Rural North · Colchester · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, David May Gardens, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4WH | 16 January 2019 | £415,000 |
| 1, David May Gardens, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4WH | 5 August 2016 | £460,000 |
| 3, David May Gardens, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4WH | 29 July 2016 | £385,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department
Pupil referral unit
Camulos Academy
Academy sponsor led
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
5 female, 8 male
976 residents
499 residents
1,206 residents
1,714 residents
1,633 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
8
within 5 km
47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE
ODS code F81636
1.8 km
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR
ODS code Y02646
2.6 km
BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN
ODS code F81746
3.0 km
HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR
ODS code F81679
3.0 km
24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES
ODS code Y01297
4.3 km
78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS
ODS code F81042
4.4 km
78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW
ODS code F81091
4.4 km
CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH
ODS code F81115
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.
Half Butt
BCT · Great Horkesley
Exeter Close
BCT · Great Horkesley
Half Butt
BCT · Great Horkesley
Green Lane
BCT · Great Horkesley
Green Lane
BCT · Great Horkesley
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
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.
37 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 451 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
700 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 320 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.