CO7 0BS

Brightlingsea · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 0DB 39 m
CO7 0DF 52 m
CO7 0EA 68 m
CO7 0BX 80 m
CO7 0BY 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 0BS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 2024
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 0
Latitude
51.809957
Longitude
1.023807
British National Grid easting
608,542
British National Grid northing
216,692

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004092
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111657
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 011D · E01021982
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 011 · E02004583

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Duke Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0BS 18 June 2024 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    295 m
  2. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. St Osyth Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
516
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 275
  • Other theft 44
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Public order 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO7 0 residents
8,680

Age bands in CO7 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,288 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

808 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

1,664 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,494 residents

Age 65 and over
27.9%

2,424 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    159 m

Nearby transport

  • Victoria Place

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles
  • Victoria Place

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles
  • Lower Park Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 011D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,889 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £180,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO7 0BS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tendring is £261,717 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 295 m.

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

Recorded crime

516 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 275 events.

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