The Colnes · Braintree · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Countess Cross Cottages, 4, Countess Cross, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HT | 23 January 2026 | £500,000 |
| 1, Countess Cross Cottages, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HT | 30 July 2025 | £457,000 |
| Countess Cross Cottages, 3, Countess Cross, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HT | 14 March 2025 | £435,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery
Foundation school
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh
Voluntary aided school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
8 female, 8 male
1,079 residents
607 residents
1,319 residents
1,962 residents
1,540 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO6 2 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
NONANCOURT WAY, EARLS COLNE, COLCHESTER, CO6 2SW
ODS code F81119
2.5 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Parkhurst Green Rd
BCT · White Colne
Parkhurst Green Rd
BCT · White Colne
Bures Road
BCT · White Colne
Bures Road
BCT · White Colne
Riverside Inn
BCT · Earls Colne
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 006D, 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
26,647 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 £500,000 from 5 recorded sales in CO6 2HT. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Braintree is £330,637 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.
Published establishments
6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.