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CO7 0LW

Brightlingsea · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Brightlingsea
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 0LG 158 m
CO7 0HJ 162 m
CO7 0HH 165 m
CO7 0HP 200 m
CO7 0DU 212 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 0LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 0
Latitude
51.808688
Longitude
1.018238
British National Grid easting
608,164
British National Grid northing
216,535

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
Brightlingsea · E05011935
Parish or community
E04004092
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111636
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 011B · E01021980
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 011 · E02004583

Postcode source versions

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Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
59, Haven Village, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0LW 3 March 2025 £100
Haven Village, 24, Promenade Way, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0LW 25 October 2024 £47,000
23, Haven Village, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0LW 5 September 2024 £68,000

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

    464 m

  2. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  3. St Osyth Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
511
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 35
  • Public order 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

30 female, 28 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
1.5
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

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO7 0 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    261 m

Nearby transport

  • Station Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles

  • Lower Park Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.3 miles

  • Lower Park Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.3 miles

  • Brightlingsea Ferry Landing

    FER · Brightlingsea

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 011B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,654 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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
18
Medium risk addresses
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £41,500 from 6 recorded sales in CO7 0LW. 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 464 m.

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

Recorded crime

511 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.583 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.