CO6 4FE

Rural North · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO6 4EP 39 m
CO6 4EA 76 m
CO6 4ES 91 m
CO6 4ER 101 m
CO6 4AS 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO6 4FE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 4
Latitude
51.929386
Longitude
0.877206
British National Grid easting
597,913
British National Grid northing
229,562

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04003991
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110025
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 001D · E01021661
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 001 · E02004506

Postcode source versions

Explore CO6

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Grenadier Court, 3, Elstar Lane, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4FE 5 November 2018 £252,000
Grenadier Court, 2, Elstar Lane, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4FE 19 October 2018 £246,000
Grenadier Court, 2, Elstar Lane, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4FE 1 July 2014 £192,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
16
Secondary
6
  1. The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    320 m
  2. The St Aubyn Centre Education Department

    Pupil referral unit

    1.6 km
  3. Camulos Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
407
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 199
  • Public order 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Shoplifting 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
54

30 female, 24 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
3.0
CO6 4 residents
6,017

Age bands in CO6 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

976 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

499 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,206 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

1,714 residents

Age 65 and over
27.1%

1,633 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO6 4 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

7

within 5 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    2.3 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    3.1 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81746

    3.4 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    3.5 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.8 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    4.9 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    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

  • Coach Road

    BCT · Great Horkesley

    0.1 miles
  • Coach Road

    BCT · Great Horkesley

    0.1 miles
  • Ramparts Close

    BCT · Great Horkesley

    0.1 miles
  • Exeter Close

    BCT · Great Horkesley

    0.2 miles
  • Half Butt

    BCT · Great Horkesley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 001D, 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

24,651 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 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
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

32 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 6 secondary schools. The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 320 m.

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

Recorded crime

407 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 199 events.

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