m
CO6 2DW 370 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO6 2FT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 2
Latitude
51.926143
Longitude
0.759185
British National Grid easting
589,814
British National Grid northing
228,887

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Rural North · E05010838
Parish or community
E04004007
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110039
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 010B · E01021662
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 010 · E02004515

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
6
Secondary
0

  1. Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    609 m

  2. Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.9 km

  3. Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Burglary 5
  • Public order 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO6 2 residents
6,569

Age bands in CO6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,079 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

607 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.3%

1,319 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

1,962 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,540 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+
0%
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
0%
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

  • THE PUMP HOUSE SURGERY

    NONANCOURT WAY, EARLS COLNE, COLCHESTER, CO6 2SW

    ODS code F81119

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

Nearby transport

  • Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station

    RLY · Wakes Colne

    0.0 miles

  • Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station

    RSE · Wakes Colne

    0.0 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Wakes Colne

    0.1 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Wakes Colne

    0.1 miles

  • The Street

    BCT · Wakes Colne

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 010B, 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

22,699 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 609 m.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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